Flames
By Tanveer Ahmad Khan in Poetry | Reads: 759 | Likes: 0
Beneath these flames Beyond those barracks You will find my childish dreams The smoke of your destruction Carries my destiny Oh! Windy night          Stop for a while Take me with you   You see the rubbles The wretched souls They make me sick You   Read More...
Published on May 20,2020 10:56 AM
A silent tale
By Smriti Sharma in General Literary | Reads: 759 | Likes: 0
A hot day in the month of May.Suraksha woke up to the sound of the alarm. She had breakfast, got dressed and left for school. It was a long tiring day. Girls were getting selected for the school badminton team and she had managed to get selected. She was happy and as she returned home in the school  Read More...
Published on Jun 6,2020 11:08 PM
Embrace yourself
By Surabhi in General Literary | Reads: 758 | Likes: 0
Nothing is permanent,embrace yourself. Put your head high,stay away from pelf. This phase will pass on,stay strong. Have faith in you ,sing a song. Poor is the one who keep themselves down. But you are the one who can lift the trodden seed sown. Nothing is permanent,never bow down.  Read More...
Published on May 9,2020 05:34 PM
I choose to live with Dignity
By prajwal in True Story | Reads: 757 | Likes: 0
I was walking down FC road emersed in my own thoughts as usual suddenly I heard a melodious tune. and I was naturally drawn into that direction. There was a man sitting in between parking spaces with a flute to his lips and the source of the melody. I had seen and heard him couple of times in these   Read More...
Published on Apr 4,2020 04:31 PM
Reminiscence
By Snigdha Mallapragada in General Literary | Reads: 756 | Likes: 0
She stood as the backbone,  When the family was facing a crisis. She became the earning member  At a very young age. She took the responsibility  Of her two siblings. She taught hundreds of students  Only taking ten bucks as fee. She made sure everyone in the family  Had thr  Read More...
Published on Jun 2,2020 12:47 PM
Beings as alive as us
By Roma Shukla in Poetry | Reads: 755 | Likes: 0
Beings as alive as us need not be lonely.We can always find our way to each otherin daylight and dreams.We can hold hands on a cold starry night, swing high in forbidden parksand touch the sky,dive naked into the sea and not be shy.We aren't missing pieces of a pseudo-existent puzzlebut a unique puz  Read More...
Published on Mar 26,2020 08:03 AM
Moon Rays
By Akul Anandur in Poetry | Reads: 755 | Likes: 0
Just wait until one day,When MoonAfter sucking all of Sun’s light,Starts shining its own-Never will she shelter under Earth’s gravity againAnd you shall be sorryFor making new-moon inauspicious!! The Twilight will be a trip,Cocktailing moon’s light and sun’sThou shall see the  Read More...
Published on May 3,2020 04:48 PM
The women in me.
By Ruchi Monga Bhanote in True Story | Reads: 755 | Likes: 0
Basking in the glory of my all time favourite song... " I'm not a girl, not yet a women, all i need is time"... suddenly I realised that I haven't heard this song in a thousand years now. This was not only my favourite song but something that I so related to, to the extent that it was almost my tali  Read More...
Published on May 13,2020 11:37 AM
Metal Plates
By Ashtha in True Story | Reads: 753 | Likes: 0
The 15th of April came like any other day, it was not late enough that I managed to understand the depth of quarantine. Waking up was a constant while sleeping wasn’t, the homecare became a mundane part of learning efficiency in everyday’s work and it was the only place where I thought g  Read More...
Published on May 16,2020 03:08 PM
A writer's plight
By Shagun Singh in Poetry | Reads: 751 | Likes: 0
Neil Gaiman nestles into a hobbit cave On a hilltop house  To weave the muscle of fragile things Jhumpa Lahiri galloped to Cape God 7 crisp winter months Retreating in solitude Curating her magic word-chiselers Virgina had a room of her own And minted Money from an aunt's heritage Anuja Chau  Read More...
Published on May 14,2020 07:08 PM
joy is within us
By M Tasleem in General Literary | Reads: 749 | Likes: 0
In fact, what we are looking for in everything is joy, ecstasy. But ecstasy is within us. We never look for it in our own heart.   There are certain core teachings that can forever shift the way we see the world. "Joy is within us" is one of them.   It is possible to feel happy regardless   Read More...
Published on Apr 9,2020 11:50 PM
www.World Within a World
By Vivek Gajjar in True Story | Reads: 747 | Likes: 0
The big thing is, it's a loop. That's life.  I remember the day I decided to move to a different city clearly. I can still feel my excitement that was sky-high.    What limits was I crossing?     What was I going to discover?   A new world, new places and culture,   Read More...
Published on May 12,2020 12:34 AM
Dream in bookstore
By Tushar Goyal in Fantasy | Reads: 746 | Likes: 0
Once, I went to a bookstore to read and select a novel to buy. There was a separate shelf for the books I love to read - 'fantasy'. I chose a novel randomly and started reading it. While reading it, I saw a girl standing at a little distance from me. She resembled the female protagonist of the novel  Read More...
Published on Mar 31,2020 11:11 PM
Are you even listening to me?
By Ankita in True Story | Reads: 746 | Likes: 0
"Are you even listening to me??”   I think he noticed every time that I was never listening to his boring stories.  “There were seven thugs….” This story was his favourite one. And I never heard further. Although I did pretend enough to not to get caught. And   Read More...
Published on Apr 18,2020 09:22 AM
Corona
By Verse Of Life in Poetry | Reads: 746 | Likes: 0
Fighting our daily battles was not enough...There came the virus which was so tough...It made us stay home for a long time...Keeping our distance is the solution divine...Some had the wealth to manage through this...Others desired they had genie's wish...All countries were divided based on zones...T  Read More...
Published on Jun 3,2020 03:06 PM