Month: August 2018

Poetry

बहुत दूर तलक आ गए हम

बहुत दूर तलक आ गए हम , बहुत पीछे कही छूट गए तुम | कारवां बढ़ चला मंजिल की ओर, और हम यादो को दफ़न कर आये कब्र मे बहुत दूर तलक आ गए हम ,  ,बहुत पीछे कही छूट गए तुम | दास्तां मुक्त हो गयी अपने अंजाम से […]

Poetry

Melting Moments

A sweet, merry voice whispered into my ears ‘I love you so,’ did you hear? I turned around to see the loving soul But No one seemed to be so near I closed my eyes I shut them tight  Wondering who it could be  A hazy image peeped behind  The […]

Poetry

A Secret

We are all fools wandering around doing things for no real reason crashing off each other like snooker balls hoping one day we may do something of brilliance so everybody can say how great we are only to realize how unimportant it is to be recognised by others even of […]

Editorial

NRC: The List You Do Want to Be On

By the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal Unlike our western border with Pakistan which is heavily patrolled, manned and fenced, our eastern border that we share with Bangladesh pose one significant hurdle in its security, the geography. When it comes to mountains, rivers, marshes and dense forests, there will always be problems […]

Poetry

Indestructible (na_han-yate)

while traversing vast expanse meadow crossing rocky hills or snow during lonely nights in wilderness under open sky sensed feel of oneness, watching blue ocean strolling ashore luminous surf bumping in roar impulsively soul felt a closeness to the omnipresent unbound vastness, on the earth amidst distressed humanity when hatred […]

Poetry

Silent Scream

I am a clod of clumsy clay, Just a part of your lusty play, O murderer of this soul, Why don’t this body you slay? I lie beneath your feet, Silently bear your savage beat, You want to hear my cries, To forget the pain of your own defeat. The […]

Fiction

50 Dollar Bill

By Shantanu Baruah 4th of July long weekend was around the corner. This year we planned to drive down to grandma’s place but at the last minute, the plan was abandoned. Dad had some urgent office work and mom had no courage to drive the kids all by herself. Though we […]

Articles

Rape In Bihar

By Sudha Dixit Against the noble opinions of so-called humanitarians, I always upheld death penalty for rapists. Rape cannot be  and  is not done by a normal person. I am, here, not talking about consensual  incidents . Rape is forced, brutal and unwanted. It is done by a pervert. It […]

Articles

Shadows and Influences

By Mark Antony Rossi One of the most critical things I learned from reviewing albums of musical groups is how much they borrow from artistic generation before them. This observation is not a negative mark on their process but rather an acceptance that originality is not born apart from reverence […]