The core of humanity lies in art and creativity. The ties that transcend all barriers of age, race and geography can all be traced to the imagination of the human mind. To celebrate this creativity, the Manipal Association of Pharmacy Students held Qalam over the third weekend of March … Continue Reading
Deliberation of a Dream: Somnia — au Incubus?
It claws at my mind, an unknown memory – tacitly plunging me to end my misery;
Calloused soles do not tread lightly, musing over lost time contritely –
I walk and walk to no end, to find my purpose, my dream to ascend!
Flailing my arms about, grasping at invisible … Continue Reading
Deliberation of A Dream: A Moment of Epiphany
As I sit beside that window sill, on my decrepit wooden chair,
A farce hurries my head, a vague dream is present there!
Senses now diverted, my head is in a stir,
I ache for an objective, but it yet remains a blur.
Days return to nights and these … Continue Reading
Winter Love
She stepped into her small kitchen, which seemed otherworldly in the early winter hours. Sunlight pooled in through the window, its slant rays illuminating the dust particles that waltzed in the air. The refrigerator hummed in the quiet and the birds sang their hearts as the sun warmed their bodies. … Continue Reading
Colours of Love: Black
They say life goes on
People mourn, people forget
But that’s not for everyone, is it?
For some, it is too much to bear
Like her parents
Who lost their only child
All this time, she was their everything
But now, she’s gone, leaving them with nothing
Like her … Continue Reading
Spring Love
Spring, the meat between your McDonald’s burger, the conversation after a fight, the jam in jim-jams, the glances between painful sobs laced with the slightest giggles over the absurdity of it all, the season between winter and summer.
Spring follows cold, harsh winter. When you’re left alone, all you … Continue Reading
Colours of Love: Lilac
Every evening, I look at the sky
Wait for the colours to change
To what reminds me of the years gone by,
You, me, and the lavender haze.
The sky is pink
The breeze cool
Even on a cold winter night
Or scorching mid-summer June.
I’d hate for … Continue Reading
Colours of Love: Red
I arrive in her cheeks,
his hands in those hair,
that kajra hanging like it’s always belonged there
the arms hugging from behind, the lips on that neck.
There’s snow outside yet warmth in that home felt infinite
Dancing, yet again, to that flop song
With that twinkle unexplained, those … Continue Reading
Summer Love
The Sun heralds another morning
Beaming all-knowingly with a sly grin
As the summer breeze wafts in
Bringing along a comforting scent
Of warm vanilla with a tinge of cocoa
And I smile as I recall her
An alluring figure, full of wonder
Her mere absence renders my heart asunder… Continue Reading