Theme 17 - Travel

Same job. Same people. Same place. Every day. Every day I long for the day when I can just pack up my bags and go away...away with someone....to travel because to travel is to live...to go in a different world where u can fall in love with your life all over again!
- Gunjan Virwani


She wanted to dangle her feet in cold waters with the sun shining over-head. She wanted to walk with the moonlight. She wanted to write, sitting on park benches.

She wanted to fly, all by herself.

She wanted to travel, and eventually, fate took care of it...

She indeed, is a happy person.
- Charu Rawat


There are some kinds of people who travel each and every corner of this city, they are flying, diving, traveling, and exploring the world.
I find myself different, I do nothing; I just sit in one of those corners of this city and dive into myself, traveling and exploring equally.
- Disha Joshi


A journey of the outside world runs parallel with the beautiful inner world. The former journey of exotic places includes fun, new people, adventures and a willingness to discover a new path.
And, the latter follows the road of memories of loved ones down the lane from yesterday to today and making new ones for tomorrow!
- Sanchi Bahrani


I met a person on my way to Delhi. He was not bothered about the place he wanted to go but his excitement for the route, for the people he was going to meet and of course for the natural beauty was all over his face. I learnt that more than destiny journey becomes important.
- Khyati Jain


"Hello mumma, it’s me! My handbag has been stolen and I lost my everything – my cell phone, cash, ATM card. This call? A kind lady allowed me to use her phone.."
..And that was my first experience of travelling alone.
- Divneet Kaur Walia


Traveled in all directions known to man ... Beyond the language barrier present everywhere, everyone understood the curve of lips as a smile, which was duly reciprocated ... And tears as a sign of sorrow & pain, with which everyone sympathized...

The question arises... Are we different? Aren't we ALL just HUMANS??
- Lokesh Dugar

Terrified with the fighting passengers on the subway in New York, she hailed the black cab of London and ordered the cabbie to cruise away. But the ubiquitous rain bored her. 

Getting out, she ran inside the pizzeria in Naples and devoured a large pizza.

Books were her best means to travel the world.
- Sahiba Bhatia


It's been 3 years. He sees his family every day, every hour, every minute of his life. But they can't. Tries to talk to them, but they can't. Helpless, and in rue, he lives on with only a single thought in his head.

If only he could travel back in time, and not suicide.
-Harshit Bhatnagar


"Get in! The doors won't stay open forever" said the Conductor. "Really", she thought, "should've made it in time, but couldn't. And see, here you are, sitting in this goddamn bus." The bus suddenly came to a halt near a florist selling roses. And then, the smell & the emotions got too nauseating for her to handle.
- Rohan Bapat

Road, time, places, memories, history, earth, you, me. . .
All’s travelling but ain't reaching, that's the beauty of the swirl!
- Mehul Newaskar


The horrified images from her narration were dancing in front of his eyes. Her painful voice and the endless tears made his heart melt.
All he wanted, at the moment, was a time travel to wipe out the traumatic experiences her girl has gone through.
All he wanted was to embrace the pains that tainted her journey.
- Osheen Shrivastav


"I saw you at Christmas Eve in the same local and from that moment my heart has been craving for more of you, I may sound psycho but can I have your number?"
Confused! Scared! Baffled! “Panvel! My station! Bye!"
Unable to take him off her head, she smiled… "Not psycho, MAD is the word!"
Next day, same train. "Merry Christmas! It's 98276*****"
Dancing!
- Nayan Pandya


Travel once meant excitement. Now it’s a dilemma. From one side it’s a nightmare and from other its meeting loved ones after a long time. Every time I am in this dilemma, I get to know myself better.
It’s not just the wind that passes by but clouds of my thoughts also make their way out.
- Piyush Kumar

Embarking on yet another journey, to yet another destination... Travel was really the love of his life. Airports, bus stations and train platforms were a familiar place for him. Every face giving him a new story, each new co-passenger a potential friend! Why was this one so different? Why were there tears in his eyes?

