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
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
Rising Peace
By Jyothi Minnoch in Romance | Reads: 861 | Likes: 0
Do you like stories? Do you want to hear one? Dear one, lend me your ear to hear this story and let it walk with you as it shares its creation... Once upon a time... There was a little boy who was sitting outside a house, with hands hugging his knees and head buried in the space to collect his tears  Read More...
Published on Apr 16,2020 11:49 AM
Scenic Revival
By Dr. Balraj Shukla in Poetry | Reads: 861 | 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
Nemesis
By Ankurita in Poetry | Reads: 859 | Likes: 0
#Nemesis and one day i wake up and the world around me changed everything seemed to be still  the curtains open and i could see the blue sky with the sun embracing me with every bit of its beams and the clouds that i slept on many a times in my dreams the aroma of my coffee beans and the bliss  Read More...
Published on Apr 10,2020 08:44 PM
A Rainy Night in Kolkata.
By Pratyush Padihary in Thriller | Reads: 858 | 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
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
Not everyone is meant to stay.
By kushagra in Poetry | Reads: 855 | 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
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
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
COURAGE IN THE TIME OF CORONA.
By Shravanthi Reddy in General Literary | Reads: 852 | Likes: 0
"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again." reminds Maya Angelou. It conveys that whatever has happened cannot be unlived or changed; whether happy, sad, or painful it is over and done and we must part with it in acceptance.   Read More...
Published on Jun 3,2020 05:06 PM
Demon and Guardian
By Ayesha Majumdar in Poetry | Reads: 852 | 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
Cave in? Maybe not
By Akhila S. Prakash in Poetry | Reads: 851 | 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