Happiness is not merely a gift to be obtained, but it is a life that has to be lived. Even when you think it's been taken away...

Four Thousand Years of Mankind Prevails, On this very land of gold. The Guptas, the Mauryas, the Mughals, and more...

Why do you call yourself a fool for giving away your love? That is love's purpose, to be given, to be shared...

I like the rain. It reminds me that the world isn't out to get me, it's just designed to fall apart once in a while....

Lying on a trampoline, So wonderfully far from home. Our only lights: The moon, Big Bear and camera flashes, Preserving our last few...

The time is nigh When raindrops spring From shattered skies To bathe the world...

My birth was not a topic for celebration. My father had beaten my mother to a point where her labor was forced. He threw her down the...

As the flowers begin to bloom in spring, There is a silver lining that lifts the winter's gloom...

In tempestuous roars, the heavens weep, Drenching the earth in torrents deep. But as storms churn and winds persist, There lies a tale...

- Yohan Advani, 6C Down in South America, There are many big lakes like Lake Titicaca, Not far lies his dear friend Lake Poopo, and in...

Lavanya Gupta Laughing with my sister, Till tears roll down my cheeks; Cooking sinful treats With my mother; Challenging my father, To...

Anika Joseph The sun dips below the horizon Its crimson rays fading to grey The labor of the day is done Shadows dissolve into the night...

Shreyasi Podar She would miss him, But her time here was over, She was needed somewhere else; She stretched out her hand, Even as duty...

Sharanya Sudarshan She A newborn going missing today, Another girl trying to hide away. One more woman being tortured to death, One more...

(The Mahabharata is an ancient Indian epic conceived by Sage Vyasa. While it boasts of imparting values of duty, morality and salvation,...