From the Editor’s PC – Yashasvini Verma
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…
August 2020
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…
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)…
Through the Looking Glass – Aarushi Das
“Through the Looking Glass” contains two parts. The picture actually painted is in negative. So, when you put a negative filter on it, it looks how it would look in…
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…
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…
Every Picture Tells A Story – Isha Singh
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…
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…
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…
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…
Mystics of the Desert – Ananya Tandon
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…
Love Forbidden – Aliyah Banerjee
“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…
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…
Conquering the Unfamiliar – Aayushi Bawa
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 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…
Mixed Bag – Kavya Loona
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…
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…
The Last Good Place On Earth – Meher Narula
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,…
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.…
Interview | On The Frontlines — Mrs. Yogita Dixit
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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,…
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…
Abate the Unabated – Arshia Khanna
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…
Unveiled – Ananyaa Mihir
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…
And I Turn Ophelia – Anandi Ganguly
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…
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…