My professor took the class for an extra 20 minutes today and now I’m late. Already annoyed at my professor and the heavy and unpredictable rains of this city, I board the bus to Mangalore City with just 45 minutes for my train to leave the platform. I get inside the crowded bus with a…
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Experts suggest working /studying from home has created a blurry space between work/study and personal spaces, which leads to mental health issues among individuals. For most students, online learning seems to be more of a formality than learning. Truth be told, it can’t serve as a substitute for offline classes. Real and practical knowledge is…
“Winter is coming”, the Starks reminded everyone time and again, with their motto and their words, warning of the dark terrors that come with it. While winters in the real world are much less horrific (and thankfully, without zombies), they have, since the beginning of time, been associated with darkness, hardships and even death. This…
Walking down the street, whistling through the smoke screens that surround this urban life, I can’t help but be amused at some of the scenes that humanity finds no hesitance in showcasing to the world. At one corner I hear an agitated encounter between two strangers, who clearly have better things to do, but somehow…
The smell you get when you open a book is perhaps one of the strongest pheromones for all bookworms like me. Engrossed in a book in your comfy chair with a sweater on, sipping on hot chocolate when it’s raining outside is the ultimate utopia. The reason why people read books can be varied. Be…
The moment I saw you, I think time stood still. My heartbeat took a pause and I couldn’t blink my eyes for I didnt want to take my eyes off something that was probably the most beautiful creation of God. Soft Curly brown hair and twinkling eyes that looked like drops of coffee in a…
To make sure you’re not a robot, please look at these pictures and identify the street signs, the cars, the fire hydrants, the shop fronts, the numbers on the front doors, and the ever-growing sense of frustration. Why all this? In the late 90s the most popular search engine AltaVista had a spam problem. People…
Three weeks ago, I wouldn’t have said yes. Her eyes were like two glimmering pools of emotions in this dark night. She turned around and sighed. Dropping the fake smile, she trudged her way back to the chairs to give her feet some rest. It was an unsaid rule of the society that when a…
Moist. Mucus. Phlegm. Slurp. Did you just unintentionally squirm as you read those words? The phenomenon of word aversion – seemingly normal, inoffensive words that just seem to rile people up- has received quite some attention in the past few years. It is just an irrational feeling of hate or distaste for a word not…
An enigma beneath a smiling mask A Vigenère cipher you think you have the key to You see a tranquil stream but she’s a tsunami waiting for her earthquake She was once a white painting The beauty of the intricate strokes of the brush Her warm white, her tactile texture was lost on the foolish…