Another day, another morn, As far as any eye could see. The sun has brought another dawn, The light but now comes fleetingly. The skies that once were brilliant blue, Now are wrapped in veils of death. Venom falls where once was dew, And stifled now is […]
Month: November 2021
Subject to Market Risk
By Smitha Bhandare Kamat From Panjim, Goa
Payoff: A Series Of Escapades
by Tiyasha Khanra Prologue 21st October 2021 Asha comes back from her school reunion. She then takes a shower. After having lunch she goes for a nap. At 7.00 p.m. she leaves her bed, goes to the kitchen, and makes herself a cup of coffee. She takes her phone and […]
Gimme
Give me life or give me death Give me love but don’t make me hate. Give me light don’t give me the darkness. Give me not wanting, not a thing to need Give me the things not of the earth Give me the man and boy I once was Give […]
Lonely
I wandered around the park all alone, Looked at the children playing, It was a pleasurable sight Yet I felt so lonely I saw a couple splashing water On each other in playful mood, I smiled with fond delight, But I felt so lonely I am like a […]
The Creator
by Jaideep Saikia There were certain things about Supriya that he would never understand. Last Wednesday, for instance, she had suddenly announced her decision to have a baby. It was a decision alright, for although he had just about enough intelligence to realise that a decision like that isn’t quite […]
Poverty Taught Me Value
A teenaged boy could realise that ‘mind is like water as meditation is like ice,’ but anxiety and worry, suffering and gloom are flowing in life. As long as an individual keeps young mind, he feels age is no barrier. He walks in silence, keeps himself under control and remain patient. He could […]
Dismal Performance of Team India: T20 Cricket World Cup
by Deepanshu Srivastava Team India landed in UAE for the T20 cricket world cup 2021 as one of the toughest contenders for the cup under the captaincy of Virat Kohli and with a squad of 15 promising cricketers, legendary chief coach Ravi Shastri and cricketing icon MS Dhoni as the […]
The Bitter Truths of Life
They say that falsity is so easily persuading And that truth is bitter at times, And while at an ecstatic mood, a single phrase of truth Can disharmonize all the chimes. But the piece of truth that really wounds me the most Is the disconsolate death of a dear […]
Self Care
The facts about our life, I jot down here. The reasons for us to focus on self-care. Nothing on the earth is eternally fair. The perilous enemies can be the ones we care. When we are bankrupt and are in need Even our relatives won’t pay us a heed […]