Month: August 2021

Poetry

On The Eve Of 75th Independence Day

Independence aged and old reminiscing of the past as ‘the bird of gold’. Cladded in tricolor saffron white and green, but, the saffron being snatched away by people chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ while they scream, The green stolen by poverty-stricken propagators of peace and, the white stained with the blood of […]

Poetry

Mrs. Perfume ‘Thank You’

On 17 June 2017, I entered as a gypsy in to your library; one way but billion thought, I messed up at each glance. so, fallen night, Hourly average; I spent for the books fort; Every day my feet touch the Mississippi.   But today, I am so fallen and […]

Articles

What Really Matters?

by Kritika Kukreja Life is a beatific odyssey and we are the explorers to unearth the treasure of pure bliss, contentment, and serenity. Happiness is a real and heartfelt thing. We take so long to realise that materialism is trivial and doesn’t really matter. We are too immersed in chasing […]

Articles

Combating ‘Scourge of India, the Terminator’

by Dr. Kiran Thakur Pune, August 22, 2021   A tiny beetle, Zygogramma bicolorata, has raised India’s hope to win the biological warfare against a weed of Mexico origin. The weed  called ‘parthenium hysterophorus,’ congress grass, or gajar gavat, had  created such a scare in the country that it was called […]

Editorial

Afghanistan: The Rock of Sisyphus

by the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal Like the rock of Sisyphus, Afghanistan has come back to the very point where it was twenty years ago. The government and Afghan National Army (ANA) collapsed in days as Taliban’s fighters rode into Kabul without any resistance. The sad part is not that the […]

Fiction

Once A Star, Always A Star

by Tiyasha Khanra For me love is living together, but he gave me an altered experience by realizing that love is dying together too. What love actually is? Living together? Or dying together? Or both? Or none? Love must have different sides just like us, the lovers, who don’t know […]

Poetry

रात काली

रात काली अंधियारी सी सुबह के इंतजार में अपलक, कौतुहल सा मन में मचाती रात काली, शांत, आगोश में लेती बहुत कुछ लील जाती. रात काली है मगर एकबार जो निखरा उजाला, भूल जाता है मुसाफ़िर हर अंधेरा, स्याह यादें रात की ख़ामोशियों में जो बहुत ही सघन होती जा […]

Poetry

The Song of Dandelions

The dandelions are grinning from ear to ear, belting out a beautiful melody. Stop and pause, make time for small joys, make time to listen to the song of the dandelions.                                       […]

Editorial

Supporting Indian Sports

by the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal There is different confidence this time in the country, the performance of Indian athletes in the Tokyo Olympics has demonstrated the new hopes, aspirations, and fighting spirit of this generation of Indians. Our athletes have shown that poor infrastructure, lack of resources, funds, and support […]