- Smit Patel


They took the train to office together every day. She got down at Andheri and he at Santacruz.
Since the blasts, he can't imagine travelling by train anymore; without her..
- Priyanka Agrawal

Disappointed with self, he decided to travel to find out his passion.
After 12 seals stamped on his passport, worn out shoes, several cabin tags and with high Dopamine release, he realized that 'Travelling' was his real passion!
- Paridhi Mahendra

I kept my CA Final course books aside. Why? Why out of all the things I could have opted… I chose these books??
Bored, irritated, and wishing something different for the future; simultaneously worried about the uncertainties… I started thinking.
For the first time, my heart & my mind were travelling in the same direction. In search of my destiny…
- Shashank Mehta


Three steaming mocha mugs, early morning in the hotel bed and lots of ha-ha’s and chuckles. Yes, finally the gang of three girls was on their first trip together. A long weekend holiday in Goa surely had lots of high-spirited-food-loving-snappy moments in store for them! And oh, yes! Memories for a lifetime.
- Apoorva Ranka


The train was just taking him to Delhi, to his job.
But sitting on that window seat and looking out at the stretches of the fields, his mind had started to travel to destinations untouched, destinations he had always just dreamt of.
- Priyanka Dharamsi


बचपन के हर एक पल को हर इंसान उत्साह से जीता है
मगर फिर जवानी आते ही नौक्रि की फ़िक्र, फिर घर की फ़िक्र, फिर बुढ़ापे में मौत के बाद की फ़िक्र..
हम शायद सफ़र का मज़ा तभी ले पाते है जब मंज़िल की फिक्र ना हो..
जैसे बचपन..
- Gaurav Salvi

Second Entries:
He loved to tell stories. Every summer, he would study every minute detail about one city. When the school started, he had a new story to share with his friends. He traveled through his imagination.
- Priyanka Agrawal

The school was a two hour walk from home. The everyday travel spoke of his passion.
- Priyanka Agrawal

He would pack his bag and leave for the road. Always to a place where the world couldn't reach to him, in search of something he'd only read of. He traveled to find peace.
- Priyanka Agrawal

She was blue blooded. Travelling wasn't appropriate for a lady. Home-schooled, she wrote of the world she had never seen.. The paper and the quill were the world and words were how she traveled..
- Priyanka Agrawal

True! 25 stories... :D

Theme 16 - Chat

Long before that "yes", there was a "Hi" and a "Do I know you?" which turned into "How are you" and "What's up". It went further with "You're nice", "You look pretty", "I like you", "Aww.. So sweet"!
..and there was it! "Do you love me?"
Bliss! Fun! Infatuation!
..Few days later- "I hate you!"
*Blocked*
- Tanya Jain


Started talking on a WhatsApp group. Personal chat, then. We loved poetry, beyond everything. Our chats today, are our published works.
- Priyanka Agrawal


I lie down on your bed sometimes, just to see what it feels like to be you. I secretly pick up your clothes, to see if they smell like you.
For all those long hours we chatted away, you never told me you won't be around someday.
I miss you, grandpa...
- Charu Rawat


They became friends on Yahoo chat room.. So much to talk about but much scarcity of time..
Their chats never ended.. Suddenly, virtual world appeared to be much more preferable than reality..
- Meenal Bhatia


'Magic' is the perfect word for what we share in those small texts. Your name on the screen of my phone stipulates a smile and probably the widest one I can wear. While we chat, I start floating in a new dimension with your every text caressing my heart and I believe this would last till eternity.
- Nayan Pandya


"blingggg" - sent at 1:52am. Her message was late by all standards. But, it was normal for them. Well, normal a year ago. And then, all of a sudden out of nowhere it wakes him up, that too, a simple and non- descript "hey". Conflicted to the core. Should he reply?
- Smit Patel


"You know? I like this! And that! And blah, blah, blah!!!!"
She couldn't stay silent for a minute. Since a while, she only chats through messages. I think, it's the repercussions of that dreadful accident.
- Anusha Gupta


