The farrago we call life
By Apraajita Sharma in General Literary | Reads: 598 | Likes: 1
It was all a lie.  What they told me. All of it. A goddamn lie. They set the limitations and I hopelessly scrambled to achieve them. Or maybe it was me. So desperate to fit in. So lost for attention I forgot what being myself felt like. Maybe it was a messed up scrap of history; Maybe it was a  Read More...
Published on May 5,2020 06:18 PM
Find Your Wings
By Sanglap Adhikary in True Story | Reads: 597 | Likes: 1
“Just more two years and your life will be settled” is probably the most ecumenical piece of lie that has been deliberately slipped into our intuition after 10th. But it’s after two years of struggle we tend to realize the substantive is yet to devour us. Undoubtedly college life i  Read More...
Published on Jun 3,2020 12:28 PM
Born Again
By Ramya Jeokash in Poetry | Reads: 596 | Likes: 1
I found myself again and again Through my daughter, beloved son I thought, life can be lived; only once But they broke the Truth,  And taught the Fun That we have a chance,  To correct through them.  Not posing as the One But join with them,  Now and then To be the one among them  Read More...
Published on May 23,2020 05:26 PM
MY BATTLE AGAINST TIME
By The Thought Saga in True Story | Reads: 594 | Likes: 1
PART 1 ---- 'Life is What happens To You, While You Are Busy Planning November 14, 2019- Etched into my heart till infinity. Wondering Why?  This was the day when I was hospitalized due to dengue, just 9 days prior to my sister's wedding. The jitters and the numbness I feel are indescribable wh  Read More...
Published on May 17,2020 12:15 PM
Odyssey of an Archaic Soul
By Gayathri S in Western | Reads: 593 | Likes: 1
She had laughed. She had grieved. She had been taught. She had learnt. And the question was, “Was she happy?” - Not yet. Every person is a victim of his/her circumstances. “What makes you happy?” The answer varies from person to person.  To her, happiness was “fre  Read More...
Published on May 6,2020 11:44 AM
THE GIFT OF EMPATHY
By Kamlavathi Mudliyar in Poetry | Reads: 592 | Likes: 1
THE GIFT OF EMPATHY Once, I seeked help from a strangerAnd she helped me to reach the destination I was looking for. Next time I offered help to a strangerfor I saw myself in her and showed what she's looking for.. Life is full of moments like thisexchanging help and just being human in true senseTh  Read More...
Published on Mar 22,2020 08:59 PM
WOMEN
By Piyush Vishwakarma in Poetry | Reads: 592 | Likes: 1
                                                                   WOMEN  You are not less than a part of this universe. You   Read More...
Published on May 18,2020 07:02 AM
The umbrella
By John in True Story | Reads: 591 | Likes: 1
There is this one fresh memory that flashes whenever it rains. For most people , it would probably be a quiet coffee date with someone at the local café or maybe even a kiss in the rain  in a corner somewhere on the outskirt of town. The rain resonates a series of episodes captured in ou  Read More...
Published on Mar 29,2020 08:13 PM
The shooting star
By Akanksha in Poetry | Reads: 591 | Likes: 1
And little did that star, among the beautiful lucent stars Uncovering the blanket of the sky, wearing a veil of insecurity, Trillions of jewels adored Nyx And wrapped in bright delusion wishes from zillions of lips And a little shooting star With a broken heart from distance afar Wishes never meant   Read More...
Published on May 9,2020 05:27 PM
Security Guard
By Subhq Deb in True Story | Reads: 588 | Likes: 1
You are tired. There are dark bags under your eyes and your skin is freckled with mosquitoes bites. You fiddle restlessly with your cane, tapping it in tune to the muffled music that streams from your battered button phone. The same set of 90's hits played over and over again.  I remember promi  Read More...
Published on Jun 9,2020 08:58 AM
Happy Souls
By Prachi Yawalkar in General Literary | Reads: 587 | Likes: 1
Growing up as "middle class" Indian child we have been so fond of family that even a single person missing in the family is the worst we could think of.Dhruti was the youngest child in a joint family. She was closest to her grandpa the most. He was her first friend and Dhruti his last friend. Being   Read More...
Published on Apr 29,2020 12:34 AM
Castaway
By Sushmita Das in Poetry | Reads: 585 | Likes: 1
She began with no direction, Sailing in uncharted waters; Towards an abysmal chasm Of darkness; blinded, discouraged, She turned away— Frightened by the enormity Of what the morrow brought. There was comfort In what she'd seen, Warmth in what she knew. But no force of nature could mitigate&nbs  Read More...
Published on Mar 26,2020 05:35 PM
The painful silence
By Baishali Sonowal in Poetry | Reads: 578 | Likes: 1
Never did I realize, the presence of a haunted silence, How could I deny the gloomy shaped picture it displayed, Never did I imagine, the place it occupied in my heart, That tore my benevolence into pieces. I yelled, I screamed,  The pain was trying to kill, I yelled, I screamed, The pain would  Read More...
Published on Mar 22,2020 11:23 PM
An Accidental Crime
By Sowmya Sri Rathnakumar in Sci-fi | Reads: 578 | Likes: 1
Dr. Sarah Kapoor, Head of Health Department, stepped out of her car and walked urgently through the corridors towards the conference hall. As she entered, she noticed the other officials from the department were sitting around a table and watching the local news channel telecasting about the unident  Read More...
Published on Apr 10,2020 11:09 AM
Behavior Modification
By shailesh rathod in General Literary | Reads: 576 | Likes: 1
Behavior Modification Do you remember being punished as a child? Why do you think your parents did that? Despite what we thought back then, it wasn’t because they hated us and enjoyed watching us suffer through a week without television. They merely disapproved of our actions and were hopin  Read More...
Published on Mar 23,2020 09:39 AM
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