Scarred
By jaanavi in General Literary | Reads: 929 | Likes: 0
“Rowan! Rowan! Rowan!” Encouragement erupted all around me as I faced the goalpost, getting ready for the penalty shot. I rubbed a calloused hand across my face as sweat dripped off my chin on my already soaked blue jersey. I shook my feet in nervousness, trying to get rid of the sudden   Read More...
Published on Mar 25,2020 11:31 AM
There are days...
By Neelima Chakraborty in Poetry | Reads: 928 | Likes: 0
There are days When dreams sneak behind the door That has been unopened for ages Gathering dust, nonplussed With the storm that it has weathered. There are days When the little voice Can't stop singing Coaxing the dream to peek through The window and look... Look at the luscious blue There are days   Read More...
Published on Mar 23,2020 11:17 AM
"ALL LOVE IS EXPANSION, ALL SELFISHNESS IS CONTRACTION"
By Nameera Sallum in General Literary | Reads: 928 | Likes: 0
''All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction'',  these lines are stated by Swami Vivekananda, In my opinion, love has the power to expand life, it is the basis of creation and expansion of our being, love expands as you give love out, it's received and reciprocated and it grows. That  Read More...
Published on Apr 4,2020 06:59 PM
An Empty Room
By Hritik Dutta in General Literary | Reads: 926 | Likes: 0
The room of a child. Warm yellow sunlight from the window illuminates toys scattered across the floor. There are pillows thrown all over the room even though there is a bed in the corner. The bedsheets have almost completely fallen on the floor. On the table beside the bed is a toy airplane with the  Read More...
Published on Mar 27,2020 02:15 AM
Shallow Deep
By ithihasa in Mystery | Reads: 926 | Likes: 0
                                   SHALLOW DEEP     ".............I was trembling, nervous and feared for my life. I sat down the tree, hid myself in the bushes. Thought I was going to spend the night  Read More...
Published on Apr 23,2020 05:02 PM
As I lay there dying
By Sarah Sharma in Poetry | Reads: 926 | Likes: 0
As I lay there dying Some thoughts enter my mind  I think about what the world has become  I wonder when did everyone become so numb I wonder who killed me  For that question's answer is the key  It's the key to all secrets in life  It's the key opening the cabinet of knives  Read More...
Published on May 31,2020 08:57 PM
A Night Like No Other
By Tanisha Zafir Dowllah in Horror | Reads: 924 | Likes: 0
It all started with a single phone call. My cousin called me over for a stay over in her house as her mother, Aunt Aubrey went to Minnesota, leading an expedition. I was immediately ready for the night as staying with cousins meant a lot to me. I packed my stuff and belongings and drove to her   Read More...
Published on May 29,2020 11:37 AM
soundwaves
By Niharika Shah in Romance | Reads: 923 | Likes: 0
it was a Thursday when he turned to me, as I laid out the paper plates for take-out dinner, and opened his mouth as if to speak, but didn’t. He looked into my vacant, brown eyes where he’d previously seen autumn shedding its skin in, and his glance somehow slipped. With one shrug, a deep  Read More...
Published on May 12,2020 01:11 PM
Love in Lockdown
By Leena Talreja in Romance | Reads: 922 | Likes: 0
Love in lockdown  A day just after the lockdown, Nisha was on her terrace doing some gardening early morning  And on the other side was her neighbour Arjun, coffee mug in one hand and phone in another. They just looked each other and gave a formal smile... Doing their work again , they bot  Read More...
Published on May 15,2020 03:53 PM
LIFE IS A VICIOUS CIRCLE, what goes around comes around
By Anushree Khunteta in True Story | Reads: 922 | Likes: 0
Well, we all must have heard a phrase which says, “All is well that ends well” which means when a person has successfully achieved his or her grail while or after going through pitfalls and overcoming the obstacles. In simple terms, at the end things turned out as good as intended. Howe  Read More...
Published on May 31,2020 10:28 PM
Remember, Remember the 25th of May
By Life via Window in Poetry | Reads: 922 | Likes: 0
Remember, Remember the 25th of May Don't turn blind despite what they say  Guns, Tyranny and Squat  I see no reason why this tyranny  Should ever be forgot George Floyd, George Floyd 'twas his name. A 20$ forged bill they claimed  Minutes! they squat on his neck  "I can't br  Read More...
Published on Jun 3,2020 06:48 AM
Flirting with the sea
By Vishrutha in Poetry | Reads: 921 | Likes: 0
The roar of the sea doesn’t miss anybody, Hearing after which i was unsteady  From the minute I laid my eyes on your sliver lines,  I couldn’t stop thinking about the depth in your eyes  Drawn to your waves of time, Stronger and stronger by each passing one  I fough  Read More...
Published on Apr 3,2020 09:51 PM
Asleep
By Tanisha Chaudhuri in Crime | Reads: 921 | Likes: 0
Dear Maa, By now you might have found my body hanging from the same creaky fan which I had once hit with my football when I was nine. Remember that day? Remember how the marks of your hands had not left my cheek until a dozen days? Not so good, old days, I guess. Anyways, you might be wondering wha  Read More...
Published on May 7,2020 03:20 PM
What if we have been wrong all along?
By Yashu Maittrey in Fantasy | Reads: 918 | Likes: 0
I remember when I was a child, my parents, siblings & everyone else around me was hell-bent on “inspiring” me to be like X. Making me read X’s life stories, constantly reminding me of X’s countless achievements and even narrating their own tough lives, their humble beginn  Read More...
Published on May 5,2020 03:27 PM
My First Flight
By Tamanna Mohanty in General Literary | Reads: 918 | Likes: 0
The shrill tone of the telephone woke me up from my nap. I sat upright and tried to trace back to reality. "Why are you blaming me? I didn't ruin your son." I scratched my little head. Who is she talking to? I tiptoed to the door of the room where mom was sitting on bed, phone to her ears. I could  Read More...
Published on May 9,2020 02:11 PM
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