When we were small
By Srishty Gupta in Poetry | Reads: 492 | Likes: 0
When we were small It never mattered how we smell We were more than skin deep when we heard someone weep We had nothing in ours minds Rather than just being kind Complexion meant colours Our figures meant shapes We shared chapaties we shared our grapes We didn't knew ego, all we said was sorry We be  Read More...
Published on May 6,2020 06:01 PM
The selling of Social Distancing
By Niladri in Humour & Comedy | Reads: 492 | Likes: 0
THE SELLING OF SOCIAL DISTANCING.   Interlinks of economic activities and business opportunities are common. An intelligent businessman will find more opportunities than he can discover. The recent worldwide pandemic has created multiple avenues despite the downfall in GDP of many countrie  Read More...
Published on May 17,2020 11:03 AM
THE TIMES HAVE CHANGED
By Shravanthi Reddy in War Story | Reads: 492 | Likes: 0
The world has become so subtle that the slightest thing affecting one land is bringing a storm in another. Things are not quite the same anymore. We wake up each day to the terrible news of planes crashed, one country declaring war on other, outbreak of a deadly virus, and spread of religious hypocr  Read More...
Published on Jun 3,2020 07:55 PM
My First Love
By Monika Shanmugam in Poetry | Reads: 492 | Likes: 0
My flowery soul had been crushed by the harsh hands of ruthless souls. Judgemental prickles for not being alluring and vivacious had given its sepals a despairing hue. Its ambrosial petals had been withered to the tempest of other's cynical blows. Every time, it fell with the immense hope of a ne  Read More...
Published on Jun 12,2020 04:34 PM
Days at Grandma's
By Deepa Aiyar in General Literary | Reads: 491 | Likes: 0
Today brought back fond memories of my paternal grandmother . She was everything that  the image of a grandmother brings to your mind - fat, jolly with twinkling eyes behind horn rimmed glasses, everready to pamper you outrageously , the shelter you run to and hide behind when your parents repr  Read More...
Published on Apr 3,2020 07:16 PM
The Persistence Of Survival.
By Pavan Vinayak in Travel | Reads: 490 | Likes: 0
It was raining that afternoon, a quite unusual thing, it used to be very hot during the afternoon. My exam was nearing, had got study holidays and was going back to my home, Udupi.I couldn’t withstand the heavy downpour I took shelter in small workroom waiting for the bus. There alongside the   Read More...
Published on Apr 15,2020 12:14 PM
Trapped
By monica in Crime | Reads: 490 | Likes: 0
It was regular day for zoya when she found her followers list getting increased. For her, the day began by posting writings about quran on her trending instagram page. With the confidence that she would get more than 1k like she posted her new writing stating “there is no might or power except  Read More...
Published on May 23,2020 11:45 AM
Only the paranoid survive
By shivani B in General Literary | Reads: 488 | Likes: 0
So I was thinking back to one of my favourite monologues from Fight Club:  "I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy  Read More...
Published on Mar 24,2020 10:35 AM
The Warrior in You
By Pooja Pathak in Poetry | Reads: 488 | Likes: 0
Maybe you are dwelling in the hardest of times, unable to bury the pain and disappointments, unable to untie yourself from the the darkness of your past, but since you are still dealing with the tough times you will learn on your own how to endure the moments that keeps putting you down, you w  Read More...
Published on Mar 25,2020 09:32 PM
I am a President for the People
By Frans Makgalo in Poetry | Reads: 488 | Likes: 0
I am a President for the people It came and threatened my people I then protected my people During March I closed schools  I am a President for the people I closed taverns and bottle stores early protecting my people Some didn't like it Short, tall men & women could be seen running to bee  Read More...
Published on Apr 22,2020 06:51 PM
Thirst
By Aishwarya Wagle in Poetry | Reads: 487 | Likes: 0
I'm this hypothetical crow, and you're my saviour pot of water.  Except I don't have the rocks for help, and you turn to vapor the first chance you get.  I'm searching and searching, all over the place for you. But you are a distant dream; so even if my thirst kills me, it wouldn't matter   Read More...
Published on Mar 28,2020 08:24 PM
You complete me
By Moumita Das in Poetry | Reads: 487 | Likes: 0
Every morning, she collects all the scattered memories dreams, with her feeble hands and quivering breath. Stepping into her last days, waiting for the final wreathe she blankly looks into the eyes of her old-age and exclaims - "From dawn through dusk of my life I gathered courage to break the pod o  Read More...
Published on May 12,2020 01:41 AM
Evanescence
By Dr Meenu in Poetry | Reads: 486 | Likes: 0
She is walking through the mist, Cool wind strokes her hair ;  The trees starts banging each other  She keeps on walking with her bare feet on meadow  The hazy wind hugs her blue eyes slowly  She is curious, what’s on the other side! In quiet solitude mind, she saw a ray   Read More...
Published on Jun 11,2020 12:52 PM
YOU never go out of style!
By prajwal in General Literary | Reads: 485 | Likes: 0
Dear YOU, Do you remember the last time you were you? No, because you were so busy being  A good daughter A hard working lady A perfect wife A loving mother A responsible person, Where is the real YOU? The childish girl who lived on Park Street avenue, Rode Harley Davidson, Came late at night d  Read More...
Published on Apr 1,2020 09:27 PM
Of Creativity
By Sharvari Marathe in Poetry | Reads: 484 | Likes: 0
Its messy, creativity A jumbled up pile of colours and images Each taking on its own life and mood whenever they please A tight rope of words tugging at the brain That magically dissolves the minute they are touched.  Ideas and emotions birthing from anywhere in the body Shooting through it l  Read More...
Published on Apr 13,2020 08:45 PM