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The etymology of the word ‘cap’ and its counterpart ‘no cap’ illustrates a significant evolution in modern slang, particularly in music and youth culture. The English lexicon is a constantly changing one and it is driven largely by social media and popular culture in the modern day. What was once confined to the people of an American city have today become ubiquitous, especially among younger generations. While these terms might seem recent to the average gen-z social media u

What life awaits the poet dreamer, if change grew within, not lacking? How would I have turned out, if elders stuck not to times older? How would I have turned out, if these very hands belonged to a greater flesh? He observes a vacuum within, if the rote of pleasantly-packed pressures appealed? Where would I be, if abodes followed the benign presence of this traveller? Where would I be, if use gave place and remuneration from the ravaged? Sunsets seems so distant, how much lo

Written by Anugrah and Deekshitha The yellow tree in front of darshini was my only source of happiness. It sang with the noise of crowds and the fluttering of young hearts. It spoke in tongues of many, with words all too familiar. To ears which feared the never ending gears of life, a life of unending happiness. Autumn, leaves, martyred, lost shade, busy roads; Cemented paths break away at thoughts of a blooming rose. Shattered souls coming alive at the sight of sturdy branch

feels to me: the bricks tied around spread to break - air feels to me noise spike the innermost drums and b r e a k the strongest snare feels to me: the particles.. share a room... in me, from space to cells feels to me, me, a simple mind calling to writing~ it is the morning fear of a #lost_life and the/ pleading clear of a true* wish my/ leaf has a headache my/ tree, a bleeding streak___ my/ delicate stem - builds on ^ absent amenities my leaf is dying and my mind is h

Months pass as your thoughts drown me low Unclear sights tarnish this fiery flow To be as I, entrapped. Cleaved dreams collapsed. Give me a hand, oh whisper to me a song Your words drip down a fountain desolate Scorching weather eclipsed this downtrodden lake Bar me not anymore, to touch this finish line so no more, no more can i wait Take me, to be with you A chance for me to prove care not anymore, as flares surrounding us glow You dance in my mind to the tunes of heavenly

The grass rotting by, smell his surprise When rain draining shows, his end coming surely As trees grow behind, its leaves bid goodbye Nowhere for his soul, gliding past, his rooted demise Speak now! The sun says too late! No one here complains! Where the ground has surrounded, as he sinks underground Blood petals floating, his chance remains no more Only fiery death calling him home to his own How quick the days from sowing, how good the ground below Before came the flood of

John Clare and Robert Burns occupy a distinctive position in the Romantic tradition, deeply rooted in the rural and lived experiences of ordinary men and women. Both Clare and Burns have been celebrated for their evocative manner of portraying nature and rural life as well as the emotional depth of their texts. Their works resonate with thematic similarities such as love, loss, and changing times explored through the lens of common people and a society closer to nature. The f

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Biographia Literaria stands as a monumental text in literary criticism, offering his insights into the ideas around nature and perception. The thirteenth chapter of this book, ‘On the imagination, or the esemplastic power’, provides his exploration of the concept of imagination, which he heavily contrasts with the concept of fancy. In this essay, we will examine Coleridge’s understanding of imagination, its roots in philosophy, its two forms, and how

A man known for his simple and down-to-earth style of writing, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908-1994) is a towering figure in contemporary Malayalam literature. He was a novelist and short-story writer who was informally also known as the Beypore Sultan, based on the place he had settled down in. Basheer was known prominently as a Malayalam writer but also as an activist for the independence of India. Having published fourteen novels and fourteen short stories, his stories still

[Absurdist fiction is a genre of novel that explores existential themes, where the meaning of life is explored, often nihilistically, leading to feelings of meaninglessness] In The Implied Reader (1972), Wolfgang Iser theorised the concept of the ‘implied reader’, an imaginary reader that the text sets for itself, whose capacities and expectations are important for the text to achieve its goal. On the basis of this understanding, we’ll try and identify the implied reader of t

The Oxford dictionary defines ‘Author’ as a writer of a book, article or document. The author assumes a central role here. This definition is challenged in the fields of literary and cultural studies and has evolved significantly from an object of authority to subject of critique. How we perceive and interpret texts has changed this common conception. Literary studies shifts our questioning of how the author is central to the text to is the author even necessary for the text.

The hands broke away amongst tears. To make someone feel special, this soul lived another’s life. When time came, stood no one to greet him. Open arms of idols motionless. His time remained of solitude, of a time closer in sight. The small towns of sparse housing he visited lower in frequency. Travels meant for two became expensive when a person moves on. Crippling divorce of feelings and age, Dripping confidence of undying rage, Breeding thoughts of letters on page, An atti