My eyelids flutter open, a bewildered grace around me,
Flat pavement, grey mortar as far as the eye can see.
What is this stiff material that restrains my roots?
These rough stone, irregular shapes, poking my foot.
Where did the loose soil go, the brown mush?
Can’t I play around, … Continue Reading
Travel Stories 8 : Non-touristing in Belgrade
When you visit a place as a so-called ‘foreigner’, a tourist, if you may, don’t you wish you could just stay there? Typical grass-is-greener-on-the-other-side syndrome. You come across a majestic monument, or a quaint street, and you think, how pretty, imagine if I lived here. If you lived here, would … Continue Reading
Structure – Day Sixteen of NaPoWriMo
Should there be a format,
A loose retelling of sorts?
From where we stand now;
That takes a great lot.
A great lot of care;
To go by what’s been done.
To follow the past;
Because then, they won.
A safe choice to choose,
A well-trodden path.
And when … Continue Reading
A Letter to Malala
Dear Malala,
An infinite level of courage, an unfathomable limit of confidence, the wizened face the twenty-first century has symbolised as standing up for what you believe in, irrespective of circumstance. As a young female of today, I look up to you. You, who literally took a bullet for the … Continue Reading
The Manipal Conclave ’18 – an Assemblage of Great Minds
The 12th edition of TechTatva brought with it the promise of a fantastic line-up for Conclave, one comparable to no other. On Day 3, as is customary, the event unfolded. The crowd was bustling with energy when the hosts decided to add upon the zeal, explaining the event as a … Continue Reading
Pro.Verb: Day 2
The second day of the Pro.Verb debate started off with media politics as the first theme.
Statements of context were provided before finally releasing the motion. For the first motion, the context was in relation to ‘WOKE’ as a political term of African-American origin, its societal implication and its connotation … Continue Reading
Insta-grand: Beyond filters and feeds
Brilliant, warm skies casting a special sunset glow right into the camera. Tap. A silhouette of two fingers that strangely signify peace held up against the same brilliant warm skies. Tap. A face staring out into the brilliant warm skies like it holds the secret to a life full of … Continue Reading
Backstreet’s Back, Alright!
If you really understood the title of this article, you already know what it is going to be about. Yes, the Backstreet Boys are well and truly back, and they’re here to stay.
Throwing it back to 1993, an era when ‘boy bands’ were immensely popular, when a group of … Continue Reading
Biswa Kalyan Rath – ‘Ladies ke Saamne’ and Student Suicide
Classes till five thirty on a Monday just got even more depressing. It just meant you reached Syndicate Hall later. That meant a long line awaited you. The queue starting from the venue serpentined all the way to Cad M Cad B. Smiles trying to peek out from beneath the … Continue Reading