Any popular personality from the glamorous world of entertainment radiates a feeling of panache from their mere presence. From being on the sets of future blockbuster films to attending gatherings and celebrations with the bourgeois, their personality is elusive, almost disconnected with that of the lives of their fans, whose … Continue Reading
Debate, Dialogue and Dissent – Pro.Verb 2019
The lecture halls of the Manipal Institute of Communication will soon play host to an exuberant affair, a congregation of preachers of great eloquence. Christened as Project Verbal: – M.V. Kamath Memorial National Debate Tournament, but better known as Pro.Verb by the Manipal diaspora, the flagship event by the Y.E.L.L. … Continue Reading
Furtive Frivolities in a Classroom
Your entrance to the college premises is always on an exasperating note, no matter how well-rested you are for a day’s worth of classes. A quick glance at the timetable beforehand has your back against the wall. It is as if each prof is the living embodiment of the nine … Continue Reading
Travel Stories 9 : Virtuous Varanasi
The Vande Bharat Express, with its sleek, modern and futuristic design, shunted its way to Varanasi Junction Railway Station. At first glance, it did seem to paint an ironic picture. This settlement towards the very east of Uttar Pradesh is known to be as old as time itself, being the … Continue Reading
1984, The Aftermath: The Rise of Rampant Rajiv
The 1984 Indian General Elections were unforeseen and unfortunate. Indira Gandhi’s term was to be officially ending in the first week of 1985. However, in an incredulous turn of events, she was assassinated by her bodyguards, who fired 28 bullets at her.
With her politically active and younger son Sanjay … Continue Reading
Melancholy – Day Eighteen of NaPoWriMo
I had left the door ajar to let it come,
A known yet obscure feeling stood,
With its naturally vicious and cunning grin,
Ready to put me to test yet again,
With its vicious and crafty schemes.
I question, like I always do, albeit curiously,
For I did not … Continue Reading
Creak- Day Seven of NaProWriMo
Has democracy started to creak, with the chaos that has broken out?
Whom to choose, whom to trust, with the supposed leaders,
sheepishly stand as demagogues, as political opportunists?
Between jingoistic warmongers, so swelled in their small-minded bigotry,
ready to cripple, ready to kill,
ready to besmirch anyone who … Continue Reading