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 # 30s ME … To Myself at 30 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear myself aged 30 Hai and Hi Five About you, a lot I do hear And that brings both joy and fear Maturity is your gift, it's told Along with being sensible and bold It's told you bring maturity It's told you make me sensible It's told you make my life stable And It's told, to fulfill all my dreams, you make me able While these reasons are enough to excite There are few things  Which bother and give me a fright First of all, Are we both similar ? Or even better,  How drastically do we differ ? While change is truly  The only constant  From my authentic core I don't wish to be too distant  Do you find the fulfillment  Of my long-cherished dreams ? Or did you find them to be Silly childish whims? Everything changes I understand, As time flows So what are now your Dreams and goals? Oh, so many questions !  Hope you don't mind  Me putting you through...

UNTOUCHABLE 🌸 🌼🌼🌼 The side door swings back and forth As in and out they run A mischievous lot, they were My maid's little children Grandma frowned at them Run round, they dare? Outcaste and impure Untouchables, they are Grandpa smiled and said Right you are indeed! Untouchable they are From vanity, pride, greed Untouchable to sorrow Nothing ever soils their joy Untouchable to any worry Smile fades not from their eye They mind not of the world around Untouchable to ideals so high Their hearts are filled with love alone Innocence they personify Untouchable were their souls For the insults and abuse hurled Untouchables they indeed were For the harshness of the world Untouchable for the ways of the world With joy and love they shine Untouchable for the evils of mankind They embody a spark of the Divine They play and laugh gleefully Standing by the threshold Untouchable for the reality outside So bitter, cruel and cold They peek outside curiously May this threshold they not cros...

PC: Internet  Alpha and Luna sat in silence over the hilltop, in deep contemplation. There was something – a huge thing – happening among the humans living around them, the visuals of which had deeply disturbed them. It was all just too gory and bloodstained. That human beings would turn so very bloodthirsty, that go against their own species, was a mind-blogging thought for the parents of the wolf pack. Soon, a group of five cubs surrounded their parents. They too had seen the gruesome sights of the happenings around, and it had piqued their interest. Their parents had forbidden them from investigating the matter on their own, so it was now on the shoulders of the parents to quench the curiosity of their young naïve cubs. Alpha snapped out from his contemplation when he noticed all the inquisitive eyes around him. He looked at Luna, who gave him a short nod. Signaling his kids to come closer to him, he begins his narration. “It’s a case of marking territories. Just like us, human ...

PC: Internet   I’m an introvert in an extrovert world. I’m a feeler in a world of thinkers. I strive to be authentic in a world of fakers.  And  worst of all, I’m a woman in a (supposedly) man’s world. 🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌗🌗🌘🌑 “One gets birth of a woman due to past life sins” – declares the Hindu scriptures. This seems to just be a casual rant of a misogynist who later gained fame as a philosopher (as it often happens in patriarchal societies). But the Indian (especially Hindu) society makes sure that these words come true. Society makes sure that women feel cursed for just being born as women – by burdening them with roles, duties, expectations, judgements, traditions, etc.  … ... ...  Religion is said to be a path to self-realization. It’s supposed to make people shun away the distractions of the world and make them turn inward, towards the Inner Truth and Authenticity.  But in reality, religion was hardly any of this - it encouraged mindless superstitions, e...

Characters : Virmati (Difficult Daughters), Rosie (The Guide by R.K. Narayan), Priyanka, Esha, Radhika (One Night at a Call Centre by Chetan Bhagat)  Virmati’s eyes turned all around the café as she sat sipping coffee. She was waiting for her friends - four of them - who were her soul sisters. Though Virmati had tons of friends in her personal and professional circle, the bond she shared with these four women was unique – it was more soulful. It was not just blood-bound or professional. It was more of matching wavelengths - born out of shared ideologies and experiences. All of them (including Virmati) were “modern, educated” Indian women, who were independent and opiniated. This was something which was totally radical in Indian society, and had therefore alienated these women from the rest of the society (including their own families). Besides ideology, bitter experiences due to patriarchy was another thing which these women shared in common. The lives (both personal and professio...

