Four

Four

Four dolls to be lined up in an order only she understood, one after the other, with her brother’s toy trucks some distance away because girls play with pinks, not blues. Four glasses to be filled with water in the kitchen, one after the other, with her brother’s books kept on a high shelf because girls balance trays, not equations. Four dresses to be tried on for the party, one after the other,…

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I Saw India Walk Today

I Saw India Walk Today

I saw India walk today. Not in the form of some technological development, not as a rocket mission going successful. Not in the face of global recognition, not in the reach of highways and schools. At the most basic, grass root level of our existence, I saw India walk today. Clutching hands with it’s oft forgotten past, reminding me that I haven’t seen it all, not really, not yet. I watched as…

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Rainbow

“Tell me about yourself, I want to know!” You ask me to describe myself not in words I reserve for an acquaintance or the man taking my interview But in words that paint my insides and colour my sky, my definitions of yellow, black, red and blue You want to know, not judge, and I believe that’s what opens my soul to your inspection And I find myself telling you about that one time I fell in a…

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To Be Or Not To Be...Is That The Question?

To Be Or Not To Be…Is That The Question?

Ever looked at the sky and wondered what is the meaning of life? Ever saw your crush and thought the breeze was a little stronger that day? Ever wished that someone would buy you a drink when you’re at the bar? Ever wore a dupatta and hoped it would get stuck in someone’s cufflinks? Ever passed in an exam without effort and failed miserably in the one you studied tirelessly for?  If you answered…

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Boring

When I saw you, the world did not stand still. There was no music playing in the background. There were no gentle winds caressing your face. There were no heart-shaped balloons floating around you. Time did not move in slow motion. Everything was normal, ordinary. My coffee still tasted bitter, my hair still stuck to my lipgloss. But maybe because it was so normal, so everyday, my soul fell in…

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draco is that type of person to lay underneath harry while he does push ups and gets a kiss everytime harry comes down. cause draco working out? definitely not. but he’ll watch harry and distract him to the best of his abilities.