Dear College, I’m sorry but- I’m feeling a knot in my gut. Maybe because I have to go. Three years with you, were- Blissful but now evaporated. The benches have lost our touch. The blackboard has lost our sights. The classroom has lost our sighs. There is an echo of […]
Month: July 2021
A Review of the MASALA Study
by Suhaas Bonkur The MASALA Study (Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America) is an ongoing medical research study that is being conducted at various universities around the US (Northwestern, UCSF) and explores the causes and prevention of cardiovascular illnesses in the context of cultural influence rather than […]
Past Catches-up Someday Part-II
by Maliha Iqbal She was at the party hosted by Mr. Marwan, the local businessman. She had decided to come because his business was expanding rapidly and he could prove to be a good partner in the future. He looked simple in a white three-piece suit with his hair slicked […]
A World to Be
I’ve been searching For someone In an endless road Someone like you. As I’ve seen you I’ve seen love Even in the darkness There is you. I close my eyes And start wishing Take my hand And let’s talk about life, Let’s watch the sunrise, And the beauty of life, […]
In this One Life
In this one life I want to be a butterfly even for a while if not more I would celebrate divinity of love both the rough patches and alluring heights […]
There’s Reason To Betray
I am so sorry my love! With a heavy heart I say I must bid you goodbye I cannot here stay You had been good to me, Did no, ever, betray But something has come up And I’ve to go away It’s painful for me to Think of […]
Can You?
Can you feel the pain I feel, Walking through the halls of misery, through the unending labyrinths of pain, You might notice and tell me to feel glad, You might tell me to talk it out, to take a trip down memory lane, You say that the gloom is the […]
Remembrance
मैं और मेरी तन्हाई अक्सर यह बातें करते हैं , तुम होती तोह कैसा होता, तुम यह कहती, तुम वह कहती, तुम इस बात पे हैरान होती, तुम उस बात पे कितना हस्ती, तुम होती तोह ऐसा होता, तुम होती तोह वैसा होता, मैं और मेरी तन्हाई अक्सर यह बातें […]
JayWalk on Mumbai Night
Last rainless, cloudless August night I was drunk returning from a party In Hotel Marriot, East Andheri, The flights taking off From the Santacruz at regular intervals Sustained by moonless stars, Were passing over the Arabian sea Wonderless air corridor. In this clarity-muddle, I miss my direction And walk past […]
Podi Idli to Celebrate Monsoon
by Bindiya Bedi Charan Noronha I cannot recall the last best meal I had. Covid crisis has dulled my memory of gastronomic experiences. It is as if my conscience is pushing me to forget indulgence. I am almost feeling guilty about enjoying epicurean delights. Occasionally a birthday pops up and […]