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This is not me

Aug 9, 2024 | Education, Environment, General, Prose, Society & Culture

I suddenly felt it in the most unexpected place. I was sitting in a room full of people at an auditorium. People had gathered here to attend an event. It was a mix of old and the young with the old outnumbering the young. I was tired with the circumstances of my life...

The Lucky Fish

Jun 24, 2024 | Education, Environment, General, Prose, Society & Culture

Majorda, a place in the southern part of Goa has a beach that shares its name. In June, when the region is drenched by consistent rain, the beaches are mostly deserted, marking the off-season. For the third time in the past decade, I found myself in Goa during this...

Do a prayer while Sun shines

Jan 26, 2024 | Education, Environment, General, Poetry, Society & Culture

We were told that this is victory We were told that they were important in getting us to this place They wanted us to celebrate it They even told us how to do it They were upset about the people who had their own idea about what this meant to them A lot of us were...

A Bittersweet Shankranthi

Jan 17, 2024 | Education, Environment, General, Prose, Society & Culture

It was the festival of Shankranti a couple of days back. I was talking to one of my good friends about how I do not feel the same kind of excitement that I used to feel about these festivals. When I was in school, about a month before shankranthi, my mother used to...

Cycle of Violence

Oct 26, 2023 | Education, Environment, General, Prose, Society & Culture

I hurt you and you hurt me And we never felt even about it I thought you hurt me more than I did to you while you saw evil in my eyes like it was true Many years have passed and the scene has only become intense A few have used these circumstances to run their...

Death of the Metaphorical Ants

Jun 5, 2023 | Education, Environment, General, Prose, Society & Culture

Few years ago I was fully employed. Like most employment demands, my job required that I attend an important meeting every first Saturday of the month. Like most of the times I was running late for this meeting as well. I was riding my bike through the campus of my...