Logged in. Logged out.
Logged in again, no message.
Sent a “:(“, he was desperately waiting for someone’s message.
He gave up, got up and put his laptop aside.
Suddenly, a chat box popped up.
Mom was there with the recipe of "Khichdi"
He thanked her, kissed her “:*” and ran to kitchen to cook some.
- Disha Joshi


Months passed, the untold story boiled up. Trying every gut feeling, she wished to blurt it all out; chickening out at the last moment, full of guilt.
And, then she heard him say, “How I hate these liars and hidden truths!” It was the time for one of those dreadful chats which could blow them apart.
- Osheen Shrivastav


She was having the most crucial conversation of her life.
She: I want Marriage.
He: I want you, my love.
She: Marry Me?
He: Well that can’t happen.
She: Then what do you want??
He: You.
*Sigh*
With no conclusion, it just happened to be a ‘chat’.
- Paridhi Mahendra


Her smile was shining so bright today.
Her face was glowing with happiness.
Her random laughs intrigued people.
In her mind, it was the previous night's chat on the loop.
- Tejaswini Gulati


She proposed a few months ago & I ignored her completely. Took time to realize that she was everything to me. I was full of anxiety , plans and a wish forever togetherness until a message popped - "I quit.. Best you could do to me is leave me alone."
..And it became the last chat.
- Shashank Mehta


I had a fight with mom. Sadness on both the sides.
I couldn't express my feelings, my care for her. My phone light blinked, suddenly got an idea to write her a text. Feelings overflowed in words, and the last message in our chat was from her - "I love you so much beta".
Peaceful sleep tonight!
- Shruti Singh


“My condition was miserable. I was suffering through pain; I could not bear it any more. Suddenly, you came in existence and all the pain just vanished. :)”
I just gave birth to a baby. And now I understand why my mum had messaged me this when I had messaged her about my labor pain. - Ankita Methwani


भाग दौड़ में, कब एक दूसरे के लिये वक़्त निकलने लगा पता ही नहीं चला।
तुम कैसे हो... से लेकर बात यहाँ तक आगई के आज तुम्हे मिस किया...
इसका होश ना उसे था ना मुझे..
दो शहरों की दूरियों का एहसास तब होता
जब घड़ी चैटबॉक्स बंद करने का इशारा करने लगती है...
- Nikita Kumawat



काई बार बहुत से अंजान लोगो से बात किया करता था मैं चेट रूम्स में जा कर. अब सोचता हूँ, कहाँ होंगे वो, 

कैसे होंगे, होंगे भी या नही.. या क्या वो भी मुझे इसी तरह याद करते होंगे..?

- Vibhor Upadhyay

Second entries:

PING! She smiled. It was him.

PING! He smiled. It was her.
The shy smiles, the sparkling eyes, the lightning fast heart beats; everything around them was madly in love.
They silently thanked the virtual chat to have bridged the long distance, and bring them real close.
- Osheen Shrivastav


The chores were done a little quicker than usual, the food, the assignments.
As the impatient eyes waited for her name to pop up on the chat box.
He had to complete the incomplete conversation.
- Tejaswini Gulati

Theme 15 - Love

Eliot has said that at the touch of love everybody becomes a poet. For us, things were a bit different. When poetry touched us both, we became lovers.

- Priyanka Agrawal, M.Sc., III Year


Has it really been so many years? People say love flies out of window after a few years but it hasn't. I still love your fragrance; your cushioned and brown skin; the passion with which you kiss me; the pleasure you give me. I was, and I will always be madly in love with you, my dear Chocolates..
- Anusha Gupta, M.Sc., II Year


Rohit was busy changing girlfriends and was indulged in with some or the other girl.One day he asked Amit "You don't believe in love or you are a boring guy?" Amit replied "dude for me love is not spending hours together but having respect for someone in my heart."

