I choose to live with Dignity
By prajwal in True Story | Reads: 862 | 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
WITH BOUNDARIES AND WITH NOT- STORY OF A GIVER
By Mansi K. Panani in General Literary | Reads: 862 | Likes: 0
I was born a patron. To me, life was always about giving. How can I forget? I helped a nine year old athlete make her way to the infirmary after being inflicted by deep injuries on her knee. Two hours later, Mrs. Devika, my Hindi teacher called me on the podium in front of my entire class, ‘7  Read More...
Published on Apr 25,2020 04:22 PM
Scenic Revival
By Dr. Balraj Shukla in Poetry | Reads: 862 | Likes: 0
Scenic Revival While it all seems gloomy and dark For a vicious micron has made its mark Help! Help! The humans lark As the deadly virus acts like a shark. But while on this quest we embark There is a soothing shining spark All the wonders in nature's arc Are healing back to their trademark. Rive  Read More...
Published on Apr 30,2020 02:24 PM
Are you happy? Are you human?
By Sanil Yadav in General Literary | Reads: 862 | Likes: 0
One of the greatest American authors once said….“No human being can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.” - Shirley JacksonFor me, personally, the above quote makes a lot of sense and gives a new perspective to view life.The first question that c  Read More...
Published on May 10,2020 12:31 AM
Demon and Guardian
By Ayesha Majumdar in Poetry | Reads: 862 | Likes: 0
I sang a lullaby, a lullaby made of dreams; To calm the demon, that within me screamed. It was my pet, incorrigible and untamed. Kill it, I said to myself, it could'nt be trained. My heart had shrunk and so had my soul, To possess my body was it's only goal. It was now my turn, to roll the wretched   Read More...
Published on Jun 4,2020 11:29 AM
My Darling Daughter
By Mridul Chakraborty in Poetry | Reads: 862 | Likes: 0
The beams of thousand colourful rainbows, The fragrance of million aromatic flowers; The unbright, the unmight and slow Luck of mine heals with a gentle blow When comes with tiny footsteps to glow, O daughter! My darling daughter! The cure of my sorrows, the potion of my pains, The joy, the glee, t  Read More...
Published on Jun 6,2020 10:25 AM
A Rainy Night in Kolkata.
By Pratyush Padihary in Thriller | Reads: 860 | Likes: 0
Ballygunge constitutes the entirety of South Calcutta to be approx. The face of the old dilapidated buildings from the times of the British Raj, today seem to  be wearing a drapery of heavy exhaustion in lieu of the witness they have borne for decades now. Banners keep screaming about the build  Read More...
Published on Apr 5,2020 02:06 PM
Not everyone is meant to stay.
By kushagra in Poetry | Reads: 860 | Likes: 0
Not everyone is meant to stay Not everyone you come across in your life is meant to stay, People will come and go, (might even a linger awhile) But they will leave. You may plead, You may cry, You may even beg, Not everyone you come across in your life is meant to stay. When that hurricane of lone  Read More...
Published on Apr 6,2020 09:04 PM
Corona
By Verse Of Life in Poetry | Reads: 858 | 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
To the crossing roads
By merusri murthy in General Literary | Reads: 857 | Likes: 0
To the crossing roads: The people we meet and the roads we cross with them are the paths we hold with them. Sometimes the roads never cross as planned maybe we call that our destiny . The roads may determine our paths but not our destinations. The destinations are paved within the crossing roads. Th  Read More...
Published on Apr 11,2020 01:13 PM
Empty Hopes
By Saurabh in Poetry | Reads: 855 | Likes: 0
Fading in cigarette smoke, my empty hopesThey say I'm hopeless, don't know what it takes to move onBut the fading image never truly fadesCalling me from oblivion, long after she is goneWords keep looming, memories keep floatingBurning me in hopes, searching for smoke in still water pondsI've seen th  Read More...
Published on Apr 11,2020 12:28 AM
Saving grace
By Karan Pillai in Poetry | Reads: 854 | Likes: 0
Assurances aside, what's in it for me, I had once thought. And then you said, "Baby, we are a team. We do it together. Always." Now I stand in front of you and wonder, with a shade of fear, Were we ever prepared if we parted ways? I get it, you don't like negativity, And you don't want to think ahe  Read More...
Published on Mar 26,2020 07:47 PM
My child
By Jeyaradha Jayaram in Poetry | Reads: 854 | Likes: 0
Petit frame, black hair just like a rose, so fair cuddled in the cradle as fresh as a dew drop serene sleep and peace making every adult feel jealous open minded learner sleep now calm and quiet things will change you never know at any moment for life is gentle and wild ’tis up to you to choos  Read More...
Published on Apr 18,2020 01:00 PM
Cave in? Maybe not
By Akhila S. Prakash in Poetry | Reads: 853 | Likes: 0
At ease she felt,  To have let go of her nerves.  Everything in order like before.  On occasion, a slight pain throbbed in her chest,  but quick to suppress,  she was getting better at it.  Hit by a sudden wave of a misfortune,  her fears and anxieties began to br  Read More...
Published on Mar 29,2020 08:58 AM
Life In Graveyard by Anjali Jha
By Anjali Kumari Jha in Poetry | Reads: 853 | Likes: 0
Life in graveyard Life is very peaceful in graveyard , No one can tease you, No one can hurt you, The spirit of soul and whole body diffused in the soil,  Sometimes it turns into ashes,  Sometimes it putrefy along with soil,  Grabbing and absorbing the whole body goes into peace,&nbs  Read More...
Published on Mar 30,2020 03:25 PM