After having lunch, I, with a group of friends strolled to the garden for our customary to and fro in a rectangular shaped garden. It has been our regular routine for the past one year in which we use to discuss various social issues and politics. In winters, more people used to join us to … Continue reading Each Life Matters, Every Step Counts!
Author: SHASHANK
Shashank Shekhar is a Research Scholar, pursuing PhD from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Roorkee. He completed his Bachelors, Masters and MPhil from University of Delhi. He is the author of two books i.e. 'Undergraduate Love Stories' and 'Epistles from Heart'. He likes to explore different genres through his writing. He believes that art within an individual can't be manifested in one genre. Every genre has something unique to teach in which one can find one's lost self. It's while writing romance fiction, he finds as well as loses himself, simultaneously. Besides writing, he loves to travel along with blogging and photography. He signs himself as Pragmatic Persona, which is also his pen name.
Book Review; The White Tiger
- Aravind Adiga Harper Collins; Rs. 350 Difficult to categorise this novel in a particular genre, The White Tiger won Man Booker Prize for Adiga, at the age of 33. I'll begin quoting the review from the telegraph which appears on the cover page of Harper Collins edition, 'Blazingly Savage and Brilliant'. Yeah, it's true. … Continue reading Book Review; The White Tiger
One Benign Journey!
Flipping the pages of the novel and looking into the view outside the window are the two best things, I like to do while traveling. The best part of the journey via train is that the surrounding landscapes are never the same. It keeps changing constantly as the train accelerates toward the various stops and … Continue reading One Benign Journey!
“One Way Ticket”
It was the third time, Samarth, found himself unable to book his ticket for home. He never faced this kind of dilemma in his life, not at least while planning his journey to his home state. Twice he made his mind to book the ticket but he felt choked by something when he was on … Continue reading “One Way Ticket”
“Unveiling Book Cover”
Available for order by 1st week of Jan, 2022. My dream and debut book. Now you've the idea about what the book is about. Each story dive deep into the psyche of an individual and the life in college, which is narrated as uniquely as possible. Stay tuned for more updates. ❤️🎉 Like- Comment- Share! … Continue reading “Unveiling Book Cover”
Journey and Destination!
Are the terms journey and destination relative? Or are they absolute? Does the goal of every journey is to reach to certain destination or sometimes, a journey should be undertaken without caring about the destination? The things are a bit tangeld up. Isn't it? According to me, Journey is merely the process on which we … Continue reading Journey and Destination!
Nature
Nature rejuvenates us in the best way as possible. It is the panacea of all ills and odds. Whenever something plagues you, spending some time in the vicinity of nature help us to come over it. This is the reason why people choose to visit mountains and beaches, the place where we can feel close … Continue reading Nature
A try at ‘Haiku’
Structure - 3 lines (mostly 5-7-5 words) Such type of poems capture the essence of the moment!
Uncaged!?
Perching under the vast stretches of sky, some on the naked wire carrying high current, a few on the signboards - still deciding which way to go and most of them on the ground, picking grains, the uncaged birds have their own ballad which sings about their journey. The grains, unfurled by the old man … Continue reading Uncaged!?
Dear Sun!
Every morning, you knock at the window of my heart to nourish me through your divine beauty. I don't stir for some time realising that this might be your another attempt to wake me up from my beautiful dreams but the next moment, I wake up in haste because I don't want to miss that … Continue reading Dear Sun!
Pragmatic's Personas 