I am in a tub of maggots Your touch burns my skin Slime crawling over my body I am undone by you. Eyes like puddles of mud Mouth like a crawled snail Breathe like fuming garbage You hold me tight… Continue Reading →
I needed a public platform to express and convey few thoughts and feelings. It is no news that sex education is non-existent in India. Added to this is the blatant misogyny that is rooted in the collective psyche. There is… Continue Reading →
Body? Temple they say Suffering, I say I search for words Over sandy dunes of waterless deserts Words, I don’t find How do I spell pain? When no words happen around it? Hide, they say Guilt, Shame, Disgust, I feel … Continue Reading →
You pulled my hair, every strand, now just a memory Eyeballs melting into a puddle, falling with a “plop” Dropping next to my wrecked body Flowing like hot lava over the Wretched Earth Limbs being dismembered Sinews torn from within… Continue Reading →
Why write about trauma and suffering? Something horrible happened in your life and it shook you. You don’t want to relive it and you certainly don’t want to ponder on its meaning. This is a natural response of evasion. But… Continue Reading →
University of Hyderabad was a beautiful place. I stayed in the North Campus which was greener than the South. My hostel had a large terrace that was open for everyone. People used to go there to gaze stars, dry clothes,… Continue Reading →
In a TV adaptation of a Philip K Dick’s novel called The Man in the High Castle, we are introduced to a world ruled by the Nazis. It is set in an alternative reality where Germany wins the WWII and… Continue Reading →
Some mornings I wake up with a deep existential dread. It feels like my hold on life is slipping. There are no right words to describe this melancholic state of mind. I feel a great heaviness pushing me down, like… Continue Reading →
Swathi Muthu “Until humankind finds a way to a super-human, immortal existence, I am stuck with this body, and I might even die with it” I’ve been a Hypochondriac from a very young age. The slightest change in the surface… Continue Reading →
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