The Rat Race
The reality check: Does the rat race end with JEE? “You just need to get into a good college. After
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Entertainment choices: Reflection of one’s persona
The never-ending disputes about controversial preferences do make one wonder about the distinctive perspectives the world has to offer. Although
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Questioning Morals
Every day, we unlock a different part of a mystery, finding a part of ourselves in this ever changing world.
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Expectations Vs Reality – Through the looking glass
This is Day 310 of our “two-week” lockdown. I remember thinking at the beginning, that by the end of March,
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Is there a secret to happiness?
As humans, our definition of happiness changes as we grow old and evolve. There is more to happiness than just
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Expectations Vs. Reality: New Year’s Eve
It was a dry and cold evening, perhaps to signify the departure of the dull nightmare that was 2020. Covind
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‘Foolproof’ Guide to Landing that Research Intern
–By Stealth Shiva, circa 2019 You see, I was also once that fawn-eyed fresher wondering why on earth I was
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Exam day- Online edition
Waking up to a familiar noise, I found myself covered in sweat and dreading the worst. It had been months
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The Lemon Tree
In my older and less vulnerable years a book gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my
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Humour As a Self-Defense Mechanism
Making conversation always requires effort, for some people more than others. For the unfortunate ones who find themselves unskilled at
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A Tribute To Symmetry
The Roman Colosseum. The Notre Dame Cathedral. The Taj Mahal. The innumerable temples our country has come to house. All
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History repeats itself?
Put blatantly, yes. History does repeat itself. The above image showing the distracted boyfriend meme as a repetition of
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Another Brick In The Wall
The stranger rubbed his jaw, looked around him, and then spoke with great quietness, yet great clarity. “Are you
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Of Paintings, Cards and Beads
“Is this what euphoria feels like?” I thought to myself and I couldn’t stop the flow of my emotions
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LOSING TIME (An Acrostic Poem)
Loneliness transcending, ripping through stark days, One at a time, lights are blinding the ways, Silhouettes drifting, yet we’re static
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The Tale of Nathan Bedford
The world no longer made any sense to Nathan. He was born into the wrong generation and nobody seemed to
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From tea gardens and rivers
My earliest memories are those of road journeys that seemed to last forever, of the smell of puke in the
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FUQ: Where do animals get their architectural degrees?
Our good friends at the architecture department spend most of their time pouring over diagrams and charts, trying to give
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The miser’s guide to the Shared Tuk-Tuk
Stepping out of the daily local and onto Platform No.1, Yakutpura Station, an abundance of smells – Iranian Chai,
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Five steps to become popular
Step 1. LEARN THREE JOKES You’ll never need more than this (refer step 2). Insulting joke. You’re the popular
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A quick look into the life of Dipa Karmakar
15th August, 2016. For some people, it marked the 70th anniversary of Indian independence. However, for most Indians, it was
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Freelance: Battlefield
Leading from the front, with an iron hand Pushing them toward the final stand, Facing the imminent prospect of death,
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Freelance: Darkness and Light
Why is it so that I love the cold, Not the sunshine, strong and bold. Why do I like the
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Poem: Double negatives
Doubling a negation hasn’t never been done, Ominous and threatening, wouldn’t never leave the meaning undone. Under the words, it
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Contemplation
The other Thursday, I was casually browsing through the channels on my TV set. Among the usual ‘Blockbuster’ flicks, ‘Reality’
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A year of television
If 2016 hasn’t started all that great for you, don’t fret just yet because media providers and television networks
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MITACS Diaries: Pydimarri Phaneendra
Mitacs has been the first and the best internship during my learning process. I stepped into an entirely new world
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Freelance: Chupacabra
A Puorto Recan sat down for coffee. Soft Salsa played overhead, and rain thumped against the window beside him. He
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Rebus Series 3
Remember those summers of yore, when you played games instead of studying game theory. Three strikes and you’re on your
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