THE ECONOMICS OF LONELINESS

| Garima Mahajan | Editor | TW: Loneliness, Anxiety I wouldn’t dare measure loneliness But as I sit on the loose Ferris wheel Spinning round to the tunes of capitalistic slavery I can’t help but feel the lonely numbers descending on me. I wouldn’t dare measure loneliness. But as I spin round in a lifeContinue

Amidst the Uncertainties: A Letter to A Stranger

| Medha Nandini | Editor| Dear Stranger, No, this letter won’t tell you that it’s gonna be fine when it’s not. Neither will it make any attempts to heal you. Fix you. It won’t make you rise through the thousands of strange, unfamiliar emotions you feel each day, like a phoenix rising through the ashes.Continue

THE PROCESS OF HEALING

| Tanvi Thapa | TW- SU*CIDE, SELF H*RM Before I started writing this, certain thoughts crossed my mind like is my story worth reading? Why would anybody be interested in reading it? But somehow I convinced myself to get out of my bed, I grabbed a cup of coffee, sat on my desk and startedContinue

Voices In Your Head

|Amisha Dileep| A thousand invisible beasts attack, claws ripping through, piercing where none can see. It’s probably just the nerves. Rippling fear disguised in mere words, a lie. Freeze. Don’t think. Countless thoughts knotted. Intertwined in a never-ending loop. Confess – a whisper from the back reaches its way through the crowd. Confess – shoutsContinue

HE CHANGED ME

| Shefali Singh | Light rains, windy air and a piece of vada pav perfectly described that day. It was one of the days,When I had forgotten my struggle,When I had forgotten the taunts that people gave me.While sitting at the window seat of the local train with closed eyes, I could feel the airContinue

LETHOLOGICA

| Darshita Aynyas | I know those words which want to be seen, heard and felt; still latent in my head. But they shy away from faces in dark clouds and mist; from faces with masks with alluring designs and engravings. They fear that they will be misconstrued and judged. They play sick games; thoseContinue

DEAR SELF

| Aanchal Khera | Dear self, I know you are confused right now. You have always felt lost, you have always wanted to do things, but could never figure out how. You have always had this fear in you, this fear of something that you can’t even specifically explain. You are not getting any younger,Continue

MENTAL WELLNESS: FOR YOU AND YOURS

| Khushi Yadav | “Life does not battle you because you are weak, It battles you because you are strong,It knows if it gives you pain,You will realise your power.” This is what I could make out of the 5 year long struggle I had with my mental space .It was sudden out of nowhereContinue

मोहलत- एक बार

| करुणा शर्मा | बिना जीये ना जाने निकाल दिए कितने ही पल, सोचा आज करे थोड़ा और काम जी लेंगे फिर कल । पहले जीने के लिए काम था मानो अब काम के लिए जी रही हूं, अपने एक छोटे से दफ़्तर में जिंदगी को सी रही हूं। हर सुबह घर के काम, दोपहरContinue