Month: April 2022

Poetry

Black Mollys and Lemon Tretras

Dreams are crushed ice Stuffed in mason jars; Crushed ice melts – Black mollys and Lemon Tretras Rise Black mollys and Lemon Tretras Float Black mollys and Lemon Tretras One eye up Black mollys and Lemon Tretras One eye down Black mollys and Lemon Tretras Mouth open optional – Black […]

Poetry

Audition…

At this time of the perfect night, Trees are glowing beneath the light, Willow whistles in the midst of the meadow, Shading my soul and its shadow. I stand alone on the darkest balcony, Locating the rhythm of a cacophony, A cuckoo cries in the deepest woods, And my feelings […]

Poetry

The Stars of Galaxy

I still can’t convince myself That you are gone forever And I am left alone here in my world. Sometimes your awful absence Makes me feel the loneliest Creature in the world. But Those who leave never return Only the memories live with us Don’t make them sad, like you […]

Poetry

Ecstasy

Often I meet him here in this solitary place Away from known and some unknown No one has seen him coming here so often He is my beloved and I am his love With the fall of day, he slips into my room The night stares us but mirror has […]

Poetry

Celestial Lighting

“Lights out” shouted the skies, “Watch her rise, with her aura” No one pays heed. Too busy, watching the lights turned on in the Gardens, the water from the fountains creating colourful psychedelic art. Mesmerising! The dome-shaped centrepiece is a hot spot for tourists, keen to pose. Capture the scene […]

Poetry

Aroma of Ambivalence

Roses are dead. Thorns are cultivated in the garden. Distressed feet walk through the squalid streets. Having conversation seems to be a heavy burden. Regret is inevitable, either one proceeds or retreats.   Melancholy floats on eyes, silent soul remains forlorn. The arid squall often disturbs the house of clairvoyant […]

Articles

Attitudinal Readjustment

by Pradip Kumar Nath The phrase, ‘King’s English’ first came to be used during the reign of King James in the first half of the seventeenth century. The combination of the accent from the south of England and the linguistic precision of the English Language is referred to as Queen’s […]

Fiction

Trust

by Satyarth Pandita It was dark outside. Nothing was visible, not even the lofty barren mountains that surrounded our village- a remote and isolated one.  Outside the rain was falling. The chilly gusts of wind with the taste of rain had well-nigh depeopled the paths that connected the houses dotting […]

Editorial

Delhi Police, MCD and Encroachment Drives

by the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal How to trivialize serious issues such as rioting and national security our media, Delhi Police and MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) to an encroachment drive can be learned from the aforementioned entities.  Instead of looking for clues, doing serious investigations as to why stone-pelting happened, […]