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CLICHÉ NOT CLICHÉ

CLICHÉ NOT CLICHÉ

By ADYASHA MAHAPATRA

Today it’s about the contemporary version of me
Who decided not to jump into the volcano.

DREAMSCAPING

DREAMSCAPING

By  VIDYASREE BINDU

So beautiful it was,
I tried catching some...

Outsider, Looking In

Outsider, Looking In

By Meghamala Ghosh

The eye rolled, turbid, cloudy, like an ocean wave, as it flicked onto the shore, the edges crimson

Letter to Babusha

Letter to Babusha

By Krupa Gagwani

Hello there! I come from the time period between 3500 B.C. and 3000 B.C. when Egypt was being united

A Gory Nightmare

A Gory Nightmare

By Maithili Mali

a different breathing organ of their latest kill
devouring their screams with an indifferent joy

The Midnight Dreams

The Midnight Dreams

By Rickita Agnelo Dsouza Rickita

The answer behind my dream to sleep,
Is only to figure out why my dreams are so deep?

Cain

Cain

By Shweta Singh

He didn't have any name. I called him Cain.
Was it then? When I found a book in that wardrobe one rainy night

I feel you

I feel you

By Abigail Ocean

Unlike some outsider
Evil intentions to suppress 

DYSFUNCTIONAL NORMALITY

DYSFUNCTIONAL NORMALITY

By Priya Modi

This is a parallel story of how the two, being born in the same plane, have faced unbelievably converse life experiences.

Slave to our charms

Slave to our charms

By Julu Ahamed

I have seen the future
visions, I cannot comprehend

"A Certificate..."

"A Certificate..."

By M. K. Manisha

As usual it is my another day to be accounted as the 10,439 th day of my purposeless but healthy life

Someday not today

Someday not today

By Risha Sajid

Visions of each other 
To where you and I are not individuals but together as we

TOUCHED

TOUCHED

By Harshpreet Kaur 

A little girl, at the beginning of her teens always happy and always smiling, she was her mothers' happy pill

THE HISTORY OF GRAPEFRUIT

THE HISTORY OF GRAPEFRUIT

By Bhakti Thummar

I knocked on her door, and she opened it. She looked at me with surprise. “Well, what do you want?”

Violent Womb

Violent Womb

By Smrithi Iyer

Maybe some sound is blocking, 
Because i never hear my father talking

 

The Colour of Heaven

The Colour of Heaven

By RISHIKA BHATTACHARJEE

The canoe slowed its pace and afloat near my feet in soft rhythm of the sloth-moving cloud below. I stepped on to it. 

At the stroke of 9

At the stroke of 9

By Sampreeti K

“Shhh!” said Sophie, “your father can’t know that you know the truth about his filthy business.” 

A Bittersweet Dream

A Bittersweet Dream

By Ananya Oberoi

The hands that held you,
The warmth that befell you

 

Tickets To Life On Sale?

Tickets To Life On Sale?

By Garima Bahl

I believe questioning society for the right reasons is more important than questioning it at all. 

Dreams went Astray

Dreams went Astray

By  Surbhi Raj

Sleep metamorphosed into naps
Disappointments leading agony lapse

The Moon Girl

The Moon Girl

By Harshitha GR

Standing by and looking around at the rest
Wondering why she is the way she is

The Queen

The Queen

By Janhavi Shrivastava

In the ballroom she heard music, 
she danced to the sad tune...

Lady in Pudum

Lady in Pudum

By Tana Poppy Isabella

She saw me, yes, she did,
Or may be not, yes, she saw me indeed

Dream to Invest in Your Happiness

Dream to Invest in Your Happiness

By Surabhi Bhat

Alas, the only thing that I could see myself doing (still do as a matter of fact), is sitting in a corner, holding a novel...

Astounding realm of Fantasy

Astounding realm of Fantasy

By Susmita Vadhavkar

I hovered alongside dragons and hippogriffs, & swam besides fishes, sponges and mermaids.

Above the pillow, in the head

Above the pillow, in the head

By Mariyam Hashmi 

If it were upto the pillow of mine
My age would be counted in dreams

The Oblivion

The Oblivion

By Vishnushiri  Shyam

Cupping my face, with his masculine hands
He pushed me into bewilderment.

Death Looks Like

Death Looks Like

By Rohit Pannu

Her painted beauty, 
Non of that made up beauty

THE 13TH FLOOR WINDOW

THE 13TH FLOOR WINDOW

By Soumya Bhatnagar

The day the divorce was finalized, I went to the 13th floor, and it felt like a haven. Nobody came up there.

Of randomly-accessed-memories

Of randomly-accessed-memories

By Utkarsha Kohli

From being chased to living the ambitions.
From driving a car on water to taking hot showers.