Real talk on how to combat the ‘beta 12th ke baad kya karoge’ syndrome. The first word that comes to my mind when someone says ‘career’ is daunting. The fact that at present every field of study has a multitude of branches and even more diverse sub branches is enough to make one feel baffled …
Month: June 2017
Before I begin talking about the matter at hand, I’d like to establish a few notions. Firstly, respecting yourself enough to put your wishes ahead of someone else’s, especially when it seems like the need of the hour, is not being a narcissist and neither is acknowledging your individuality. There is a fine line between …
The power of media in today’s world is monumental. It has a significant influence over fact, thought and opinion en masse. It is no surprise; therefore, that media is often considered the fourth organ of the government. On a personal note, during the course my first model UN conference in the 9th grade where I …
Have you ever found yourself in a position when you can’t help but glare at the empty word document in front of you? Time is ticking by, and just when you know that your creative streak needs beckoning, it vanishes altogether. So when you’re sitting there in a frustrated and uninspired manner, here are few …
An obnoxious man once sat in his bureau and officially announced war Spend fathomless, he said, and send our man wide and afar Was the potbellied pig even remotely aware of his heinous sin? The price of his signature was paid by vulnerable women and their oblivious kin And with the onset of winter, the …
Press corps representative Akriti Sethi strings words in poetry while describing the pensiveness of Special Political and Decolonization Committee (SPECPOL)’s topic- the Kashmir conflict. I take a reluctant step forward, decide to saunter back around The angry sky roars at my frivolity and my vulnerability instigates tremors on the ground, Restore your historical legacy, …
Often the questions weight in more heavily than they’re meant to be And you find yourself crushed under them, tongue tied and helpless Often they lose their rhetoric sense and force you to see What life is and could’ve been as you lie buried under an abyss of mess. It flashes in front of your …
She was nineteen when she discovered that the world is a ghastly place Henna replaced her university textbooks as she was compelled to contribute to the great Indian charade She was asked to put her economics honours degree to practical use, Utilize the concept of allocation of resources by saving the fruit for both salad …
His voice synchronised with the silent strumming of my soul It ran the fickle and frivolous mind of a man on parole My eyes clamed shut and in an instant made him ask whether it was something he said Irony smirked and I urged him not to interrogate, go on please keep talking instead. …
It gave her ears a deepening ache, it upset her head Unused to the trauma, drifted her thoughts elsewhere, for hours she read. It got to the point where the pain became as visible as an undisguised wart Hushed for so long, it was the sound of her wailing heart. “Why the sudden lamenting?” …