So did she
By Divya G Prasad in Poetry | Reads: 1,521 | Likes: 0
Amidst the quietness, shreaked a lot of pleas. Yet, they confined her. So did the system. She was up against four. The four walls now engulfed each single. The deeds were finished. So was she. They slithered on the floor, crited to let them free, Coz they had families, But, so did she. She was ki  Read More...
Published on Mar 24,2020 08:36 AM
யார்?
By P.Mathiyalagan in Poetry | Reads: 1,521 | Likes: 0
உருவத்தில் மனிதனாகவும் உள்ளத்தில் மிருகமாகவும் இருக்கின்ற மனிதர்கள் இங்கு எத்தனை கோடி?   பயிருக்கும், பதரு  Read More...
Published on Apr 8,2020 07:52 PM
The escape room
By Manasvi Kumar in Poetry | Reads: 1,492 | Likes: 0
Nothing is felt here In the escape room Your mind isn't clear To save yourself from you But this escape room Just feels right When you need to escape From what you fright  You'll find many minds  Scraping their existence here When they're nowhere Else to find But this escape room Just f  Read More...
Published on May 6,2020 01:54 PM
Short Story: A CO(W)UNTRY ISSUE
By Navaratnam Giritharan in General Literary | Reads: 1,489 | Likes: 0
- Wriiten in Tamil Byy V.N.Giritharan ; English Translation From Tamil By Latha Ramakrishnan -As it was Sunday the road looked less crowded than usual. No traffic jam, either. Ponnaiya’s Honda Accord was creeping smoothly along St.Clair West. Driving a car during Sundays or holidays was Ponnai  Read More...
Published on Mar 24,2020 08:07 AM
Last Wish
By Bhagyesh in True Story | Reads: 1,480 | Likes: 0
The prisoner was about to be hanged but before that the jailer asked his last wish he smiled with tears in his eyes and replied I just want to die seeing my mother's photo and please make sure that after my death that she receive this letter then he offered last prayers and his mother's photo was ke  Read More...
Published on Apr 20,2020 12:22 PM
Valmiki's Revelation
By Akul Anandur in Mythology | Reads: 1,458 | Likes: 0
The duet of birds,those perching on a green spot of a forest,underwent a transpose withaddition of an instrument- an Arrow."O, what poacher bearing,Such desire, which,Collapsed the song..."The hungry hunter, a victim,having sought the freedomfrom fruitlessness, with his first huntin Weeks, sets to r  Read More...
Published on May 3,2020 05:00 PM
Do Not Resuscitate
By Suvajit Roy in General Literary | Reads: 1,450 | Likes: 0
Sunday evenings can get very quiet in the hospital, especially, on the fifth floor. They call the fifth floor the palliative care and wellness unit but, Satyaki knew it is where they keep the terminal patients. Strangely enough, the beeping of monitors and the occasional opening and closing of the e  Read More...
Published on Jun 12,2020 05:50 PM
A Journey of Music
By Dr. Munila Naqvi in General Literary | Reads: 1,446 | Likes: 0
It was a dark night, and the sky was full of glittering stars and Ria was lost in her owm world. Remembering the good old times when she was able to see the real beauty of life with her eyes. 2 years back she met with an accident and lost her eyesight. But her dreams are so bright that even the dark  Read More...
Published on Apr 19,2020 01:01 AM
My Story - The Courage
By Atish Ajay Chintalwar in True Story | Reads: 1,445 | Likes: 0
A few years back, I was lying comfortably in my room, enjoying my favourite television serial, when my father came home with my medical reports in his hands. I did not have any idea what life had in store for me. He was not looking happy. There was sadness all over his face.  We finished dinner  Read More...
Published on Mar 29,2020 10:29 AM
True Friend
By Lolita in Poetry | Reads: 1,442 | Likes: 0
Some are far and some quite near Yet when I am lonely why do I fear Some are a call away and few are in thoughts But the joy of knowing oneself can never be fraught.   The fingers that first wipe away my tears , are mineThe eyes that sparkle and gleam when I laugh aloud are also mine.So how com  Read More...
Published on May 14,2020 07:40 PM
Tragedies
By Vikalp Joshi in General Literary | Reads: 1,440 | Likes: 0
Dear person who finds this letter, 8000 metres above sea level and 28 degree celsius below zero, my smart watch says. I say, it’s been 17 days 8 hours and 16 minutes since I left home because it haunted me after she left that morning. I know she loved mountains and so I am here, hoping to meet  Read More...
Published on Mar 22,2020 06:57 PM
MY LOCKDOWN BATTENBURG CAKE
By Mousumi Biswas in Humour & Comedy | Reads: 1,425 | Likes: 0
MY LOCKDOWN BATTENBURG CAKE ( My entry for the 3rd phase of the contest )       It all began while I was waiting for my turn in the waiting room at the  doctor's   clinic  few months before the lockdown . I was  flipping aimlessly through the pages of a glossy  Read More...
Published on May 25,2020 06:32 PM
Between the fingers
By Siddharth Mehrotra in Romance | Reads: 1,407 | Likes: 0
Between the fingers ❤️ After a long time, leaving all the work behind, he came to see me but the time we had in our hand was too little to share thousands of memories. We spent hours just talking and little by little I found myself falling for him again.  He removed the clips from my hair a  Read More...
Published on May 25,2020 10:10 AM
This too shall pass
By Priya Agarwal in Poetry | Reads: 1,399 | Likes: 0
Oh nature, my healer. Oh! You my last resort.. you have always justified my motive, and only you are my true support. Whenever I doubt my actions, Of not being at par with the world.. Whenever my reactions, Are misunderstood and curled… I lock myself for a while, I weep a little like a child  Read More...
Published on Apr 27,2020 01:09 AM
Crossroads
By Shreyosi in Romance | Reads: 1,387 | Likes: 0
  Indolent afternoons, I snuggle up on my favorite bean bag at the Crossword. Smelling my newly bought novel, I fondly go through the excerpt, when suddenly a purple ford on the road catches my attention. And I look outside the window, longer than usual, almost in anticipati  Read More...
Published on Apr 10,2020 09:19 PM