We don’t like life, we like escape from it: escapism and reality.

Many incorrectly display their life and reality as they are. They practice the embellished wishful thinking, ignoring the hard facts, but heavy and solid. This happens due to a very prevalent method of avoiding reality, which we use almost all day. When I write this article, I also use this technique, divert the mind and […]

We don’t like life, we like escape from it: escapism and reality.

Nostalgia, a Sweet Reminisce and Other Poems

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By Nivedita Krishna

Nostalgia, a Sweet Reminisce

As I walked across that lonely desolate road, No it was not a hill station filled with eternal solitude of nature, It was the same crowded route that leaded to the same destination each day, Those familiar faces were strange acquaintances Who exchanged greetings everyday, With a warm affectionate smile, The questions were same, how's life? And the answers have been as per the routine all cramped up... Fantastic!! The greetings ended there As I lay down on my bed, A strange sense of connection was something I missed. I missed those warm and affectionate hands which rested on my forehead, Every evening as I went to sleep. I craved for that hug which convinced me that I can win the world. The feeling of being at home was invincible Those eerie lectures which I hated the most when I was young reverberated…

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