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Jun 3, 20212 minthat summer we became birds the tips of our wings / felt softer / than our hands ever could / ahead of us / the lake lay / like glass / lay like morning / pale and...
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Feb 11, 20213 minRapeHi. I was raped when I was a child. It was from a known person, this thought always makes me wild. he was my kin brother, calm down,...
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Sep 23, 20202 minMangoes In Summer: ChildhoodSlicing mangoes in summer Is no mean feat. You need hardened patience You need to resist temptation So you tear off the peels with your...
Sep 2, 202010 minLiterature and PropagandaReading Time: 10min “The totalitarian mass leaders based their propaganda on the correct psychological assumption that, under such...
Aug 8, 20209 minTravelling the World During Lockdown – One Book at a TimeI am trying to recall now the exact moment everything changed. It was a sultry afternoon in March, and the sun was everywhere. Mumbai lay...
Jul 25, 20201 minThe Empty ChaliceOne fine summer, A chalice was made Out of the wood of mahogany. “It’s beautiful!” Cried out many. Thinly crafted along its body, Visible...
Jul 18, 202010 minMapping the Evolution of MasculinityThe concept of the ideal man has shaped our discourse around masculinity. Like, the virtues of selflessness, beauty, sacrifice, virginity...
Jul 10, 20204 minDEPIt was one rainy afternoon that Lokesh first met the creature. It was a tiny blob, protruding out of Lokesh’s right shoulder, wrapped in...
Jun 12, 20207 minMA!It was that time of the year again when the sun shone itself for more hours than required. I didn’t like this time of the year – it made...