TO THOSE WHO MADE AND MAKE ME FEEL LOVED

| Saumya Tyagi | If I had to give ‘love’ a face, it would be the picture of a mama doe lovingly embrace her fawn on a cosy autumn day. Deep love and reverence is what I feel when the sparkling rays of sun filter through the lush emerald leaves of the magnificent fig, underContinue

FOREVER

| Shambhavi Singh | Dear love, Who are you? I feel you, wherever I go! Are you the cozy feeling, In the winter evenings? Are you the wide smile, After seeing the Santa disguised, As the Zomato delivery boy? Or are you the snigger that’s flirtatious and coy? Are you that sweet scent, That sticksContinue

THE ART OF DISSEMBLING

| Preet Kaur | To love, I write this to you, keeping in mind that is has been a long time since we last spoke. You always loved reminding me of such intricacies that paid little heed to me – the time, the distance and your inner world of chaos. Hence, the inevitable divide inflictedContinue

TO LOVE, WITH QUESTIONS, FROM CYNICISM

| Suhani Duhan | Dear reader,Does love even matter? Truly, really matter,in a world saturated with broken atrocities,carefully built on centuries of brutal bigotry?Who cares if your heart has some sweet ease?Does a candlelight dinner or stroll in the park,put bites of food on a hunger-cracked plate,or bring warmth in the cold, dead winters?Tell me,Continue

Dear Career

| Asraya A | My study corner,  Home. January 23rd, 2021. Dear Career, I know that I had never written a letter to you. It is because I never felt the need to pen down the love I have for you. Maybe that was because the love between us has happened so naturally. But now,Continue

वो स्कूल वाला प्यार बड़ा याद आता है….

| करुणा शर्मा | प्रिय….. आज यूँही कमरे की सफ़ाई में कुछ पन्ने हाथ लग गए और कुछ पुरानी चीजें भी….तुम पास होते तो शायद तुम भी उस बचपने पर साथ मुसकुरा देते या शायद उन यादों का चाय की चुस्की के साथ मज़ा लेते…!!! जब मिलेंगे तो इन यादों को मिलकर ताज़ा करेंगे…अब दूरContinue

To know or to be?

| Adhikari Anindita | Dear Amour, The only thing I know of true love is that I know nothing. I know everything about you as a person but, I am still ignorant about the art of love. Is it not love to ignore all ways out of you; to find certainty in the uncertainty ofContinue

Dear Romeo

| Anusha Gupta | Dear Romeo, My heart is in a billion pieces right now  As I think about you The sun is setting The crows are calling But you are tongue tied My lips fail to utter the words As my hands slowly move To your neck Your vocals mumble something  Lips moving inContinue

LETTER TO THE UNKNOWN

| Shubha Bhatt, B.A. Programme (1st year) | Dear Unknown,  I hope this letter finds you in the pink of your health and good spirits. I hope it rings the bell of peculiarity in you, as it does to me while I’m writing this.  A quilt of queerness seems to layer upon my chest asContinue

THE UNDELIVERED LETTER

| Shefali Singh | Dear you, Maybe you and I were different, I believe our dissimilar lifestyles, our contrasting expectations made us so. But today when I don’t see you, I feel like telling you things that I could not before. Those were not easy to tell at that time, but today I feel likeContinue

DEAR LOVE

| Livi H Yeputhomi | Dear love, I saw you today. You were sneakily disguised as my neighbour’s dog pulling her tiny babies close to her in hopes of keeping them warm and safe. I saw you again when dad made a cup of coffee for mom and showered her with forehead kisses. You alsoContinue

A letter to my favourite K-pop Boy Band BTS

| Bhanu Bhukya | To  Big Hit Entertainment 42 Teheran-ro 108-gil Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Dear BTS (Bangtan Sonyeondan), Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that there will be a day when I will start missing someone whom I did not even meet. But here I am, 3121 miles away, sitting onContinue

AN OLD MATE

| Kanak Sharma, B.A. Programme (2nd year) | The day began in a huffI met you;It was toughTo get along together,But I never thought ever,We will be this close,And one day, I will oppose:A strong feelingAroused with time.Having you as a rival,Now it chimes.I wasn’t even interestedIn your name,All I wanted wasJust your fame.I wasContinue

A PROMISE FROM THE OTHER SIDE

| Siddhi Joshi | [Context: A letter of hope to myself from 2030] A letter of hope to my younger self Dear me, As I sit here basking under the soft light of the evening sun after a fulfilling day of work, rereading our childhood’s favourite “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” on the e-readerContinue