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  • Addiction

    Addiction

    This heartburnExcruciating painI am addicted to itAnd I crave it againFollowed by regretEverytimeThis process of stirring upAnd settling down of sufferingCovering up the heart with sadnessLike dust covers the leaves beside the country roadHappiness washes the sadness awayJust like rain washes the leavesOnly leaving the leaves more vulnerable to dustThis cycle of happiness and painSatisfying…

  • Pulchowk Campus: The Best?

    Pulchowk Campus: The Best?

    November 17, 2014, my first day in Pulchowk Campus. A dream degree I had planned and prepared for since I watched ‘3 Idiots’, lied in front of me. Just like in ‘3 Idiots’ I had cracked a tough entrance to enter the best college in the country (apologies for the self-praise). I had my expectations.…

  • College Years: A Reflection

    College Years: A Reflection

    “As little as you want to write when you’re happy, that’s how much you have to write when you’re miserable”, quotes Brian Bloom in movie ‘5 to 7’. Today is November 17, 2018, exactly four years since our first day in college. I am almost miserable. The college is over. The fabulous four years have…

  • कमरा

    कमरा

    दिनभर की घुटन के बादमेरा कमरा सांस ले रहा हैएक बड़ी सी खिड़की केछोटे से हिस्से सेहल्की सी बारिश मेंपानी के छीटें अंदर आ रही हैंठंडी हवा का साथ लेकरऔर मेरे चेहरे पर जमी धूलभीग कर गिर रही है ज़मीं परपर्दा लहरा रहा हैकिसी महबूबा की दुपट्टे की तरहइस अंधेरे कमरे मेंरौशनी भी बादलों से…

  • Falling Out of Love

    Falling Out of Love

    “Falling out of love”Is one of the biggest hoaxI mean how can youFall out of something?Falling into somethingDoesn’t demand effortBut only courageTo give up your controlTo gravity or to loveIn return getting the thrillOf fallingUntil it lasts Imagine you fall intoA well so deep you cannot see its endYou’ll probably be scared to deathAbout your…

  • शाम, हुक्का और दिल

    शाम, हुक्का और दिल

    आज मैंने अपने दिल कोसीने से निकाल कररख दिया एक हुक्के परदिल के नीचे रखाकोयले का एक टुकड़ाजो बना है मेरे प्यार केतुम्हारे तगाफुल के नीचेदब जाने सेचिंगारी हमारे पहली मुलाकात कीऔर नीचेकुछ पल जो तुम्हारे साथ गुज़रेजो मेरी दिल से निकले धुएं कोठंडा करेंगे एक आखिरी बारपहला कश लेते हीवो हुक्का फुट के बिखर…

  • Noise in the Neighbourhood

    Noise in the Neighbourhood

    ‘Silence can be either protest or consent, but most times it’s fear.’ This is a quote from The Sellout which I just finished reading. This line struck me and probably stirred up my silence on recent world events. It will be relevant even in a thousand years, provided humans don’t kill each other before that.…

  • Tank Man and Us

    Tank Man and Us

    While searching for discussions on the relevance and necessity of protest during a pandemic, I came across a symbol of defiance. That symbol is known as Tank Man. His heroic display of courage and fed-upness took place on 5th June 1989, just one day after the massacre of more than ten thousand unarmed civilians by…

  • On Deaths of Multiple Things

    On Deaths of Multiple Things

    What surprised me was what followed. Complete silence. People accepting their losses as if they were destined to.