Vikram was enjoying his retirement, sipping on his morning coffee when his phone rang. He answered, and on the other end was his former boss, who had never called him since he retired. “Vikram, we have a situation. We need you to come back. There’s a terrorist group that has…

Space is Vast — In today’s world, as Science and Technology continue to demystify the world around us, we as humans have a bad habit of assuming we already know it all, but the truth is whilst we’re discovering new things about the nature of our universe all the time we’ve barely scratched the…

Question the current State of Journalism and Political policies in India on our 75th Independence day. — News is more and more being driven by statements. And thanks to politicians, Kangana, and anchors of TV news at Primetime — we have plenty of fiery statements. This has given employment to Debate-Jivis (right-wing supporters in India). Earlier, idiot box turned people idiot. Nowadays it makes ’em hateful. Before…

A Haiku The door is hidden by ivy, the key is buried in the ground, I climb over walls, and you are there, but you don’t look up. You are busy studying the flowers of a thorn bush as you remove each petal one by one.

A Poem — Welcome to my garden, where nobody cries, and nobody sickens so nobody dies. Let’s join the fun, there’s no reason to fear. Everyone’s happy and loves being here. Come to my garden, you’ll feel right at home. There are no limits to where you can roam. The roses are lovely, with…

A Poem — Spend some time in my mind If you care And embrace silence Visitors beware A solemn rhythm A solitude unknown Thoughts begin with a rhyme And end in a verse So easily muffled By aching bones And raging screams Trapped within my aging soul Time and again I fall right back Into…

A Poem — Her silhouette sticks in my mind. I can’t leave her mirage behind. I drown it in work and sleep… but stories empowers me to Shine. I’m painting my wounds as I bleed. Why can’t this be all that I need? Her memory seeps through my veins but now it’s just silhouettes…

A Poem — I feel overwhelmed… Can’t I just pause things? Water’s above my head And unable to do anything… It’s such a weird feeling… I won’t be healing… It’s harder than it should be… My mind is too busy wandering and panicking… It’s not fun I want to feel normal… Feel fine…

A Poem — I’ve been dreaming of Manga Life… I hear that they keep the food and Travel on free… and that you get 12 channels on the TV playing you in Anime… not a lot, but 12 more than what I’ve got… And I hear that you have your own room an…