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Iridescent
Life is iridescent, reflecting a spectrum of ever-changing, vibrant experiences.
Katana: A Backstory
Amongst the deepest trenches and caverns does not lie the secret to the sharpest sword, it is found among those whose passion for it is...
Shanawazsha
Feb 223 min read
STALIN’s RISE: FOR THE MASSES OR BY THE MYTHS
"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas?" This is just one of the...
YAGYA PARASAR
Feb 224 min read
Illusion of Identity
We often take actions and follow expectations in certain ways, only to justify them by saying "Well, that's just my personality" or...
Vanshika Ludhani
Feb 215 min read
Fiction or, An unfulfilled prophecy?
Even if our existence is all but an insignificant coincidence in the grand machinery of the Universe, the indomitable human spirit...
Arpit Saraswat
Feb 203 min read
यात्रा वृत्तांत : एक समीक्षा
‘यात्रा वृत्तांत’ एक शब्द के तौर पर कठोर मालूम पड़ता है। इसके कुछ सहज पर्याय है-यात्रा संस्मरण, सफरनामा इत्यादि। क्या है ये और क्यों लिखे...
Shikhar Singh
Feb 183 min read
HATRED FOR THE CREATOR
There is a certain story that is one of the more profound things I have read over the past month. It is called “I Have No Mouth and I...
mukherjeekrishnarj
Feb 184 min read
All-out bling of the 2000s
I often find myself reminiscing about a time, that, in my opinion, is so special on so many levels that we just can’t ignore it. Two and...
Aditya Singh
Feb 152 min read
India's Elusive Oscar
It is that time of the year again when actors, directors, producers, screenwriters and everyone else who fits in "cast and crew" get into...
Aameya Devansh
Feb 145 min read
Death’s Disguise: Erasing Guilt or Etching Legacy?
We have often heard the physically and metaphorically accurate line "you can't change the past." Yet, as we scrutinize history and its...
Filza Ahsan
Feb 144 min read
Oscar: Wilde quirks of life and literature
Context: Kicked out of a restaurant for being "too witty". Had a Dandy look fashion. His tombstone is covered in lipstick kisses, but...
swekshamisra22
Feb 132 min read
All the world's a stage for Truman Burbank
Truman Burbank's life is filmed 24/7 and telecasted to a billion people. The film showcases how he discovers his world's "reality".
Asmi Srivastava
Feb 113 min read
The Places of Magic
I am an ardent fan of book series and even when I read multiple books by the same author, I tend to connect them somehow either by the...
deboshmita1198
Feb 102 min read
INTERMEZZO
Intermezzo is the first book that I read by Sally Rooney after continuously hearing her being described as the "Salinger of the Snapchat...
Neha Singh
Feb 102 min read
अग्नि की माया
मृग नयनी वो आयत लोचन, कोमल सा उसका नन्हा तन। मधुर बोली संग काले केश, छवि में बसी कोई सुंदरता विशेष। दस वर्ष में ज्ञान अद्भुत, अग्निजा...
Ritisha
Feb 62 min read
EDITOR'S CHOICE
We Wear the Mask
Poetry (Translated from La Poesia)
We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
PAUL L DUNBAR
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