Broken
By sukhmani anand in General Literary | Reads: 367 | Likes: 1
  HE SAT ON THE WINDOW LEDGE, IN A SHADED CORNER OF HIS ROOM, TRYING TO THINK OF SOMEWAY HE COULD REDEEM HIMSELF IN HER EYES. Days and nights had passed; he could not make peace with himself. There was a storm howling outside the window that had uprooted trees and displace tiny l  Read More...
Published on Apr 21,2020 11:28 PM
Letter to a friend
By Eswar Tavva in True Story | Reads: 366 | Likes: 1
LETTER TO A FRIEND Stamp collection and postcard collection are one of my hobbies. One fine day I went to the Post Office located in Army Cantonment in Secunderabad to collect some stamps. An old man, about 80 years of age, approached me and requested me to write a letter to his friend. He also requ  Read More...
Published on Apr 9,2020 09:12 AM
A Good Bargain
By Sunanda Bhowmick in Romance | Reads: 360 | Likes: 1
 It was late evening and the little drizzle had softened the otherwise screeching heat that Kolkata brings this season. It was windy as usual. A quite pleasant surrounding that comes with the Rain and Wind. I was returning home after getting vegetables n essentials from the local market. Some   Read More...
Published on Apr 4,2020 11:47 PM
Smell of the rain
By Shreya in General Literary | Reads: 356 | Likes: 1
As the trees peered through the window, its leaves gleaming and dancing in turns, descending last of the droplets, the scent of the rain slowly lurked its way in the room. His head hung beneath his bed, his arm swaying playfully, Rohan looked up. Transfixed by the fragrance, the steely sky outside a  Read More...
Published on May 24,2020 03:18 PM
Love and the War
By Eswar Tavva in True Story | Reads: 349 | Likes: 1
LOVE AND THE WAR I was a young lieutenant in the Indian army when I got posted in the North-Eastern part of India. The topography of this region is mountainous and densely covered with forests. Militant organisations were very active in the area I got posted at and most of the villages were militant  Read More...
Published on Apr 7,2020 10:05 AM
Yearbook 1972
By Saugata Chakraborty in General Literary | Reads: 348 | Likes: 1
Ashima decided on a whim, as the Shatabdi started slowing down before entering Dehradun that during her stay at Mussoorie, she was not going to bond with Ruskin. Maybe with James, but not with Ruskin. Whims these days, have become quite the norm for her. Vivian, her Manager at the Tamarind Reef Res  Read More...
Published on Apr 18,2020 10:28 PM
Nature is magic
By aadya agnihotri in Poetry | Reads: 346 | Likes: 1
It's a joy to be in the nature's lap Going to the mountains and surfing the map I want my soul to be lost in the nature Navigating the forests and meeting new creatures. It's a joy to have long nature walks Counting the stars, with moon - having deep talks For a depressed mind, nature is a home For  Read More...
Published on Apr 30,2020 11:17 PM
Menstruation, voice of every woman
By Ruksar Rosy in General Literary | Reads: 342 | Likes: 1
It was 12 at night. She felt an unbearable pain, an ache in her abdomen and gradually realising that blood flowing out of her body. She went to her mother frighteningly and mother persisted her its a natural process, every woman should go through it. The very next morning she was ascribed with some  Read More...
Published on Apr 5,2020 06:52 PM
Friendship
By Smruti in Poetry | Reads: 342 | Likes: 1
Round the table we sat with a smile Looking at the faces not seen in a while.. Thought to ourselves, "Are we back in the past?" Why did the days passed so fast.. From fighting to erase the board  To fighting with life on board.. Happy faces have turned sad Considered themselves bad.. Distorte  Read More...
Published on May 31,2020 01:26 PM
Petrichor
By litty anto in True Story | Reads: 340 | Likes: 1
27th March 2018 remains a date that’s well saved. Well, that’s a day that would stay etched in my professional experience.That’s a day which is both sweet and sour and ofcourse those feelings can be termed petrichor – the smell of mud and first rain ! A teacher is like a  Read More...
Published on Apr 10,2020 11:39 PM
My Portrait of Gandhi
By S.Neelacantan in Poetry | Reads: 339 | Likes: 1
My Portrait of GandhiKumari S. Neelacantan   I started sketching GandhiHe appeared weak. When I drew his hairless head,It felt like journey in Thar Desert With fire in the air. When I went through the outer lines Of his forehead, I was in a deserted Street.   When I stroked his eyes wit  Read More...
Published on May 27,2020 01:16 PM
Amnesia
By Dips in Humour & Comedy | Reads: 338 | Likes: 1
It was a busy bustling day at the market, my eyes were not window shopping but looking for my dear husband.. It started to drizzle a little and I started to get a little anxious as I couldn't find the person I was looking for . As people started deserting the streets and taking shelter because by t  Read More...
Published on Jun 2,2020 07:03 AM
Being Woman - A salute to all Homemakers
By nidhitahim in True Story | Reads: 337 | Likes: 1
This goes out to all the moms, mother-in-law, wives, grandmothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, all women and especially MY MOM! As you all know we are in a lockdown stage where we can't move out of our houses and follow social distancing, life has come to a halt. This period of distancing our  Read More...
Published on Apr 13,2020 06:19 PM
The Red Signal
By Ankit Mahapatra in True Story | Reads: 336 | Likes: 1
About 6 months ago, I shifted from a small, calm & beautiful town called Pantnagar, situated in the greenery of the Tarai region in Uttarakhand to the fast-going and noisy atmosphere of the national capital.After getting my allocated hostel room, I decided to go to the Karol Bagh market which is  Read More...
Published on Mar 29,2020 08:37 PM
Prison, Love, Escape and a Sacrifice
By Eswar Tavva in General Literary | Reads: 327 | Likes: 1
PRISON, LOVE, ESCAPE AND A SACRIFICE At the time when Indians were rebelling against foreign rule, the Britishers had to find a place to deport prisoners. A place where no one could easily reach and those who reached could not escape. This deporting was known as "Kaala Pani” which means "Black  Read More...
Published on Apr 6,2020 10:25 AM
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