From the Editor’s Mac- Ananya Grover
The other day, I was watching the Slumdog Millionaire. I’ve seen it in parts a few times before when I was younger, but this seemed like the first time I watched a substantial part of the film in one sitting…
The Inmate at Beechwood- Aman Thukral
Beechwood Penitentiary, in spite of being a large and complex underground facility, housed only one inmate within its metallic walls, in a padded cell, at the end of the corridor on the lowest floor. Sat inside was Bryce Felhart, a…
Character Arcs | TCWL – Siddhant Chandak
To Cinema, With Love Episode 7: Character Arcs ————————————— Note: This article is heavily surrounded around the Godfather and therefore will contain some major spoilers (here is a link to its summary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/plotsummary) Writing is one of the most fundamental…
Interview | Conquering the Highest Peak – Mrs Chetna Sahoo
Yashasvini Verma of Amity International School, Noida speaks with Mrs Chetna Sahoo, a mountaineer with extraordinary zeal and courage, who summited the world’s highest peak at an age many perceive to be ‘too old’ for such a feat. Read the…
Utopia / Dystopia- Tanishq Khurana
While watching an action movie a couple of days back, a thought ran through my mind like a jolt. What I realised was that we all have been watching these action films, without realising the appealing factor behind the movies. An…
The Sound of Silence- Muskaan Saluja
Humming and thumping, Hoping to feel the vibration, Hoping to feel something, And, hearing that hope shattering. My ears are powerless, I’m programmed to respond to nothing. The silence however, isn’t unheard. Not a day, nor a minute, can I…
Indian Hair- Ananya Grover
come morning, my hair tighten and wound themselves to fit into thin braids, knitted as one in elaborate dos wince in discomfort before accepting their fate sit like dutiful nationals— head down and ears twitching in wait of liberation. deprived…
Hold My Hand- Tanvi Jain
The first memory I have of my mother is of when I was four years old. She held my hand as I went down the slide, straight into a puddle. She giggled as water sprayed on her and hugged my…
The Girl Who Felt- Yashasvini Verma
The man, dressed dapperly in a black suit and crisp white shirt, slowly lowered the girl onto the floor. She smiled at him with her blue eyes bright, her unnaturally silky blonde hair flying as she bounced up and down…
Simulating Martian Life on Earth’s Harsh Environments- Siddharth Johar
Researchers are trying to figure out what life on planet Mars would be like by training under controlled, Mars-like conditions in four of Earth’s most severe habitats– inside an active volcano on Hawaii, in cold and isolated Antarctica, in a barren desert in Utah, and submerged in the ocean near Florida.
-Illustration by Siddharth Johar
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Demons of the mind- Kreetik Thakur
The voices truly wake up, When you stop seeing the world, Out the glass of the window, And notice instead, your own reflection. Examining every nook; The longer you stare At your smudgy echo, The more faults creep up. The cracks of…
Nothing, Everything, and the Line in Between- Urvi Shukla
She walked into her room after another day of nothing. It was torturous, going through the same old, boring routine again and again. She saw no point in it all- the world, life. It wasn’t sadness. All she knew, was…
What’s the Time- Atipriya Dev Sinha
“What’s the time?” you ask me And wait for me to look at my silver watch That my mother gave me As my father, an ardent Shakespearean, quoted, “For those who love, time is eternal.” So you wait, looking at…
What the Moon is to an Artist- Rimjhim Sayana
What this world lacks desperately is creativity. With an abundance of mainstream ideas and competition, there is a rush to find new inspiration. People travel to different cities, countries, simply to gain a sliver of inspiration, but have you ever heard…
Luminescence- Aditi Banerji
Looking out the window, Into the dark night, I see a light– Glowing bright and shiny, Making the moon look tiny; It’s walking towards me, Coming nearer every second. It takes my hand, In its long shiny tentacles. It pulls…
Why Moderation?- Savyasachi Singh
Cultures call for seizing the day, yet with all our unique movement caged in an aviary, it may be difficult to still overcome the interludes of perpetual possibilities. Such is the call of the mild, that the contempt descends from…
The Bubble Worlds We Create – Kreetik Thakur
And one day you look, Look piercingly deeper, Or are forced to listen, What you wish were lies. To find that a truth You had built yourself upon Had been so volatile all along; Leaving your organs strewn apart. Maybe…
Awakening Glory-Grace of a Lioness- Zaerah Iqbal
Glanced the lioness through her tears, Were her insecurities her real fears? She deepened the gaze in her tears; Realising her looks were so fierce. No wounds deep enough to obstruct her way, She brought to herself a hopeful ray.…
A Love to Die For – Snehal Jindal
Sanya and her childhood boyfriend, Vikrant, had finally moved into their own home in Green Park, New Delhi. Everything was going well for them as they had to no more worry about monthly rent or showering from ice cold water…
Ladylike- Krutika Srivastava
The scars on her body said it all, How much she was tortured all night long. The accused was bailed, Much to her dismay, Was it her fault that she was raped? “It must be me,” said the skirt. “No,…
A Platform for the Crazy – Tanvi Jain
Guinness Book of World Records is a name which is recognized worldwide. The idea was the brainchild of Sir Hugh Beaver, Managing Director of the Guinness Brewery, which hit him when he attended a shooting party in County Wexford during…
Life: A Blend Of Emotions- Ishani Singh
Hellen Keller once said, “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart”. Life is a rollercoaster of emotions, be it undying love, deep hatred or overwhelming…
Aftermath of an Extremist- Vanya Tandon
How fast and thorough we are to cut off everything in our lives when minor inconveniences occur. Now, this may not be the same with everybody but coherently all of us have this issue. Whether it’s as simple as giving…
Twisted Passions- Rimjhim Sayana
The line dividing emotions and the thing that makes them destructive/extreme, is a very thin one. Humans experience so many emotions, and maybe it is the amount of each emotion, that leads to consequences that are drastic in nature. The…
A Mixed Bag of Emotions- Asmi Aggarwal
Too many cooks spoil the broth, That’s why between emotions we get caught. Sometimes we cry and mourn, Sometimes we laugh from dusk ‘til dawn. Happiness doesn’t lie in following others, It lies in finding yourself, expanding your capabilities further.…
Without You- Isha Goel
These nasty places People with double faces They never affect me With all this drama The bitching of the karma I can never be the perfect me I never let the world see My true self I’m not the one…
Deeply- Purvaa Shah
It’s human tendency to feel everything deeply. We love deeply, when we feel our love is ‘true’. We hate immensely, when we dislike someone else’s point of view. We laugh loudly when we love a joke, and when we understand…