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The Faded Days
It was another wintry Monday morning. While everyone was busy rushing to their respective workplaces, Hirendra sat with his old radio and a cup of tea, with no sugar. Arati, his only daughter, didn’t get a leave for the day and had to leave early for work. The whole house was echoing with Rabindra Sangeet,…
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Fact Or Fiction? Don’t Be Fooled Again
In case you missed it, every April 2nd, fact-checkers worldwide pause to celebrate International Fact-Checking Day—a day dedicated to recognizing the essential work of verifying information and combating the rising tide of misinformation. This year’s event, launched in 2016 by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute, comes at a time of heightened…
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Paul Murray’s “The Bee Sting”
Image sourced through Pinterest I recently took a holiday to the Philippines, one of my favorite spots in the whole world. I instantly knew that I wanted to bring an appropriate new novel in physical format to accompany me on my travel journey. I really wanted something unexpected and shocking. This book needed to fill…
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Tea
Tea, in a pot, served in a china cup on a little saucer. Tea with the bag still in, It’s cold, but it’s comfortingly so. There’s bread that’s stale, It’s dusty, And I’d like to read a newspaper. It’s a day for sitting crossed-legged on the floor, It’s always a day to sit crossed-legged on…
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Back Home, On The Moon
Sometimes, in the cold autumn nights I embark on a journey towards the moon. To find my way back home, in the heights Where memories linger from a night in June. Visualizing the moon’s gentle embrace, A sweet feeling arises, my heart finds peace. Moonlight softly kisses my cheeks, As the world around me quietly…
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Pounce
gargantuan love affair in the style of gaze aversion, to be your friend your woman means we don’t leave prince on this bus ride, german superlative schlechtester bullet eye, closed-up phone love oceanic dating support be like skimming off old cream old make-out, i’ll miss them on the plane back to my adventure, i change…
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Hazel And Dad’s Fishing Trip
Photo By: Hanna Peters This story was inspired by the fishing trips that I used to take when I was little with my dad so that is why this story his dedicated to my father. It was a beautiful spring afternoon in May, and Hazel and her father were on their way down to Silvertree…
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Archer’s Voice By Mia Sheridan
Image Sourced Through Pinterest This may be the best book I have ever read… no, correction, this is the best book I have ever read. The overall cozy and comforting feeling this book gives me is unmatched by any other book. Archer’s Voice is a contemporary romance novel. In this story, we follow Bree Prescott…
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A Grandmother’s Memory
I carry you in songs unsung. I carry you in quiet ways. Looking back to the time we shared, I think those were the best of days. Curled up beside your wobbly legs; Listening as you tell those stories, But now that you are no longer here, I will forever cherish those memories. I carry…
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Born To Be
she was not born to be loved for her beauty she was born to be loved for who she was she was not born to please others she was born to please herself and her needs she was not born to fit into boxes she was born to be free as a bird she was…
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Strawberry Orchards
Our strawberry orchard expands as vast as the seas, married in barbed roots and tea-berry-stained fingertips. Twinkling starlight reshapes the greenery come February to June. For generations, they ever-bloom; yet, the rest of the world carries on in tendon, settled in their own miniature domes. Sunlight pools on the hardwood floor. Matted in old wear,…
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Why Black Mirror Is Making Me Break up With Technology: A Review Of Series 7 Of Black Mirror
Image sourced through: Pinterest I’ll tell you what this series of Black Mirror felt like to me. It honestly felt like all of my biggest fears had a party together, and then I waited until I fell asleep to shake myself awake. I can’t be the only one to admit that some months ago, as…
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