- Divneet Kaur Walia, MBA (MM)­, I Year

They met at the library. He was a writer. Friendship bloomed. She fell in love with all he wrote. Little did she know that she was the inspiration behind all he wrote. And he was too shy to confess his love..
-Meenal Bhatia, M.Sc., III Year


She was in love with the skies, the meadows, the wind blowing across her face, the meandering waters, and almost anything that could keep her happy from within.
"In an ideal world, I'd be a goat-herder", she declared.
Well, she never found her ideal world; for, the existing one was too busy making bigger plans.

- Charu Rawat, M.Sc., III Year

We went trekking. Shared coffees. Terrace moons and strolls in the garden.  Watched movies and even attended concerts.
Each hangout with him made me realize how different we were. And how much I didn't love him. 
I'd forever be grateful to that guy who made me fall in love with myself. All over again.

- Priyanka Dharamsi, MBA (MM), I Year

दो मुख्तलिफ ज़ायक़े दिलकशी के शोरबे मे घुल रहे थे..रक़ीक़ उंस बना रहा था..दीदो की गुफ्तगू दम भर रही थी जो लम्हो की आँच मे कुछपक रहा था और प्यार...महक रहा था...

- Zoya Warsi, M.Sc., II Year

एक बादशाह को अपनी कनीज़ से मोहब्बत थी। एक बार पड़ोसी राज्य में एक बैठक के दौरान महफ़िल में किसी ने उनकी कनीज़ का मखौल कर दिया। बादशाह तुरंत बिना कुछ बोले-बताए वहाँ से रियासत वापस आ गए। उन्हें पता ही नहीं चला की उन्होंने वापिसी का पूरा सफ़र अकेले और पैदल तय किया था।
कनीज़= female servant मखौल= travesty

- Rahul Jharia, MBA (MM), II Year

हम दोनों सबसे अच्छे दोस्त थे एक दुसरे से कुछ नहीं छिपाते थे
उसकी सारी बातें मुझे पता हुआ करती थीं
बस एक ही सवाल का जवाब वो कभी नहीं देती थीं
की तू किससे प्यार करती है ?
वो कहती थी " तुझे खुद पता चल जाएगा " आज उसे इस मुकाम पर देख मुझे अपना जवाब मिल गया
की उसे प्यार था
अपने सपनों से प्यार ।

- Divya Bharti, M.Sc., II Year

Second entry:

दीवाली में पुरानी किताबो की सफ़ाई के दौरान दीप्ति को एक किताब के पन्नों के बीच दबा गुलाब का फूल मिला जिसे देखते ही वो यादोंमें ऐसी खोई कि कब दोपहर से शाम हो गयी उसे पता ही नहीं चला।
क्या वाकई पहला प्यार कभी नहीं भुलाया जा सकता?

- Rahul Jharia, MBA (MM), II Year

Theme 14 - Colors

He still owns a black and white television, living in the era where only two colors said it all.

- Priyanka Agrawal, M.Sc., III Year

Naina was suffering from color blindness,but her parents were successful in explaining them to their related things.When she had an operation and she was no more color­ blind, her black and white world was totally changed into a colorful garden and each color was very unique for each.

- Divneet Kaur Walia, MBA(MM)­, I Year

Long Distance Relationship.
Her care, his suffocation.
Love on one end, rage at another.
Too much red, on both the sides.

- Priyanka Dharamsi, MBA (MM), I Year

गेंहू की फसल कटने पर आई थी..और टेसू के फूल मेरे दिल मे खिल रहे थे..फाग नानी के घर ही बीतता था..आज रंग था..वो हर बार कीतरह सिर्फ़ आज के लिए ही आने वाला था..उसने गुलाल मेरे चेहरे पर लगाया था..आज प्यार का रंग और गहरा हुआ था...- Zoya Warsi, M.Sc., II Year


जब कभी मैं उससे मिलने के तयशुदा वक़्त से न पहुँचता तो वो मारे गुस्से के आँखें अंगार की तरह लाल कर लेती फिर मैं उसकी ख़ूबसूरती की तारीफ़ में कुछ शेर पढता तो शरमाकर उसके गाल गुलाब की तरह लाल हो जाते। ………… आखिर वो कौन-सा रंग था जो इतने रंग बदलता था ?

