“I need to find 9 young girls for Kanya Bhoj.”, “I am fasting for all 9 days.” Well, this is all we get to hear these days as the pomp of Navratra is all around the nation. Be it in the form of Garba from Gujarat or Durga Pooja from West Bengal, the glory […]
About Gunjan Porwal: GUNJAN PORWAL, an engineer by day, and writer by night who is fascinated by Indian mythology, especially the Mahabharata and Ramayana. After graduating from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 2002, Gunjan worked in MNCs as an engineer while contemplating writing anything other than code. Gunjan lives in Pune with his wife, […]
About Diwakar Pokhriyal: Dr. Diwakar Pokhriyal has completed his Ph.D. in Energy Management, P.G., and B.Tech in Power. He has written 1 Hindi novel, 14 poetry books and 1 short story collection which is published. He is a part of 100+ poetry anthologies/magazine with poets around the world. He has been entered into ‘Limca Book of […]
LiFT: Tell us something about you? Aditya: Author by passion, Translator by profession. A routine guy with dreams of gaining the reputation of a great writer. Poet sometimes, a traveler most of the times (Not because of being a Mumbaite but by heart). A person with simple taste but classy when it comes to luxuries. A […]
Crowd is in, crowd is out Close are just a few But in heart resides a single Someone once I knew The one who is beyond A body or face Words of intellect Are not but the case The one who is around On each tough ride A rock of support Always by my side… […]
LiFT: Tell us something about you. How and when did you start writing? Ameya: Sometimes I ask myself the same question. Who am I? I don’t know what I seem to people from outside but from inside I am as confused as anyone else, sometimes directionless, weird. I like observing things. Sometimes I am […]
Travel Solo! Travelling gives wings to your mind that is trapped in the cage of your mundane quotidian lives. We wake up to the same sun, we juggle between different chores, we run errands, we chase the world because the competition is fierce and the day ends on a happy sad monotonous note. Travel and […]
Needless to say, Independence Day is the most significant day in the calendar of Indian history and so for the citizen of India. On August 15, 2018, India would successfully complete 71 years of Independence and perpetuate the accolade of a proud nation. Just like every year, the Independence Day celebration will be held at […]
Let us turn the wheel of memories a little. Let’s go back to the time when we had nothing but a pencil in our hand. Back then, it didn’t matter what we wrote or how we wrote it. We, and the ones around us were happy just to see some words on the page. That […]
I listen love, Chanting a silent prayer Waiting to be heard… I listen love, A trail of silence… Being her only words.. I listen love, Wrapped in hiccups A name but slurred… I listen love, In a drop of tear And a vision going blurred… I listen love, In the beatings of heart With a […]
We saw it, we felt it too. It was not just about a victory or history that was created but an enthusiasm, patriotism, dynamism poured into her eyes, converged together to glorify 125 crore Indians, swelling the Nation’s pride. The whole World is gasconading the talent uprose from a corner of the Nation which many […]
Indian Literature is filled with an enticing diversity and all the necessary elements to enhance its popularity owing to its rich heritage. It has beautiful imagination and unparalleled expressions of its torchbearers who have carved it wonderfully. Books are the source of portable magic. They contain vast expanse of knowledge building up the heart and […]
It wasn’t a summer that dragged our life out of the cold. Neither was it the one which burnt our life away. No. Instead, it was a summer which came with a promise of rain. And now, it’s over. Yes, the summer of education is finally done. And just like most of the other summers, […]
Like a coin always has two sides, there are always two kinds of people that adorn this land of humans. The good ones. The bad ones. We’ve all traditionally sided by the good side, haven’t we? We’ve always idolizes the ones who’ve changed the world, who’ve stamped their name on the world, who’ve left the […]
I was thirteen then. We were in school, attending our science class. Ours was a co-educational school. I exactly remember the page no.129, that we were on. The chapter was on ‘Genetics’ and the topic was ‘Menstruation and Menopause’. As our teacher began to explain, we girls (most of us) dug our heads into the […]
Yes, I am 50 and I love clicking selfies. I know, I am enough old to rest on a rocking chair with a ball of wool and weaving needles. Old enough to narrate stories and sing lullabies to my grandchildren, to guard my home when my whole family is out at a party. I know, […]
Dear New Year, Happy Birthday! You might not know this, but you’re one of those children who are extremely famous even before their birth. We children usually get our big birthday party after spending a year in this place. But you, you’re different. Look around the world. Look how the people threw big parties for […]
SHE is Power! Pain is inevitable and so its comparison with a woman. Darkness finds its home in the life of a woman. She inhales this bleak energy. She’s made to live the agony and the helplessness. No matter how much the world progresses, the patriarchal society still frowns upon the desire of a woman […]
Australia has regained the Ashes after they had lost it in the last Ashes series in England. The 2015 Ashes was dominated by the hosts by fully utilizing their home conditions. England were 0-2 down before the WACA test and this was ‘Do or Die’ game for them. But in a rather one-sided affair, OZs […]
When I was attaining my degrees, I remember my classmates fusing about career and marriage. Some of my friends’ parents were worried about their career and some about marriage. Marriage and career are two different aspects but they would correlate them. Some wanted their daughters to get married. The reason was the growing age of […]
