(Summer Competition, Editorial Board, 2nd Prize.) A splash of water condenses dreamily in a blissful cloud. The mellow rays of the sun permeate the cool cotton wisps and kiss the water so it melts into smaller, pearly drops. Rumbling, rocketing jolts of thunder sprawl across the sky, as the cloud grows heavy with anticipation. The […]

On the stony floors, Lay the tree’s offering.  Trampled and rejected. As they lay crushed, Their fragrance still pervades.

Context: Gerald Waller took the picture of the Austrian boy, Hans Werfel outside an orphanage in Austria. Painting- “New Shoes”.  The box came from the Red Cross as a war relief effort. The box is big, and red. It’s the colour of the lollipops nanny used to give me, before the bombs and before the […]

The blades of the punkah circulate the stifling air around the room, the sweaty brows of the lawyers glistening against the cheap but blinding LED overhead. “Present your closing statements”, announces an alert figure, sitting attentively in the judge’s esteemed chair. Ignorant of his nails scraping against fraying wood, the advocate proceeds to efficiently absolve […]