Dear Dad, Haaaaiiiii *hugs* HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!! *tight hugs* *sniffs* I think I need not tell you about how I'm doing … After all …  It's all your guidance and blessings … But Papa … I have no words to express how much I miss you … Your words … Encouragement … Appreciation … Guidance … JUST YOUR PRESENCE !!! I was numb with shock and traumatized for a long time after your abrupt departure … But I have now managed to bounce back … I am happy and proud to tell you that all the seeds you had sown are bearing fruit, Papa. I feel like I'm finally being true to myself and becoming the best version of myself … Just like you had always wanted to see me … I have learnt to talk, communicate, socialize, be independent (to an extent) , take decisions, etc … Papa, I remember how you had subtly adviced me to take up Arts and Literature as my field of study … back when I was in Class 10 and was overenthusiastic about taking Science ... Your ad...

Indian Writings in English – II Assignment 1 The Day India Burned - Partition (A BBC Documentary)  Film Text Analysis Page 1      The Partition of the Indian subcontinent into India and Pakistan can be said to be one of the darkest moments in the history of humankind. The joy of gaining independence from the colonial masters, the British, was heavily overpowered by the heart wrenching brutality of the Partition. Pain, suffering, separation, uprooting of people, mass exodus, refugee camps, murders, rapes, violence, hunger...the horrors of the Partition took up innumerable forms. These wounds continue to bleed till today, as the traumas are ingrained in the minds of the families of people who were affected by the Partition.      The Partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan garnered attention worldwide. The division of a diverse and culturally rich country like India on the basis of religion was indeed something unthi...

SIGNIFICANCE OF DALIT LITERATURE FOR SOCIAL UNIFORMITY WITH REFERENCE TO THE NOVEL CHOMANA DUDI by Shivram Karanth (Kannada) - Kiranmayi M R19MAE12 MA English, 2nd semester Page 2 Untouchability: A Social Evil The advent of 20th century brought many reforms to Indian society. The arrival of English education let people to question their age-old beliefs and practices. One such archaic practice put under scrutiny by the reformers was the inhuman custom of untouchability .               The caste system existed in Indian society right from the time of recorded history. It was an integral part of the Hindu society. The system was not just strange and irrational, it also gave rise to many coldblooded beliefs, superstitions and practices in society. One such wretched offshoot of the caste system was the practice of untouchability.               The traditions followed in th...

Research Paper  Philosophy or Pseudoscience:   A study the criticism around the most popular, new-age self-help book “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne Rationale         Among the hordes of books which have influenced my life, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne hold a unique place. The book had a very deep and profound influence on my life. I stumbled across the book during one of the worst phrases of my life, and it was instrumental in helping me overcome that phrase. It changed my outlook towards life and made me more optimistic. However, no matter how much I relished the positivity and optimistic ideals expounded by the book, there was always a tiny bit of resistance from the rational side of my being. I would never bring myself to fully approve of the book as a whole. The underlying principle of the book was definitely inspiring and life-changing, but the methods adopted to explain and illustrate it were unsettling. Being acquainted with science fro...

LINGUISTICS - ASSIGNMENT 2 NEUROLINGUISTICS       Neurolinguistics (or Neurological Linguistics ) is an area of expertise which explores the inter-relationship between the human brain and human language / communication. It is one of the most important part of Linguistics, and falls under the category of Macro Linguistics. It is an inter-disciplinary subject which is linked to a number of closely related subjects like neurology, psycholinguistics, cognitive science, etc. Neurolinguistics is thus, quite a vast and diverse area of academics. Brain mechanics, language production and comprehension, language processing, and its related problems and ailments are some of the major concepts covered under neurolinguistics.      In simple terms, Neurolinguistics can be defined as “the study of the neural mechanisms in the human brain that control the comprehension, production, and acquisition of language” . Neurolinguistics is primarily centred arou...