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My moment of truth @ wrong place
By Satheesh Kumar in Humour & Comedy | Reads: 597 | Likes: 1
Whatever you are going to read below happened exactly the way it is narrated & there is not even an iota of exaggeration! Happy reading! This happened almost 18 years ago. I have a black mole (atleast that what I had thought all these years) underneath my tongue. I had no issues whatsoever unt  Read More...
Published on Mar 26,2020 12:13 PM
Statue Of The Lake: Girl Near The Lake
By Shantunu in Poetry | Reads: 303 | Likes: 0
My ferocious dream took me to the world of unknown, There was a girl near the lake, De facto she was crying in a juvenile way, And her companion was me, The statue of the lake. My life is hell she said in feeble voice, And her shining drops of tears were falling on the ground, My inner soul cried, I  Read More...
Published on Mar 26,2020 12:18 PM
Dream
By suveetha in Poetry | Reads: 808 | Likes: 28
I have a dream To be the driver of my own destiny Not a passenger in any man’s journey Build my own castle A place out of reach Safely secluded in a faraway land Where I can be myself Never pretend to be someone’s puppet Where my tears are at Bay Where I can fly with open wings Not held   Read More...
Published on Mar 26,2020 12:24 PM
Silver lining
By manjeet kaur in General Literary | Reads: 477 | Likes: 1
"Argh", the irritated howl from the kitchen echoed. I rolled my eyes yet again. The milk has boiled over again; I sighed. Robust Punjabi abuses, referring each woman relative in the household, especially the mum and sister followed. It is a quandary which only OCD plagued women can understand. I can  Read More...
Published on Mar 26,2020 12:33 PM
Free
By Shubhalakshmi Das in Poetry | Reads: 215 | Likes: 0
Exuberant emerald foliage Silent evenings, the dream catcher clings,  Drops of Topaz raining from the Sun falling on little saplings. You, me still chained, sipping bittersweet tea while the li'l green parrot you caged, she's free. Empty roads and calm city   The 'Unlucky' black cat finall  Read More...
Published on Mar 26,2020 12:33 PM
The Choice
By Anshika in General Literary | Reads: 627 | Likes: 1
Tarun Patel was a wise man. When he spoke, people listened to him. And so, he chose his words and actions carefully. One day, a rich man came to him for advice. Tarun could tell he was rich by his swagger, and the way he was dressed – not to mention the eighty-foot-long road clogger people cal  Read More...
Published on Mar 26,2020 12:44 PM
MOTHER AT LAST
By john methuselah in Fantasy | Reads: 490 | Likes: 0
MOTHER AT LAST   The young boy Naresh was restless and weary as he searched for a cool place where he could take shelter from the sweltering sun. Naresh was malnourished for his age; a pair of loose shorts was tied up with a string, and a shirt which drooped over his shoulders. He slung a bag w  Read More...
Published on Mar 26,2020 12:56 PM
Mindful
By Kiran Phadnis in General Literary | Reads: 438 | Likes: 2
Those birds sitting on the walls of my mind's prison stared at me and said, "Hey, we were here to rest for a while and take off on a new flight, but we've fallen prey to our old fight for space to spread our wings." This led me to ask my internal master, "for years i have been a tourist in my own la  Read More...
Published on Mar 26,2020 01:20 PM
Echoes never lie..
By Surya K (Lekha) in Poetry | Reads: 191 | Likes: 1
To the Mountains that echoed, " it's love..❤",When my heart whispered his name..The ones who have seen and heard,All the forever legendary love stories on earth and above..Have you seen us in your memories..?For we have known eachother for ages and ages..In the lap of the Himalayas, along the bank  Read More...
Published on Mar 26,2020 01:22 PM
A Lapse In Judgement
By Anshika in Humour & Comedy | Reads: 323 | Likes: 1
“A lapse in judgement, Is perhaps the worst thing.” This was what the little scrap of human newspaper said, the scrap that through some irreversible misfortune had landed in the paws of Aunt Tabitha. She, of course, had considered it anything but misfortune, seeing as she’d forgott  Read More...
Published on Mar 26,2020 01:23 PM
Quarantine 2020
By Dr. Jaspreet Kaur in General Literary | Reads: 183 | Likes: 0
"Quarantine" sounds like a big word. It is nothing but for our safety. Quarantine is for people who are exposed to the infectious agent with or without symptoms. They have to maintain self quarantine, staying at home, maintaining a minimum distance of one metre in the household. Since, one week I ha  Read More...
Published on Mar 26,2020 01:24 PM
Not letting go
By Naman Bhardwaj in Romance | Reads: 441 | Likes: 3
I'm tired of people telling me to move on. Let it go they say, you're holding onto it for too long. How do I even explain it to them? Is it that simple? Is it something I haven't tried doing? Who wants to spend their life waiting for someone to love them? Who wants to sleep every night questioning   Read More...
Published on Mar 26,2020 01:37 PM
Metropolis Sindbad
By Aftab Yusuf Shaikh in Poetry | Reads: 321 | Likes: 0
The hungry storms of inflation, in my face.The waves roaringwith cries of dis-employment. Nobody survives this storm,they said, nobody has any resort-they had.Losing was ugly, I knew,not trying at all was bad,I steered my shipthe sails felt the strain,the storms bowed at lastbut the price was painno  Read More...
Published on Mar 26,2020 01:49 PM
Bombay Rain
By Aftab Yusuf Shaikh in Poetry | Reads: 277 | Likes: 0
The clouds gatheredaround the palace She sat betweenmy two legs-spread out like a rumor,her head resting on my knee. And it rainedslowly and slowlyall night long.  Read More...
Published on Mar 26,2020 01:51 PM
Phoenix of God
By Aftab Yusuf Shaikh in Poetry | Reads: 330 | Likes: 0
I am a Cancer survivor. How does it sound? Brave, courageous?deserving mercy or pity?How do I look to you?Weak, frail, sad, timid, strong, glad? I was washed and shuffledand thrashed and washed again,to purify, He wants me pureHe crumpled me like that piece of paperthat is destined to travel farthe  Read More...
Published on Mar 26,2020 01:52 PM
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