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Losing and Gaining

What sacrifices have you made in life? We make sacrifices in life when we let go of a chance at somethingwhich we hold as being important to us, but not as important as thechoice we make instead. What exactly makes something a sacrifice? Everything we do in ourlife, has a cost, with ‘time’ being one…
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Compiling Memories

What’s the oldest things you’re wearing today? Dev opened the small wooden door of a letter box. His eyes saw throughthe lens of the black framed spectacles at what all had arrived. Therewere a few old bills and an old magazine. Years after the advent ofthe electronic mail system, people don’t approach the letter boxes…
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Musings…

Are you a leader or a follower? Relationships with meditation have changed over time and today I would like to explain the situation which I currently have with meditation. When I was a child meditation was an alien term and knowing it was through the visiting of several religious places … The common thing or…
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Chasing Butterflies 🦋

The light from the sky touched the ground. The green of the grassreached its peak of vibrancy. The world started waking to a new day. Ira pressed her palm against the glass of the window. She had beenstanding there for a while. She had seen how, the way the sky feltchanged as the morning light…
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Sand in the Void

What’s one small improvement you can make in your life? Vehant turned the page of a magazine he had been reading for the pasttwenty-two minutes. The two new pages revealed information on forestwealth and how its reduction had become an issue of devastatingconsequences. The smartphone vibrated; it was a work-related email. Vehant wentthrough it and…
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Uninterrupted

What does freedom mean to you? Freedom is a very subjective term and may change from person to person a lot… Today let us know the concept of Freedom from a child’s perspective.. Meet Vikrant a 10 year old boy who was made to do his homework despite the fact that he wants to play..…
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Another Morning

The dining table was dressed with food items for a Sunday breakfast.13 years old Darika sat with a sandwich in her hand looking outsidethe window, lost in a world of her own. Mr Garg, Darika’s grandfather sat opposite to her. The majority of hisface was covered by the newspaper he held in his two hands…
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Prisha’s Thought

What is your career plan? Prisha put her red lunch box in a small waterproof bag and then sheput the lunch box in her brown school bag. She put her green bottle ofwater in the side pocket of her school bag. Prisha took out her bicycle and waved goodbye to her mother who stoodbehind. Her…
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Sequential Advancement

What was the last live performance you saw? Lekh stood trying to control his breath, his right hand held therailing, while the strength of grip fluctuated. He could hear and feeleach beat of his heart to its innermost depth. Lekh looked down at the travel bag kept near his feet and then helooked at the…
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On Clear Grounds

What do you do to be involved in the community? Ekansh looked around the field for where the other fielders stood andthen he assessed his own position and how he could stop an incomingball hit by the batsman. A game of cricket was part of almost every Sunday. All the children ofthe society gathered in…
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Within the Shroud of Darkness

Dakshita dug her hand deep into her purse to find some spare change.Her hand felt some coins and picked them out. She counted the coins;they would cover the cost of a small packet of brown bread. Dakshita walked back to her apartment building from the grocery store.The path remained damp from when the mist cannon…
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Choosing the Right

Do you vote in political elections? Election Electorate and constituency are the words Prakriti has read and known from the very childhood.. Why? Because on a specific month or around in each year or each two years she used to see political parties go for their own propaganda.. Then one fine day her parents, grandparents…
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Awaiting Presence

What gives you direction in life? Bhavin walked out of the metro station. Waves of people rushed outalong with him, most of them walked past him. Bhavin was relaxed,there was no hurry today, the next day was a Sunday, hence thisSaturday evening he would dedicate to nothing else but relaxation. Bhavin took notice of the…
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Definition Of Home

Mehak and Mina were returning from their tuition this Friday. English literature. English literature has taught them many things and one of the most important things is being sensitive and talking about every topic under the sun.. Literature of any subject helps you to learn the twists and turns of life, the agony and joy…
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That which Glistens

The small compound of the house was between the walls which have witnessed life within being born, lived and parted. The sinking sun led to the white ceiling lights of the compound being switched on.
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Morning Breeze

My consciousness woke to a new morning and I rose and remained awake in a sitting position.
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Expressions speak louder than Emojis

What are your favorite emojis? Emojis. Do you know when was the first emoji was made ? nope.. so I googled and got to know this…..The first emoji were created in 1999 by Japanese artist Shigetaka Kurita. Kurita worked on the development team for “i-mode,” an early mobile internet platform from Japan’s main mobile carrier, DOCOMO.…
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A Fresh Narrative

Vipul wiped off the sweat from his forehead. His handkerchief had served its purpose well. The Sun was showing no mercy today. The afternoon heat had left the streets less populated. Vipul was returning from an interview and was walking to the nearest metro train station. A gust of hot wind with dust appeared around…
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A Knock in the Darkness

Darkness had spread, not completely though. The moon outside sent a sliver of light which entered the room, but it lacked the intensity to overcome the darkness present within the walls. A match was struck and the wick of a candle became alive with a small dancing flame around it. Dhithi took a moment to…


