by Swarnasankha Acharjee It was during the wee hours when Vinita booked a cab to return back home after a late-night feast at a restaurant. Rohit, the cab driver, arrived at the location, and quite typically, she got into the backseat of the car on the same side as the […]
Month: November 2021
Let Her Be
April sun kisses her supple body a cluster of wee flowers drape her innocence as she beams with pride her gaze lingers on the bloom then moves away gently she releases petals one by one like one frees a caged bird after elongated captivity In nature’s resplendent courtyard […]
Altruism Being…
Someone who cries, When he sees tears in someone’s eyes, He feels the pain of others, As he trails down the lane further. He feels elated for someone’s success, And he gives his best, To make everyone happy and smile, Bearing pains as he walks thousands of miles. […]
Sacrifice of Women
Insignificant are words of praise To gratify a women’s grace Agonies and pains with smiles they embrace And sacrifices they make, that no one can trace Women are both soft and kind With power to heal others’ injured mind When to a women’s beauty, men fall blind Some spoiled […]
Once Again
Come let’s meet And the twain Become friends Once again Let’s forget the Pain of separation Let’s forget the Charm of our union Let’s not think about Loneliness of journey And about tearful Songs’ melancholy Come, let’s not look at Dying light of lamps, Autumnal trees, and […]
Climate Promises and Realities of India
by the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal A few days go in COP26 summit, our prime minister made claims and promises of becoming carbon neutral by 2070, he also made a promise that India will take half of its energy needs from renewable sources by the year 2030 and will reduce carbon […]
Winter Woods
Tall and jagged used to be’s Swaying in a brood Bare and empty bones of trees In my beloved wood So the daylight ebbs away While twilight airs are stirring Through fragile ghosts now in decay The evening air is whirring The burning red of recompense Is sinking […]
Dissent in Democracy
by Ishita Mehal from Mumbai, India
Smoke
Puff.. in the air unclean From the heart so pure And the lungs impure Left off the burned vestiges Of the burned memories Of the breath trembling Of the hands steady From a mind unsteady And the time is numb Look the happenstance The burning of a substance […]
Social Geometry – சமூக வடிவியல்
Let’s consider a rectangle a square. Both have their opposite sides parallel. And equal in length too. Are the corners not ninety degrees? A pair is longer than the other all right. But it’s just an obligatory to time. A pair must shorten itself To allow the other to stay […]