Category: April
From the Editor’s Mac – Ananya Grover
Can you believe it’s already nearing the end of April? That’s 4 months, equivalent to one-quarter of the ‘New Year’ gone. Here we are, done with our ambitious resolutions and shaken with a whirlwind of bewildering, shocking and horrifying events. Time truly flies. That may or may not have been…
Close Your Eyes and Concentrate – Faiz Ahmed
“I guess we should be happy for Germany. Britain is taken, Russia about to fall, with the help of the Japanese. All that is left is the Americans. We’ll win there too, by the end of the year. The Fuehrer, though a lunatic, has managed to do the unimagined,” said…
Time – Tarusha Singh
Feared by most, Loved by a few. Many view it as a ghost, And the others view it as the morning dew. Never has it paused to catch its breath, Never has it held back for a friend. Never has it stood by to pay its condolences on someone’s death,…
Time Travel: A Reality? – Vidhi Batra
Time travel has probably been one of man’s wildest fantasies for centuries. Today, the concept of time travel has become a staple of science fiction books and movies, wherein the protagonist embarks upon a journey either forward or backward in time to save the world from the ultimate evil, or…
Time heals | The Stages of Grief – Rhea Gupta
Stage 1: Your breakfast seems to remain untouched every morning You probably eat on the way to work I wait for a kiss now and then that I somehow am not able to feel You somehow seem to leave before I wake up and come back only after I sleep?…
Wibbly-Wobbly-Timey-Wimey-Stuff. – Rimjhim
WARNING: This may or may not contain spoilers. The author has lost the ability to differentiate. Hello, fellow Whovians and interested readers. I’m here to take you on a journey of an absolutely amazing show called Doctor Who. * grabs you by the arm * “RUN!”. Doctor Who originally aired…
The Scars My Mother Traces – Tanishq Khurana
On this page today, I write the stories of yesterday. How happily we fell and then With joy rose up again. The smiles on those faces, The scars my mother traces. All of them were fresh and lively And shall remain forever safe. The brawls we took part in, The…
When Stars Burn – Arushi Gupta
The life of the universe and its stars in reverse Maybe we’ll go out like flickering lights, one by one – dulling and dimming into nothingness until all that we have ever known ceases to exist. Maybe we’ll go like we came; one moment, there we are, growing and rising…
Keeping Time with the Indians – Ananya Grover
“When were you born, grandma?” “In the month of Phalguna, child. Sometime after Holi.” “But Nani, the date of Holi keeps changing every year! Why don’t you know the date on which you were born? Mumma told me I came into the world at 9.57am on 15th November 2001.” “It…
The Windows Of Time – Aviral Jain
“A week of sorrow is longer than a month of joy” All of us have experienced this, haven’t we? Recall the times of a week of flu which seemed to never end and the month of summer vacation which flew past in an iota of a second. It is obvious…
Interview : Japinder Singh | To Cinema With Love : Spotlight | By Siddhant Chandak
To Cinema, With Love | Spotlight Episode 2: Japinder Singh, Cinematographer —————————————- Japinder Singh is a stellar photographer and cinematographer, who has been making several short films and music videos since more than 20 years. Here, in conversation with Siddhant Chandak, he talks about the art of cinematography. Who is…
The One That Got Away – Mudit Saklani
Did it ever start? When will it stop? Nobody knows Once it passes through, where does all that is past goes It’s the biggest wonder of all, yet it’s the thing that keeps us running ahead But it’s a question whether we overtook it, going fast as it’s said Or…
Time Travel and Why I Don’t Think it’s Possible – Aryaman Trivedi
Imagine you manage to build a time machine. Perhaps you, like H.G. Well’s character ‘The Time Traveller’ (incredibly inventive name) decide to go far into the future, or far into the past. Or maybe you’re like me and just need to travel three minutes into the past to ask your…
Locked in the Arms of Time – Gaurika Wahal
It was an era when arms really revealed fates. They declared the moment of your end, the moment where your fragile self would cease to exist. Yet, as they say, love always finds a way. June 23, 1985, was the day my journey began. Blood gushed just beneath the surface…
The Past – Tanishq Khurana
An entourage of puzzles, he walked on the pavement with tears scorching his eyes like American napalm. With every step, the dust covered his feet, forging an unbreakable shield of togetherness. The air cut around his arms trying to push them back, just to feel itself getting pushed back by…
Tech Deck | Holding You to Ransom – Rajmeet Singh
Reflections’ column on online safety, reviews of gadgets and applications, the latest tech developments, simplified explanations of technological concepts and happenings, and more! Ransomware. I think many of you would have understood what this term means, and for those who still don’t know: Ransomware is a form of malicious software…