Lockdown Diaries Nominee#3- A lock-down diary by Aditya Diwan
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Lockdown Diaries Nominee#3- A lock-down diary by Aditya Diwan

Reading Time: 2 minutes Numerous times each one of us has thought of a time machine to go back to the simple fond memories we’ve had as a child, and we came close enough to doing just that in the fall out of Covid19. The smell of old wood, talcum powder, and the maroon coloured queen took the centre…

Lockdown Diaries Nominee#2- Relics from my Past by Pranali Ingle
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Lockdown Diaries Nominee#2- Relics from my Past by Pranali Ingle

Reading Time: 3 minutes The scorching march sun shone right above my head bathing me with sweat. Ma always used to send me to the stop half an hour early so that I don’t miss the school bus. I drank my glass of milk in a hurry, as it was 11:35 already. I ran with a book in my…

Lockdown Diaries Nominee#1- The Fool’s Paradise by Souvik Chakraborty
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Lockdown Diaries Nominee#1- The Fool’s Paradise by Souvik Chakraborty

Reading Time: 3 minutes I wake up gasping for breath, startled, and fearful for my life. “Just a nightmare.” I reach out for a glass of water and look at the time. Panic strikes. It’s 8 in the morning already. I rush towards my doorknob when an alien thought grasps over me. I realize I don’t have classes. I…