Diagnosing Our House—Examining the Body –Parul Tayenjam : Bonus Winner | Season 5
Diagnosing Our House—Examining the Body – Parul Tayenjam : Bonus Winner | Season 5 – Parul Tayenjam Our house looks good in Sepia. It has the afterglow of a well-lived house. Its corners are dipped in algae stains, and the underside of its sunshade is darkened and whitened with mildew. Every brick of this house […]
Lullaby For A Warrior – Ananya Gomatam : Bonus Winner | Season 5
Lullaby For A Warrior : Bonus Winner | Season 5 – Ananya Gomatam They speak of blood and of bone.Fickle words of promise, seemingly set in stone.Line up the sacrifices that will surely come to pass.Every breath leads them closer to their last. Manipulations and deceitFriends turn into enemies that we have yet to meet.Smoke […]
You Break It, You Buy It – Nyla Kunal Bajaj : Bonus Winner | Season 5
You Break It, You Buy It : Bonus Winner | Season 5 – Nyla Kunal Bajaj I was never the brightest. I only learned how to read my first words when I was seven. Till then, the world was a blur of symbols, of printed letters with no meaning, at least not meaning that I […]
The Perfect Flower – Karishma Udit Chhatrapati : Bonus Winner | Season 5
The Perfect Flower : Bonus Winner | Season 5 – Karishma Udit Chhatrapati In a lifetime, it only takes a single moment to find what you’ve been searching for. The irony lies in the fact that what you’ve sought so eagerly has always been with you. Sometimes, you may feel like giving up, but the […]
White Powder – Shreyashi Biswas : Bonus Winner | Season 5
White Powder : Bonus Winner | Season 5 – Shreyashi Biswas I We set out in the morning Ready for school, like any other day, Our bags were full of things we needed.Half-empty bottles of slightly-milky, slightly-salty water That no rich child in the West would touch, Dusty clothes and anything else that we could […]
Perfectly Imperfect – Seshadri Sreenivasan : Bonus Winner | Season 5
Perfectly Imperfect : Bonus Winner | Season 5 – Seshadri Sreenivasan My job demanded frequent international travel, which was a mix of exhaustion and excitement. It offered chances to forge connections and engage in remarkable business ventures, with all expenses covered by the company. So, when the chairman requested I journey to Japan for steel […]
A Cantankerous Symphony – Diya Prakash : Bonus Winner | Season 5
A Cantankerous Symphony : Bonus Winner | Season 5 – Diya Prakash A Cantankerous Symphony What are we, But the notes of a cantankerous symphony, The Symphony of the Mortals, Of humanity. The crescendo of life, that sweeps us up To the crest of consonance Among the mind and body – And with clamour […]
Love Under The World’s Tallest Building – Harshita Nanda : Bonus Winner | Season 5
Love Under The World’s Tallest Building : Bonus Winner | Season 5 – Harshita Nanda They sat on a bench, side by side, facing the most popular attraction in the city, the world’s tallest building. A balloon seller walked by, his bunch of balloons swaying in the sky. “People assume balloons don’t weigh anything because […]
Suitors, Samosas, and Dowry – Niha Khalid : Bonus Winner | Season 5
Suitors, Samosas, and Dowry : Bonus Winner | Season 5 – Niha Khalid Another day, another suitor arrives, witnessing the dramatic saga of my life. They shamelessly devour the piping-hot samosas and jalebis that I painstakingly prepared for their visit, only for them to leave without care, never returning my baba’s call. This unending cycle […]
Silenced Screams – Niharika : Bonus Winner | Season 5
Silenced Screams : Bonus Winner | Season 5 – Niharika I was no one but a mere teenager,Conscious while my chest started to grow,Newly being told that it would now need support. I was instructed not to change in front of anyone,Told to let go of my favourite clothes,No one was talking to the men […]
