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...
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...
Feb 20, 2024 | Environment, Poetry, Society & Culture, Uncategorized
Saqib Chinoy Author Saqib is an educator from Bengaluru who likes to express himself through cartoons. His cartoons have appeared before on Centreforconversations. Saqib’s take on the difference between schooling and education is reflective of his journey as an...
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...
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...
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...
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