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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.

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 Beguiling Breaking Ground

By Ekasmayi Naresh

Life has certainly taken a spin, and these groundbreaking turn of events have been expressed in this poem, as nature re-enters the limelight.

Heart Spoke Up!

By Tanvi Ghotage

Groundbreaking isn’t just about the big things in life, sometimes the small achievements and milestones are just as worthy of earning the term ‘breaking ground’.