Is visibility important?
What LGBTQ+ representations have you grown up with? The earliest one I can recall was my brush with the trans community in Delhi during a...
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drashishrastogi
- Jun 1
- 4 min
I call you to war
Flames. Heat. The stench of burning flesh surrounds me; one name echoes. AMBA. Sweat trickles down my forehead; my heart pounds against...
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drashishrastogi
- Apr 17
- 12 min
A card
I am the bespectacled nerd. Nondescript. Blink, and you miss—nothing to write about, ignored all the time. The only reason people turn...
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drashishrastogi
- Mar 18
- 4 min
What's so funny?
"Why are you smiling?" "Hey, stop giggling." Ever heard people complain along these lines while you are immersed deep in your book....
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drashishrastogi
- Jan 30
- 5 min
Do you wanna play?
Think of a sports romance book. What comes to your mind? Even if you haven't read one. (as yet) Sinfully hot, sweaty, grumpy, and...
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drashishrastogi
- Nov 17, 2019
- 7 min
Short Story
The rain is relentless. I hear it thrumming on the metal roof and running down the broken pipe into the mud. I moisten my cracked lips...
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drashishrastogi
- Jun 2, 2019
- 5 min
Are you safe surfing the world wide web?
We all surf the internet, from the first rays of the Sun to the darkness of midnight. Swipe left and right or type away with might. The...
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drashishrastogi
- May 12, 2019
- 1 min
Natures Gift
Come here my child, let me wrap you, For you are unique, no matter how one sees you, Let their minds flounder living in their cocooned...
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drashishrastogi
- Mar 20, 2019
- 1 min
Colors of Spring
Expressions of spring in myriad blooms. Swaying in the gentle breeze under the Sun. The unsynchronised dance speaks of co-existence in...
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drashishrastogi
- Feb 10, 2019
- 3 min
The poker'geist'
Twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six. This is the sixth time I have counted the steps confirming my calculations. The...
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drashishrastogi
- Feb 3, 2019
- 4 min
Wizard of Wickedlywords
What to write? The big question as I sit staring at the blank white page with a pen in hand hoping to embellish it with words. If you...
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drashishrastogi
- Jan 23, 2019
- 2 min
I will
I will … Like always my mind goes blank. My resolve to be firm in whatever I do gives way. I give up so easily. Yet I keep coming back to...
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drashishrastogi
- Jan 23, 2019
- 1 min
Words bring a smile
Ever seen someone with a goofy grin when they are reading a book. Most probably they are reading something humorous. #booklovers always...
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drashishrastogi
- Jan 23, 2019
- 4 min
Books that inspire
The non-fiction section in any book store is filled with books on management and self-help (or self-development) clamoring for attention....
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drashishrastogi
- Jan 23, 2019
- 1 min
#WordsMatter
How Language Evolves? How do you find the use of contemporary forms of traditional phrases and words in books? Remember Shakespeare-...
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