INDIA
Born in the Mediterranean, Aristotle announced: The Greeks are born to rule. What made this grand gesture of proclaiming themselves “Born to Rule” believable? As legends say, and as geography confirms, at a time when there was no electricity, no Industrial Revolution even, life of a normal person was abundant with petty concerns of hardships….
A song on my lips, a song in my heart. I go my merry way. How can you force positivity down someone’s throat? This is how. We define a word. Say hot. Food could be hot, the weather could be hot, it could be hot and humid or hot and dry. It could be a…
Our TV walked away. That’s what I had to sing myself to sleep tonight. It was the strangest theft in the history of TV kind. I live in a 2-store villa at the countryside, about 10kms from the city center of Jharkhand’s Capital, Ranchi. ‘Jhar’ means ‘Forest’, that literally makes Jharkhand a forest land. A…
What is that urge? A built body walking past in a crisp white shirtThe face says Punjabi.Couldn’t catch his smell or voice, can’t say for sure. He could pass off as a waiterBut a waiter couldn’t be that confident,Could he? What is that urge? To share your story.To the known and unknown,With friends and followers….
They said, it’d be a blue moon tonight.Would it really be blue? I wondered. Till she convinced herself that the moon did look blue,And swore to herself that it did seem closer than usual. Is there anything blue about it though? Perhaps the fact that I live in an isolated world, is blue.And that something…
Helpless? What bells ring for you? It’s an hour past midnight, on a mid-September night, as I fed my curiosity of studying Economics for the first time in my life. I was jotting down some notes, with some piano instrumentals in the BGM. Trying to avoid any unwanted, unnecessary sounds from outside. In an outskirt…
You are like this petit new house, With flora and fauna at peace, Your varied flavors and shades, Have all been my favorite. Love your color, your space and your vibe, Love how you treat all the others like yours to own, Oh! How I love playing in your lawn. Haah! But I ain’t a…
The transition from early to late 20sSeemed to be ages awayBut was just a blink away. It was all about birthday cakes and dates,The never-ending spanks.The birthday gifts and treats,The entire day centered around people. Now acing work-life balancing norms,Craving for the Mom-cooked birthday kheer,Treating myself with a full-body spa andSpending the night watching Mrs….