Your Peace Amidst Storm
It has been so long since I read a book that felt so deep within. Every sentences and phrases made absolute sense that it triggered me; that it made me look back at every decision I have made so far.…
‘Storm Area51’ Creator Unveils Plan for 1.7M runners.
The man who convinced more than 1 million people to “storm Area 51” in search of its alien secrets has emerged from an undisclosed location to explain how a simple “joke” spiralled out of control. Matty Roberts says he created the…
The 12 Year Old Girl Who Runs a Free Library
Meet Yashoda D Shenoy, the 12-year-old Indian, Kerala girl who runs a free library in Kochi, India. Yashoda learned about library dues and decided to start a free library after she thought about the poor who would not be able…
‘Discovery’ in Historical Civilisations.
A MISAPPROPRIATION OF WORD. The word ‘Discovery’ as its etymology in the old Anglo-french word – Descovrir. Hence, it was first used in the English language in the early sixteenth century around 1529. Which literally means the act of finding…
Shards of Pain
Pain, As described by the magnanimous fool “With pain comes great wisdom.” But what if they stick to my lungs Just like the cancerous puff? What if it is the Drowsiness in the disco? What if it is the, Flame…
Contained Within
How different, all the vessels that transport our minds around, Variety of size and shapes, uniqueness does abound. Some adorned quite regally, while others are quite plain And yet they function all the same, they carry ‘round our brain. …
Snake
Original : Assamese : Guna Moran Translation : Bibekananda Choudhury I frisson on seeing a snake As if the long venomous tongue jutting out Would bite me lethally Instantly on seeing But the number of death Bitten by long…
Body Cathedral
The divine is tangible the body a temple the legs spires the hands feathers the eyes stain -glassed hues Prayer As a shawl falls a mantle over a calm expanse cool harmony the slender stance of a tender…
Downtime
When I withdraw from the roster of worldly duties when I’m with myself cawing of crows bothers me more than before. I like to bombinate. When I get used to its pace, ravines belong to another sequel. Hortative voices within…
Parents’ Apologies
What exactly have I done so wrong? I have listened to his cries and please I have tried to understand all of his Hopes, dreams and needs Yet as time goes on He continues to hate me Not trusting in…
Missing
Missing is a feeling that connotes So many things; Anxiety tinged emotions bound Quite tightly by life’s strings Or maybe just a tiny miss, when Someone’s gone to store Knowing that they’ll be right back, A quick and easy chore.…
The Blew Eagle Cafe
I drove down to the Blew Eagle cafe, knowing it was risky, wanting it to be. Traffic howled on the bridge overhead. There were freighter horns and train whistles, boxcars in abandoned yards, and transient camps tucked up under the…
Pinnacle
I stand by a wicked smile. Holding grudges over desert lines. Gods being menaced by moths and flies. Veils fail to save when the evil dies. The golden snowy showers from above. Sins can wait – This moment is euphonious.…
Her Favorite Color
What was her favorite color? Was it the brown in your eyes? Or Was it the pink in your smile? Was it the black that you so often wore? Or The red that you adored? Was it the blue that…
Accident
If you’re too green For a place, Everyone can feel it. As sure as self is Close to the entrance A walled chasm Of separation Invades. Streets collide At a juncture Meet at your feet, Head over heels This raggedy…
The Myth of Stars
If the stars Do not exist on earth Both day and night will be so bright And they will lose Their values. So they travel so far To the sky So that we will only see them In darkness And…