- Rahul Jharia, MBA (MM), II Year

खूबसूरत आँखों से देखते हैं हम इस रंगीन दुनिया के सतरंगी रंग
फिर भी कोसते हैं की ज़िन्दगी इतनी आसन नहीं
चलो चले उनकी दुनिया में एक बार जिनकी आँखों में कोई रंग नहीं सिर्फ जीने का होंसला है ।
- Divya Bharti, M.Sc., II Year

Second entry:

सतरंगी चूड़ियों से सजी
माथे पर सिन्दूर लिए
घूमा करती थी अपनी चुनरी हवा में लहराए
पर इस सफ़ेद लिबास में आज तो फूल भी बेरंग लगते है |

- Divya Bharti, M.Sc., II Year

Theme 13 - Murder

Those days when getting bold was related by watching this particular movie. . .
In school, it used to be the news, "ओए पता है राजीव ने दो बार देखि है मर्डर..."
- Mehul Newaskar, MBA (MM), I Year


Once a middle aged woman met a face reader in a function and asked him to tell what her face said, he told that she was a murderer. Listening to this, everyone was shocked and then the inner voice of the lady said "Don't forget that dowry killing done by you and then naming it as a kitchen accident..."
- Divneet Kaur Walia, MBA (MM)­, I Year

That was the second murder in two weeks. There were three common clues in both murders - throat slitting from behind, a female victim and early morning murder.
Only detective Samar saw through that man's fake identity. He was a disguised murderer.
Of course, who will suspect a milkman?

- Priyanka Dharamsi, MBA (MM), I Year

Father wanted me to be an engineer. Mother wanted me to be a doctor. Sadly for them, I was Gay. They regarded it as a profession, murdering my right to choose.
- Priyanka Agrawal, M.Sc., III Year


ताउम्र ईमानदारी से मिली तंगहाली से परेशान होकर गुप्ता जी की आत्महत्या की कोशिश में बच जाने पर उन पर आत्महत्या की कोशिश का मुकद्दमा दर्ज हो गया। अदालती कार्यवाही से बचने उन्हें खुद को पागल साबित करना पड़ा। इस तरह आत्महत्या में नाकामी के बाद वे अपने स्वाभिमान की हत्या करने में सफल रहे।
- Rahul Jharia, MBA (MM), II Year


मे बहुत खुश थी..इंटरनॅशनल डांस कॉंपिटेशन मे सेलेक्षन जो हुआ था..मगर आज मे अपाहिज़ हू..थिरकति दुनिया मे बस ख़याल चल रहेथे..उस दिन मेरे अरमानो का क़त्ल हुआ था...

- Zoya Warsi, M.Sc., II Year

उसकी नज़रें मुझे नोचती हैं
उसका मेरे पास से गुज़ारना मुझे तडपाता है , उसकी आवाज़ मुझे चुभती है
उस हैवान की हंसी मुझे महसूस करवाती है की में एक इन्सान नहीं मात्र एक आकर्षक पुतला हूँ .....
काश की एक खून माफ़ होता ।
- Divya Bharti, M.Sc., II Year

Theme 12 - Hotel

Each time they had a fight, he would book a room in the hotel and remember how his life was without her. The next morning, there would be a shower of apologetic hotel amenities for her.
- Priyanka Agrawal, M.Sc., III Year

It was after years, I was going to meet my friend. I just glanced at her message and left. When I reached the Religare restaurant, I met my first crush, he proposed to me. Time flew with him. My friend called to ask where I was, then the confusion was cleared that she was waiting for me in Religare hotel.
- Divneet Kaur Walia, MBA(MM)­, I Year

The party was on it's peak. Everybody was busy dancing.
I and Vivek took advantage, moved out and added the sedative in her drink.
The hotel lobby was empty. The couple in the end was too lost in kissing.
But damn! We were caught. Those CCTV cameras had seen us.

