Lockdown Diaries Nominee#43 Of Relationships and Love- Ishita Shreshtha
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Lockdown Diaries Nominee#43 Of Relationships and Love- Ishita Shreshtha

Reading Time: 3 minutes         It is often too hard to believe how our lives can be changed in the split of a second. The pandemic has been one such change in everybody’s lives and I think we would unanimously agree that this change hasn’t brought any good. My emotions have risen and fallen like the…

Lockdown Diaries Nominee#42 Corona Warriors- Soumyadeep Khan
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Lockdown Diaries Nominee#42 Corona Warriors- Soumyadeep Khan

Reading Time: 2 minutes           Death is an intriguing affair, No one knows what it bears. We all roam carrying a facade, Of rich and poor running roughshod. Now I ponder staring at the star, What will cease this self-created war. Whom to blame or be flawed? This is something hoisted by one’s own petard….

Lockdown Diaries Nominee#41 Lockdown Diaries By Vanshika Bansal
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Lockdown Diaries Nominee#41 Lockdown Diaries By Vanshika Bansal

Reading Time: 2 minutes         “I can’t wait to get out of school,” we all exclaimed. Little did we know how we were going to crave to go back there. To spend another day complaining about our teachers. To spend another lunch break attacking each other’s lunch boxes. To spend another period bunking just to talk…

Lockdown Diaries Nominee#40 Ephemeral By Kirsten Elyse Melo Ongkeko
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Lockdown Diaries Nominee#40 Ephemeral By Kirsten Elyse Melo Ongkeko

Reading Time: 2 minutes Terrifying, isn’t it? The thought that a moment is merely fleeting. The idea that this is all it ever will be. A moment. An improvised fragment of spoken word that cannot be recalled from the depths of a memory. Why must I be burdened by having no souvenir other than a husk of enchantment that…

Lockdown Diaries Nominee#39 World being a village, interconnectedness, style of reporting By Rohit Kiran Kulkarni
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Lockdown Diaries Nominee#39 World being a village, interconnectedness, style of reporting By Rohit Kiran Kulkarni

Reading Time: 3 minutes Last month, the country had witnessed a suicide of a young promising actor, Sushant Singh Rajput. The entire nation is still not able to wrap their head around this incident. And there is something I found out revolving around this incidence, and I believe that we need to rethink some things. We are living in…

Lockdown Diaries Nominee#38 From Less to More By Michelle Tegta
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Lockdown Diaries Nominee#38 From Less to More By Michelle Tegta

Reading Time: 2 minutes In the lap of nature I had surrendered myself. The picturesque scenery and the mellifluous whisper of the birds and animals every morning had made me realize that I was blessed to be here in Himachal Pradesh during the one of hardest times which the whole world was going through. As said by Martin Luther…

Lockdown Diaries Nominee#37 Lockdown Diaries By Adhithya Chandrasekar
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Lockdown Diaries Nominee#37 Lockdown Diaries By Adhithya Chandrasekar

Reading Time: 3 minutes 100 days got over since I touched my bike! Felt both restless and helpless at the same time. Got bored with OTT & Ludo Kings and started questioning god, “Why did you lock us!” And a thought came, “how would have it been if……….” (Daydream continues below) BREAKING NEWS! July 10th, 11:30 am. The first…

Lockdown Diaries Nominee#36 Lockdown Diaries By Samuel Lagman
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Lockdown Diaries Nominee#36 Lockdown Diaries By Samuel Lagman

Reading Time: 3 minutes When asked what a relationship should be, I always compare it to a garden. The plants take form from tiny seeds, that when nurtured and cared for will grow. However, growing up in my green-thumb of a family has taught me that it is not easy. A garden takes careful attention, patience, and a time…

Lockdown Diaries Nominee#35 Lockdown Diaries By Riddhi Srivastava
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Lockdown Diaries Nominee#35 Lockdown Diaries By Riddhi Srivastava

Reading Time: 2 minutes         Hardly do we get time to look at nature and the other beings created by nature. Lockdown made it all possible. I heard birds chirping early in the morning. I saw dogs running on the streets, fearlessly. I started admiring a cute puppy born to a dog in my street just…