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Exclusive Interview: April Hill Writing

By The Editors

An exclusive interview with anonymous author April Hill on her process, inspirations, and latest book ‘This Is Where The Sadness Ends’.

By Liril Panchal

The story behind the mindful, patriotic start-up entitled Made In India, which is vocal for local!

By Simran Ramsay

This is a piece that will either remind you of your small business & passion project, or give you the inspiration to begin one!

By Hope Catapult Adventures

A story of the land of Chirilokam and the magic that it comes with.

By Shanaia Malkani

Sarcastic, humorous, and filled with caustic commentary on the stereotypes of feminists, this piece calls out every token representation yet.

By Diksha Verma

Some clouds in the sky can’t help but catch our eye. Christina Rossetti’s love for sailing clouds is captured through this photograph.

By Ramitha Ramesh

Grieving isn’t always for the dead. Sometimes you feel grief for the living. And sometimes, it’s the only way you know you loved.

By Simran Ramsay

Time moves differently when you gaze at something beautiful. This musing slows time around nature’s spectacle of clouds in the sky.

By Aastha Katyal Pant

A cloud can be a poet’s muse or a poet’s enemy. This piece is one of persistence despite the blues a cloud brings, and striving through it.

By Ekasmayi Naresh

This poem gazes at the poet herself as a mosaic: a combination of all the little passion-filled endeavours and affections that make her whole

By Aastha Katyal Panth

Endings of stories and years bring with them a sense of closure. But when you’re the writer and the protagonist: do you get closure?

By Simran Ramsay

Facing a problem is challenging when there are many ways out, other than the right thing to do. This poem shows the outcome of 3 such doors.