Prose

By Krupa Elsa Saji There was always something so peculiar. I wasn't sure if it was the sparkle in your eyes or the way you slid your...

By Bhavya Kumari I look down upon them, sitting on the couch of heaven clouds. I see them. Starving, disease driven, walking to death....

By Mansi Shanbag Ow. My head hurts. Like something heavy fell on it. Wait, what the fuck. Where am I? Is this a cave? The walls feel wet...

By Avinaba Sarkar That day under the tree the morning breeze was carrying the enigma of life, when I saw a carafe sitting by me. As I...

By Avinaba Sarkar I see headlights traveling at hedonistic speeds, heading towards exuberance. Replays of replays generating heedless...

By Lennesha Prescilla. M Dear love, I found you first in my mother's arms when she wrapped me with you. Then my father carried you on his...

By Advika Chaturvedi His eyes as dark as the woods. She gazed into them and got lost. But sometimes when she gazed at them long enough,...

By Meeta Asthana It's been about 11 years of having dreamt of, 7 years of having conceived the idea of, 9 months of practically...

By Abhinand Anil The sky is our gateway to a neoteric, yet unknown world. Beyond the skies above, lies the remnants of the foundation of...

By Apala By Apala

By Aastha Arya Growing up, I thought what could be bought was happiness, I was attracted to fancy dolls, expensive cars and ostentatious...

By Karthika Rajan By Karthika Rajan

By Karthika Rajan An artist A madman A creature of infinite wilderness Hot poison in the loins Like music in solitude An inner eye flame...

By Karthika Rajan I remember When your friends called to meet me You resented and said you didn't want to share me with anyone And I felt...

By Karthika Rajan There are things I'm learning with being locked down Like how I'm a warrior just by making that move from bed Like how...

By Karthika Rajan This mask we wear The debt we pay for our treachery Stealing life as it goes. The air from our lungs. The strength from...

By Karthika Rajan My roots grew far too deep Buried deep inside an undernourished soil That leached everything from me Everything I once...

By Karthika Rajan I feel a little old today A little more imperfect I'm no longer the girl with secret diaries or flower crowns Rather...

By Karthika Rajan What if I’m a star stuck around a black hole Orbiting around As a mute commentator of all that is known, unknown and...

By Sneha Kumari You know how they say, writing the last chapter is always the toughest. You tend to run out of ideas, and there is...