Article 19

Category: Reflections

  • Boost is the Secret of My Energy

    The mango tree listens and sways to every little joy and droops to every little hurt. It now knows of a heaven far away; of the place where the nights are livelier than the day, of the people who has kept her good, of the days she had breathed freedom, of a hostel room she… Read More

    4–6 minutes

  • Idlis in the Time of Corona

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    IT can never take our freedoms… to eat idlis and punukulu anytime we wish to, anywhere we damn well want to. Just wear a mask, pick wide open spaces, try being the first one there, interact with masked individuals for short periods, maintain that distance, sanitize before and after, and bam, you’ll have the best… Read More

    4–5 minutes

  • Meditations sponsored by IKEA

    After performing the sadness drill for a solid 10 minutes, I dusted myself off and decided to build the table even if it meant that the desk would open downwards. I would just have to learn to live with it, of course. Read More

    4–6 minutes

  • Next Life, I Want to Be a Stone

    Currently, I have been avoiding three people who tried to reach out to me, my WhatsApp is filled with unopened messages and a letter sent by a close friend has been lying unopened on my desk for over a week. I am almost always disinterested, tired or exhausted and all I want to do is… Read More

    4–6 minutes

  • Letter to the Editor #1

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    Somebody should write a manual on how to sit comfortably. It really bothers me that I can’t sit at a table for longer than five minutes without getting jittery. Read More

    1–2 minutes

  • Dear Freshie

    Dear Freshie,  A year ago, I first entered IIT Madras. Everything about it was daunting. The incredibly smart people, the extroverted kids who were quick to bond, the fear of messing up my academics, (not to mention the huge campus) which quickly spiralled out of control until I felt like a molten ball of anxiety Read More

    4–5 minutes

  • A Day in the Life | Meghna M

    I can see the sky. Of course, when you’re lying on the ground on your back, you’ll hardly see the Vindhya mess. Oh wait, I can see it if I tilt my head to the side. Well, that I can see the sky is my point. It’s almost 8, I can tell. I see girls Read More

    3–4 minutes

  • Reminiscence | Divyanjana Prashansa

    It’s only four in the morning and already you are wide awake. As always, the first thing you must do today is take him for a walk. You stare up at the ceiling for a while, groggy eyed but alert. It has been raining since last night. You can hear the pitter patter of raindrops Read More

    4–5 minutes

  • NRI | Swaminathan S

    After tossing the cup of coffee to the side, he walked down mechanically, navigating the broken expanse of a poorly laid pavement. The erosion was unsightly and inconvenient, but was nothing he hadn’t been expecting. He eventually reached a piece of road which someone had painted some white stripes on, because someone had told someone Read More

    5–8 minutes

  • Turn Around

    Pushing the heavy suitcase out the train and down to the platform, you stand on the steps of the train, looking at the almost empty station. The morning  air is crisp and you look down as you place a foot forward to get down.   Your foot is dangling mid air and you imagine for Read More

    5–7 minutes