- Priyanka Dharamsi, MBA (MM), I Year

मुंबई जाने पर एक पांच-सितारा होटल में रुकना हुआ। उसकी दमकती आलीशान इमारत, अंतराष्ट्रीय स्तर की सेवाऍ, वो सब कुछ जिससे उसे शहर की शान कहा जाता । कहते है वहाँ पहले तक़रीबन 200 झुग्गियाँ हुआ करती थी। । पता नहीं उन झुग्गीयों के लोग कहाँ गए ?..........खैर ! ... उस होटल की बात ही अलग थी………………
- Rahul Jharia, MBA (MM), II Year

मे स्वीट सिक्सटीन की हो गयी थी..पापा मुझे पहली बार अपने साथ होटेल ले जाना वाले थे ,बिर्थडे मानने के लिए..वो नये कपड़े भी लाएथे..मगर..उस बिर्थडे पापा ने मुझे उन गंदे अंकल के साथ क्यूँ छोड़ा..?? यह सोचते सोचते मेरा सवेंटींत बिर्थडे आ गया...
- Zoya Warsi, M.Sc., II Year

संजू : पापा मुझे ये नहीं खाना मेरा पेट भर गया..
पापा : अरे तो मंगवाया क्यूँ इतना कौन खायेगा अब....??
माँ : अरे ठीक है ना ... बेटा नहीं इच्छा है तो मत खा ।
5 सितारा होटल से खाना खाकर बिल के साथ टिप देकर बहार आये..
तो कोने पर कचरे के डब्बे के पास कुत्तों और गाय के साथ कोई बच्चा भी खाना ढूंढकर अपनी भूख मिटाने की कोशिश कर रहा था ।
- Divya Bharti, M.Sc., II Year

Theme 11 - Time

The lecture was on Branding, when asked by a person, 'what's time?', the speaker replied,'A coaching tutorial that prepares you for CAT.'
The hall then started getting empty... All had left, seeing the plastic way of branding.
- Mehul Newaskar, MBA (MM), I Year

I was playing with my two year old cousin and she was troubling me,I was fed up and told my aunt that I can't take care of her any more.My aunt said that the toddler is my xerox copy and even I was so naughty in my childhood,when I saw my childhood videos it proved that time always comes back.
- Divneet Kaur Walia, MBA(MM)­, I Year


"Where is Maya?" mum was furious. Mahor tried to suppress his smile. Maya had bribed him with 2 muffins everyday to keep the secret.

"Tell me Mahor, only you know her hideouts. Has she..?"
Suddenly, there was a smoke in the fireplace and she appeared.
Now, the mom knew too. Time had been traveled again.

- Priyanka Dharamsi, MBA (MM), I Year

वो भी क्या वक़्त था जब उसकी कमर पे लटकते चाभियों के गुच्छे वक़्त-बेवक़्त उसके आने की आहट दिया करते थे। तब मैं भी हिसाब रखता था हर एक पल का.…… पर अब ना वो है ना मुझे तिजोरियों की फ़िक्र।.………वक़्त बदला और अब मेरे पास वक़्त ही वक़्त है।
- Rahul Jharia, MBA (MM), II Year

वक़्त वक़्त की बात है..एक वक़्त था जब खबर टेलएग्राम और खत के ज़रिए वक़्त लेकर, मीलो का सफ़र तय कर मुकाम पर पहुचतीथी...
और आज.. पालक झपकते ही...
- Zoya Warsi, M.Sc., II Year

आज ही का दिन था
हम दोनों ने एक साथ इस देहलीज़ के भीतर कदम रखा था
मैं लाल जोड़े में थी सोलह श्रृंगार किये और आप सहेरे में थे
हाथ में क़टार लिए
दिन वही है
पर वक़्त बदल गया की आज
में सफ़ेद जोड़े में हूँ और आप तिरंगे में लिपटे हुए |
- Divya Bharti, M.Sc., II Year

समय के साथ कला को परखने के मायिने भी बदल गए हैं,
जेब में पैसा और हाथ में जाम जब होता है मेरे, लोग मेरी शायरी पर वाह वाह करते हैं..

- Priyanka Agrawal, M.Sc., III Year