Reflections

Crime Fiction | Paint the Town Read – Bhavya Nayak

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…

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Why Do We Fear the Unknown? – Adya Chauhan

‘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…

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The Spirit of the Savoy – Tanvi Jain

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…

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The Curious Case of ̷B̷e̷n̷j̷a̷m̷i̷n̷ ̷B̷u̷t̷t̷o̷n̷ the Bermuda Triangle – S. Mysha Urooj

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…

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A Glance at the Timeline of our Universe – Siddhant Shrivastava

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…

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Each Day Is A Blank Canvas – Ishani Singh

“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…

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Just Another Road Not Taken – Mira Sehgal

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;…

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Under the Microscope | Dil Bechara – Anandi Ganguly

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…

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Feeling Fearless – Riya Jain

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…

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The Big Bang: Time and Entropy – Rishit Verma

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…

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The Nexus of Coping with Actuality – Arshia Khanna

“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…

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Questions Unanswered – Ananya Yadav

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…

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Please Help Master – Ananya Pareek and Sanjali Sharma

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…

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Getaway – Tarsuha Singh

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…

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Chasing the Northern Lights – Bhavya Nayak

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…

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The Quandary of the Mandela Effect – Stuti

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…

Unknown: A Feeling – Ichcha Walia

“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

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A Not-So-Boring Film Recommendation – Jai Gupta

I’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…

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Why India’s Economic Fallout Should Worry You – Jasmann Singh Narang

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…

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The Water in the Pothole – Adya Singh

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…

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Misogyny in Bollywood – Kisha Goel

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…

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Etch Me, Virtue – Manisha Mishra

Blazing past the norms, isn’t that the norm of audacity? Paints and pencils that enliven scathing originality… Dear youth, Etch me, virtue. In the parched grounds of morality with scarce grains of justice, burns a fire of turmoil and misconduct.…

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A Tribute to the Sparkling Outsider – Anandi Ganguly

“I was alive in true sense when I was performing” –SUSHANT SINGH RAJPUT (1986-2020) With a mind as bright as the Sirius A., with the unparalleled wisdom it nurtures. With the smile which broke a million hearts, and healed…

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I’m Okay – Ishita Yadav

You know how adults ask you ‘How’s school?’ and ‘How are you doing?’— and you respond with ‘School’s fine. I’m okay’ even though school is really not fine and you are far from okay? Because of course you can’t tell…

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Marble Cake Friendships – Vrinda Rastogi

“1 cup flour ½ cup powdered sugar 1 tsp baking powder ¼ tsp salt 1/3 cup oil 1 tsp vanilla essence 1 cup milk ½ cup dark chocolate Oven preheated to 180ºC” Jenny finished reciting the ingredients to me as…

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A Mammoth Injustice – Tanvi Jain

It’s almost cruel how a sudden twist of fate can create an impact so monumental that it can change one’s life forever. The little life does not recollect much. At first, there was warmth, a place so joyous and glowing…

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Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits: A Forgotten Tragedy? – Ishani Singh

The cold, dark night of January 19, 1990 had stirred into life the worst nightmare of Kashmiri Pandits living in the valley. It had snatched away from them not only their homeland— but it had also made them devoid of…

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The Darkness We Can’t Escape – Aaliyah Banerjee

Some of the incidents below are actual incidents, and some are fiction. Finally free, I can only look on helplessly, As my sisters are sent one by one up here with me. Every night the words and warnings are the…

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History’s Unjust Escape – Vanya Tandon and Kavesha Raina

Justice that is yet to be delivered after a war is a slow and long process. While the whole world watches what happens to the perpetrators of such major crimes, history reminds us that the latter themselves are capable of…

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The Papuan Protest for Peace – Aayushi Bawa

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice. Papua in Indonesia had become a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who were evil but because of the people who didn’t do anything about it. Protests had gripped the…

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Yemen: A State Of Injustice – Adya Chauhan

Yemen has been devastated by a humanitarian crisis that has sadly stretched for more than 5 years now. Roughly 24 million people, including 12.3 million children, are in dire need of compensation and relief. Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and…

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Under The Microscope: Shikara – Bhavya Nayak

“Ae Wadi Shehzadi Bolo Kaisi Ho, Bin Tere Khali Hu Main, Kya Tum Bhi Waisi Ho”. Written, produced, and directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Shikara is essentially a love story set during the horrific exodus of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990.…

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Fighting For Reform – Dhwani Arun

“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.” -Maya Angelou Racism had existed in the world since the 15th century- in the form of slavery, apartheid, institutional racism, systematic racism and so…

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Injustice – Ishita Misra

What is injustice? Now that the word is being thrown around more than ever, it is about time we reflect on it with deeper sensitivity. The emotion that we feel when the word is brought up is the rage associated…

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The Silenced Defendants – Aayushi Bawa

More than 1,700 activists have been killed this decade defending the environment. According to records compiled by the campaign group Global Witness, 1,738 people described as environmental defenders were killed between 2002 and 2018, across 50 countries. Yet the campaign…

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