Some parts of the write-up below are fiction, and others are not. You can decide. Saturday, 1:22 a.m. Busy days. Tiring minutes. I could hear a clock ticking ever so softly. I was falling asleep over the keyboard. “I should…
About the Series “I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book” – J.K. Rowling Here’s what I believe; every person has that one book which sings to the rhythm of their soul and speaks…
‘One fear to rule them all, one fear to find them, one fear to bring them all and in the black box bind them.’ This statement from Tolkien’s text (1954) This statement from Tolkien’s text (1954) establishes a good foothold…
Nestled amongst great pines and deodars, stands the Savoy. Even a glance of its grandeur strikes a feeling of awe. Its gleaming white walls stand tall and proud, the European-esque architecture reminds us of its history. The Savoy is a…
October 11, 1492: Christopher Columbus and his crew see a candle-like light which rises and lifts up. 1918: A Navy cargo ship with 300 men and 10000 ton of manganese disappeared between Barbados and the Chesapeake Bay without sending a…
Where do we come from, where do we go? The contents of this small article deal with the nature of our universe, and where it’s heading. As odd as it might sound, this theory was popularized by a mobster…
The mystery the eyes of the main subject behold is beyond intriguing. The shop towards the outside is vivid and colourful, but holds a dark shadow within. It makes us question, what does it hide? What is there inside to discover?
Leave a comment“Nothing’s for sure, that’s for sure” One day, as I sat at my study table jotting down the things I had to do for the day, it occurred to me that the idea of uncertainty in life has always made…
June 28, 1914; the yellow streets of Sarajevo; a nationalist ethos; and one wrong turn. This was all that was needed to start the first world war— one of the most disastrous and vicious wars ever to be fought on the planet;…
Seri? “Gaana adhura kyun tha? Kyunki life hi adhuri hai.” You rarely come across a film in which it becomes impossible to separate the art from the artist. On the 24th of July, the entire nation braced itself to witness…
From the very beginning of our childhood, we have heard about the Arabian Nights. After reading all the desert stories from the very famous Aladdin, a question arises about the mysteries of the mystic desert .
The illusions, the mysterious experiences all feed to the rumour that the desert is magical. Imagine a dark night, when you are alone and a sudden aurora streaks across the sky. Just like this one, many stories come by and blow our minds– from meteors exploding in the sky to illusions– all coming to a stop at the question, “is a desert really enchanted? ”
Most theories suggest that these are really rare experiences which occur once in a blue moon. Other religious theories believe that there are true and sacred spirits which cause these mysteries .
A mystery still unsolved… What is your take on this? Is it really true or just a conspiracy?
“We’re neither black nor white, but gray. I can only feel the touch of your hand in mine. Beneath my feet, the ground slips away.” My hair is long, so is yours, You are feminine, so am I. And…
Fearless is an imaginary term. One can pretend not to have fear but it dwells in everyone’s mind. Some fear death, others fear the outcomes of their decisions, but everyone fears the uncertainty of the future. We have all come…
One afternoon I said to myself, “Why isn’t fate more sure?” Never forget the fluky and insecure fate. The horizon is not bright! The horizon is exceptionally dumb. Never forget the bleak and dumb horizon. A posterity, however…
The basic laws of the Physics, things like F = ma, gravity is inversely proportional to the distance squared, Schrodinger’s equation, and so on, don’t say anything about ‘The Direction of Time’. Surely they relate what’s going on now to…
In Praise of Flaw Was that mistake meant to be? A blessing in disguise is all I could see A lesson learnt is better Than the miracle you wanted to see A little positive is all you’ll have to be…
“Aberration stamps reality; Regularity births distorted self.” Today the movie ‘Contagion’ as directed by Steven Soderbergh in 2011, no longer wrecks my spine! One of the realms which stay veiled is the apparatus of normalcy— or rather, lucidity. Vulnerability is…
Eli kept her face passive as she felt the cool material of the smooth polymer gloves and biohazard suit slide over her body, and then a high definition EQ-12 helmet, a standard, adjusted on her head. Nothing new. Just her…
How does one begin to write about something one knows nothing about? The more one tries to delve deep into the realms of the unknown, the more ignorant one gets. What happens to the soul after death? For how many…
Pictured: Mrs. Yogita Dixit (centre) and her team Tanvi Jain of Delhi Public School, Noida, interviews Mrs. Yogita Dixit, a Technical Officer at the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, about the coronavirus outbreak to gain an insight on…
It was a pleasure to go outside. It was a reunion; though we have stayed together for over two years now, but to go outside was heaven. But inside, it sure as hell wasn’t. I slept, which I don’t understand…
Tell me the dark doesn’t frighten you and I’ll call you out as a falsifier instantly. You’re saying that the image of what seems like an incessant corridor extending into an oblivious dark shadow doesn’t make you quiver? It terrifies…
I’m sorry, Noah, it reads on the back of the faded postcard he holds. It’s not safe here. Go home. I’ll catch you later. There’s no signature, not that Noah needs one. Not when he can find that familiar lopsided…
In a place like our Universe, there exist hundreds of thousands of unsolved and unusual phenomenons. One of my recent fixations has been the Mandela Effect. The first question that arises: What is the Mandela Effect? According to The Reader’s…
“There are known unknowns”
~Donald Rumsfeld
Does something like the “unknown” even exist? The knowns were once unknown and maybe in incognisant ways, we step into “unknown” situations every day. I believe the “unknown” is a place you’ll become used to someday, the “unknown” is a person you’ll find the most comfort in someday and I believe the unknown is a feeling you’ll want to experience every day. Right this second, something is waiting to be known, to be explored, and we’ll always keep pushing the boundaries of the unknown to get there. The unknown is limitless, just like one’s desire to know more. But as Pema Chödrön says, “Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all”, we’ll never really know everything. Something will always be unknown to us or maybe the unknown lies within you? And you’ll know it when the time permits.
– Ichcha Walia, The Millennium School, Noida
Leave a commentI’m sure everyone has spent a considerable amount of their time thinking about the uncertainties of life. At least for me, as a kid, I was often befuddled in my own imagination by several challenging thoughts. Thoughts such as “What…
The lockdown of an entire country of over 135 crore people seemed quite unrealistic & unanticipated at first thought, making it frightening when it actually happened. At the very beginning, it was truly peaceful– our streets had seldom been so open and deserted…
Day in, day out The young and tough The old and stout Venture around Grey skies, a smoky atmosphere and dreaded souls trudged on, disheartened by the drudgery that was also referred to as “urban life”. The sound of…
I stood there tenacious, I stood there quavering, But Reluctant to mess up, Refuted to stand apart. Giving wings to her dreams, Giving air to my flight, All in all I tried. But still mocked I was. To…
The home I could never visit, The heaven which has its history with blood in it Fuming red with the sky so blue Every moment brings something new A new murder, a new tragedy The pattern never changes What is…
The vow to cushion one and thee ‘One for all & all for one’ you joyed, I packed your bags when you were gone And stood by, you told me to hang on (why didn’t you?) The black paint…
Indian cinema, over the years, has normalized abuse, objectification of women, and misogyny through love and romance. In a country where crimes and violence against women are at an all-time high, our films and television shows continue to preach that…
