Veiled Mistresses

By: Chandra Goswami Source: Internet How many of you have thyroid , raise your hand? Put it down silly, I can’t see you. But, if you did raise your hand, blame it on your thyroid which gets you dazed most of the time. The World cannot understand the trauma that a person suffering from thyroid goes through.  Just because there’s very little physical manifestation as compared to other disorders, thyroid is hardly taken seriously even by the patient (see how weird it sounds when we use the word 'patient' with thyroid?). Mostly, thyroid takes your hormones for a ride. The chemical mess creates an emotional and cognitive mayhem.  Raise your hand if your mind goes blank so often that you have started writing a diary to remember everything. So, have you raised your hand? I can’t see you even now! If you are getting what I am talking about, you are on the right page. However, if you think this is nothing more than a mumbo-jumbo, buddy, just r

By: Satarupa Mishra “Right now, at this moment, you are the person I love the most and can give up my life for,” he said with moisture in his eyes. She sighed. “But,” he continued, “What if I tell you I also love another woman as much as I love you?” She was nervous, rolling her eyes with disapproval. “Why would you object to me loving another woman if I make no compromises on loving you to madness?” he asked with deep intrigue in his eyes. The fearless honesty with which he asked her the question, she was convinced that it was one of those tests he was putting her on in order to measure the sincerity of her promises that there’s no way she’d let go the soul connection she’d finally found after a long wait. Such was his hypnotic charm. Apart from his gorgeousness, it was his mystical gray matter, compulsive affection, and impulsive passion that swept her off the feet into the surreal sail of the ninth cloud. And when he decided to uncast his charming spell, she was dr

I Fight with Mom; She Fights with me too By: Satarupa Mishra Image Source: Internet The very mention of the word “Mom” provokes feelings of gratitude and filial love. Men, in particular, have their universe revolving around their mothers. They try to be the sweetest, the humblest, and the most gratified child to their mothers. Sons are, arguably, the strongest sympathizers of their mothers. With daughters, however, things are a bit different. For a daughter, the mother isn't the universe. She is rather the Sun that disinfects and strengthens her roots and her integrity. In between this cleansing and strengthening process grows a mutual understanding at a level of depth where the flaws and the foibles of each other stand naked and exposed. And that’s where begins a journey of friendship. In this friendship, sweet words often get replaced by blunt truths and jibes, the surface gestures of respect by the unveiled core of love, and the strangulating restraints by

By: Mehnaz Farooque In these times of constant distractions, cheating has become more common. However, irrespective of times and excuses, infidelity is never explainable. If you aren't happy, just walk out! She knew that he had been cheating on her. But the mere thought of giving up the togetherness stopped her from confronting him. But every time she shared her bed with him, she felt as if she has been sleeping with someone she doesn't even know.  Adultery and cheating on partners have always been a gray side of romance. While a cheater loses his conscience, the person cheated on loses her ability to trust again. And that can be a pretty big deal.  I have seen people being shattered and never being able to overcome that fear of being cheated again. But my point here is not to lament on the disappointments and struggles of being cheated in a relationship. I want to rather reflect on the part after that. So what do you do when you discover that your partner has walke

By: Satarupa Mishra “I rise with blood in my eyes I burn in fury, and the poor man cries Don’t you dare mess with me For I am the beast whom no one tries I am the MOB who’s mastered the art of elusion I dissolve into darkness before the sun could rise…” Image Source: The Internet Over last two years, a new anger has unleashed in India; a new level of intolerance – a level, I am scared, could relapse to the days of Partition. Cow vigilantes are up with sticks and tricks of torture to punish the men with skull caps in order to protect their holy animal mother ( gau mata ). And when a 17-year old boy in skull cap, Junaid Khan could not reach home for Eid this year, having been brutally murdered in a running train in Faridabad with allegations of being an ‘anti-national’, and ‘beef eater’, the masses from all over the nation launched a protest campaign against the rampant trend of mob lynching, #NotInMyName. ·          The Hindutva agenda is on a high in the

By Chandra Goswami Source: Internet Every girl wishes to be loved passionately in that wild demonic way where the guy is chasing her like a Godzilla. Sounds scary??? Well, falling for bad boys is not for the faint-hearted either.  It takes courage to face the storm upfront, dropping all your guards. And a relationship with a certified bad boy can be as catastrophic as experiencing a cyclone. The girls who have survived a relationship with Satan incarnated as human will know how deeply such relationships can bruise your soul. But, if you are a survivor, I bet you remember that bad boy in your life more vividly than any other good individuals whom you met later. After all, it’s easy to forget the roses; roses fade away, what you don’t forget are the scars given by the thorns               So here are the 7 points why I think good girls fall for bad boys. 1)    Bad boys are creative liars Bad boys are easy liars. They make superhuman promises simply