The truth is in the lies we tell
Our own sad sentiment
The dreams of us growing up, grew old
Came alive, came and went.
We want to have a story to tell
Somebody to tell it to
But tales to tell are only worth the price
They pay to hear us sell it too
And then the dreams come crashing down
We’ve been played the fool
Then do we come to know
We were just a ticking time capsule.
the clock runs slow
over our mortal cast
the burdens of time
and that of our past
each minute we wait in dismay to pass
and then when it’s gone
you realize
forever doesn’t last
the twist in the stories
of the burning books
the lies in the tales
of the holy crooks
each day is taken as a burdensome task
only when it’s gone
you realize
forever doesn’t last
The emerald stairway,
Leads nowhere that is seen
Count each step,
A thousand two hundred and seventeen.
The attic high above,
Holds up the roof
Dusty boxes with memories,
The only remaining proof.
Crumbling papers
Line the shelves
The smell of old books
The only tales left to tell
No matter how many come in
There’s always room for more
You’ll never feel alone-
In fact, it’s better than before.
Welcome to the Empire
The unfailingly unflawed place to be
But look closely and you will find
Often everything is not as you see.
Some words though not spoken are heard
Said with love
Bring hurt
Selfless yet selfish?
Labels of the world
Even if silent is the story
It will be heard
Status and stature
Our ways our absurd
Timeless but mortal
A future made from the past
A Lifetime of worries
That we still surpass
And each end is a new beginning
The new is in the old
There is some truth
In the lies that are told
We were liars is an exciting young adult novel, written by E. Lockhart.
It features a group of childhood friends whose relationship soon turns distant and destructive
After a haunting accident changes their lives, the group is no longer the same
A series of lies
Shadowing the daunting truth
Broken homes and minds
and a genius plot twist
The book talks about the privileged lives of a sophisticated family which seems picture perfect on paper but is actually harrowing on the inside.
Several problems come on the way, teaching you that in the end, privileged or not, you cannot ever be fully ready for the inevitable ways of life.
The ending of this book completely moved me, masking the immense talent of the author flawlessly. However, the rest of the book moved a little slow in my opinion.
It is definitely an interesting choice for a reader if you are a little patient!
I am India,
I am a voice
I am India,
Where I get a choice
I am India,
Where my vernacular diversity shines
I am India,
The sign of changing times
Yet,
I am India,
Where it is this diversity that divides me
I am India,
Where am I really free?
For the infanticide,
Lies and bribes,
Women’s rights
And caste plights
Have left me
Like crumbling pieces of paper
Withering away with time
A self destruct mode
Where only ashes are left behind
Faded
A broken trace
Lost in The darkness
In the face of fate
It could prove fatal
I’m lost
drowned in the sound
Of the world’s going round
All that time in between?
It could prove fatal
Fall down, down, down, down
It’s an eternal abyss
So go down, down, down, down
How long can you keep up with your own secrets
Slow down, down, down, down
Cause it’s not too long
And it’s not too far
Before it could prove fatal
When it’s the devil, It’s weighted, it’s evil, it’s brutal-
It could prove fatal
The venom takes not long to spread
A single touch and then you’re dead
Exposed you were to the world
And in return the pictures swirled
The black and blue that crossed your eyes
As your life then flew by
But the venom’s not for protections sake
It’s the world’s most worthless mistake
For it is not the poison of Medusa’s snakes
But the ways of the Human Race
The good guys and the bad guys are no longer different
The war has changed us, left us imprisoned
We stay silent as the tide starts to turn
And we’re soon submerged, a point of no return
The looped lapse of time
Continues running by
And we make the same mistake
The last shreds of night lay nigh
The last shreds of night lay nigh
Education in India has been made free for those between the ages of 6 to 14. However, reports state that over 30 million children in India, up to the age of 14 have never received a formal education. Over the years, there has been a 4% increase in literacy rates in India from 2011 (73%) to 2022 (77%). Yet, over 28 crore people in India are still illiterate.
However, the constitution states that education for children till the age of 14 is a compulsory Fundamental Right. So then why is India still heavily illiterate?
This is because gender and caste discrimination as well as economical and technological barriers and inaccessibility lead to illiteracy in India.
Over 13,000 Indian villages do not have schools
The closure of schools in India due to the pandemic negatively affected the learning of over 200 million children. For many, online schooling was not an option till late.
In some places even today, children born into lower castes are excluded from getting a formal education, being deemed unworthy of it.
Countless more setbacks do not enable the education rights in India.
Education is an integral part of upbringing and is the first step towards progress that will end up affecting people on a grander scale. It is crucial for development and therefore a cause that we need to give serious attention to. However, numerous NGOs have been working towards this problem and making education more accessible to many underprivileged children.
Due to sea levels rising over the past decades regarding climate change, many coastal cities worldwide are sinking at rapid rates.
Take Jakarta for example,
It is one of the fastest sinking major cities in the world and holds a population of over 10 million, this serves as a great risk to many.
Over five years, researchers from the University of Rhode Island have studied this change in land and sea levels across 99 cities worldwide.
They have found that the largest subsidence rates are mostly found in Asian cities such as Karachi in Pakistan and Manila in the Philippines.
By 2060 it is said that sea levels would rise by more than 2 feet over normal high tide now.
Cities like Amsterdam, Venice and New Orleans might possibly even find themselves underwater by this time!
YET….
It’s not too late to turn the tide against rising sea levels
Greenhouse gases trap more energy from the sun, as a result, glaciers start to melt faster, factoring a major change in sea levels.
We can slow down this melting rate by reducing our carbon footprint.