Ananya and Diksha were the sun that gradually rose above the horizon, slowly turning the black of the night into grey, chasing the grey until the sky turned into a soothing and lively blue before dazzling the whole world with its bright sunny light. Initially, quiet in the class, I wondered in that hybrid mode,ContinueContinue reading “ON GOLD”
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ODYSSEUS-LAERTES REUNION
An adaptation of the titular meeting from Homer’s Odyssey, depicted as a single-page comic. Written by Nihar Vyas Nihar is a research scholar, currently pursuing his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. Obsessed with comics and Superman and everything fun, he can be found either reading or doodling or thinking about writing andContinueContinue reading “ODYSSEUS-LAERTES REUNION”
ON PRIDE & PRESIDENT
In conversation with Pranjal Saini And all that’s best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes;G. G. Byron An unusually quiet, shy girl with a lanky frame, but eyes reflecting myriad dreams and a million thoughts! That’s what I recall of Pranjal, as a first-year student whom I met as a volunteerContinueContinue reading “ON PRIDE & PRESIDENT”
IMITATION
If I were to summarise Aristotle’s Poetics, I would say that stories are nothing but imitations of human nature and his actions. Shakespeare is said to be the best writer in the world because he can write about human nature better than anybody else. As a writer-cum-professor, I attest to this fact. ‘Show, not tell,’ContinueContinue reading “IMITATION”
WILLOW LEGS, FALSE TAIL
1)willow legs, false tail,i am neither on the land nor in the seai have drowned so many times yet i miss the wavesfor my blood only knows notes of resilienceand it never fully learnt to stop when silence is expectedi am no swimmer but i dive again and again and againfor that is all iContinueContinue reading “WILLOW LEGS, FALSE TAIL”
MIST IN THE MOUNTAINS
“Above the peaks, an airplane glided effortlessly, tracing a path through the sky as if it had been performing this ritual for eternity, a silent witness to the grandeur of the mountains below.”
THE CHAOS OF RELIGION
No religion teaches us to instill pain upon the other. There must be numerous theories and ideologies, but at the bottom line, every religion asks us to be kind and warm, to celebrate brotherhood and love all. God is way above our fickle nomenclature, he must not be underestimated. He is not someone we should be afraid of; he is the one generating strong will among us. God is our protector, not our destructor.
WE’RE ALL JUST LORE NOW
In the 21st century, the art of simply existing is simply obsolete.
An Absence that Lingers
The Unsettling Pattern in Shakespearean Plays As a literature student, you come across Shakespeare almost like it’s coming back to your roots. You become familiar to him, not because he is compulsorily there in your syllabus, but because he is foundational. His plays act as an evergreen blueprint of human nature. You keep revisiting them,ContinueContinue reading “An Absence that Lingers”
Proscenium – Keeping Theatre Alive
Acted plays become literature, and therefore retroactively, literary works become dramas to be enacted on stage, and it is the fact that theatre helps bring texts to life like never before is what inspired the Department of English of St. Xavier’s College Jaipur to organise the third edition of their annual theatre competition titled “Proscenium.”ContinueContinue reading “Proscenium – Keeping Theatre Alive”
LITERATI SXCJ 