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The Rowling Fiasco

Renowned author of the “Harry Potter” series, J.K Rowling has received heavy backlash through her allegedly controversial transphobic tweets. She has stated of her support for the trans community but her tweets say otherwise. A subsequent amount of her fans do not support her statements and the remaining imply that she has full rights to express her opinions. The controversy…

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Literature, Social

Let Us Run Away

Let us run away,Let us live like fleeting souls.Like ghosts wandering throughLost cities and the unknown. My wants fill my body,Somebody take me away.Make me forget who I amAnd I will forget the way. So you take me by the hand,And we danced in the cherry leaves.By the midnight’s hour, We were standing on the beach. The sand whispers at…

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Political, Religion, Social

The Gita: Chapters ३ and ४

Shri Guru Charan Saroj Raj Nij mane mukure sudhar         Atha shrimadbhagavadGita श्रीगुरु चरन सरोज रज, निज मनु मुकुरु सुधारि। अथ श्रीमद्भगवद्ग The first 2 lines are taken from Hanuman Chalisa written by Tulsidas in the Awadhi dialect and the last lines are the Sanskrit words which mean “and now the Bhagavad Gita”. They are two independent verses which I…

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Political, Social, Sports

FA and CBF Announce Equal Wages for Men and Women International Teams

Guest for the Day: Vedika Mehendale! Last week, before their men’s team started their game against Iceland, the Football Association (FA), the football federation of the United Kingdom, announced that both, their men and women international teams would be paid equally to represent them. Just a few hours later, the Brazillian Football Confederation (CBF) also announced that they would be…

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Climate, Political, Social

Writing Competition Winner:

How Quarantine Changed My Life Often, recluses go to far-fetched locations with no purpose other than “finding their true selves, and their purpose in this world.” In India, ascetics and monks follow a similar rite of passage, once they reach a certain maturity level. You know what I would say to that, not six months ago? I wouldn’t understand it…

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HER

she is your mother sister daughter friend so why do you call her impure slut attention seeker those aren’t her names she is earth she is water she is light a light ever so bright that could enlighten the most dense of minds illuminate the most unfortunate of lives she is energy how dare you try to destroy her when…

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Silence

The stars are out tonight. I see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 of them. No, 6. The stars look pretty. Most nights, I can’t really see them though. Either it’s the view from my apartment, or the cloud cover as of late; I don’t really know. Tonight, I’m walking behind my building, and the clouds have parted just in time.…

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Literature, Social

Happy Teacher’s Day

To see under the covered veilThe sky that is pink and not blueA ship that concurs and sailsA master who teaches to live without rue, They are the passers of immortal knowledgeRead and learnt since ages henceYet only a day is celebrated in their honourAnd not today, tomorrow and everyday whence, To every teacher who taught me beyond oblivion Taught…

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