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The Art of Death

By Sneha Saha

“Are you afraid of death? Or dying?” A chilling piece on death and everything that surrounds with, written as a short musing.

Searching For A Stranger: Fort Kochi, Kerala. Girl staring out at the purple sky

By Vasundhara SinghImage source: Unsplash (portugueseactivity) Part I: The Painter Decadent skies overhead, an encompassing envelope, white fluff dancing about, the silent blue swaying towards an unknown shore. I spot a copy of Ariel by Sylvia Plath and a moment later, I am snatching away at the pages. I am not as reserved with it…

The Pandemic: A Musical

By Bhagyashree Phadnis

“Art never dies, it’s eternal and is
accessible irrespective of time, place and language.” Read a musing about music that transported the author despite being confined during the lockdown.

Travel Plans for Summer 2020

By Hetvi Kamdar

2020 has changed the way we way a million different things. One such major change has been caused in the way we travel now.

The Unbroken Continuance

By Preeti Kathuria

“The unbroken continuance, ticking a rhythmic trance. Once housed in the cuckoo clock, flew off in a single rare instance…”

The Journeys We Make

By Ekasmayi Naresh

“Undeniable is the pleasure
of the journeys that spurring speedometers measure… Yet all in the hunt for a destination most dear
to meet one’s own reflection with a smile.”

Journey

By Aalia Jagwani

Sometimes the most memorable travels are the ones we take within ourselves. Read about one such journey, and dialogue in poetry.

Maybe Now

By Aalia Jagwani

“Maybe Here and Now is everywhere and everything.”

ACCUSTOMED TO THE DARK: LIFE IN A PANDEMIC_NIGHT SKY AND CITYSCAPE

Time in a Pandemic: The Strange and Familiar

By Shivani Chunekar

“There is nothing more comforting than realizing, time and again, that we all ask the same questions.” Read about the familiarity of darkness and the habitual stillness of life in a pandemic.

The Young Are Dead

By Vasundhara Singh

A different take on growing up and saying goodbye to our younger days

The Willow

By Preeti Kathuria

A poem about the still and mundane existence during quarantine, until it’s disrupted by the presence of a certain plant near the window.

A Plea for the Present

By Ekasmayi Naresh

Despite being in the present, we often find ourselves opening doors to the past and future. Instead of trying to open them, we should appreciate today

All articles filed in The Word

The Art of Death

Searching For a Stranger

The Pandemic: A Musical

Travel Plans for Summer 2020

The Unbroken Continuance

The Journeys We Make

Journey

Maybe Now

Time in a Pandemic: The Strange and Familiar

The Young Are Dead

The Willow

A Plea for the Present