Month: November 2021

Fiction

The Late Night Passenger!

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 […]

Poetry

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 […]

Poetry

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.   […]

Poetry

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 […]

Poetry

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 […]

Editorial

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 […]

Poetry

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 […]

Poetry

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 […]