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By Shinjini Das

Spring was beautiful now, maples seemed to glow 

By Muskan Bothra

Your love was unconditional and true,

A friend like you, so rare and few.

By Ankita Dutta

Love is a lifestyle,

Yet we are terrified of love.

By Kariha Javaid

So now every time 

I see my reflection in a puddle of water 

By Japjyot Kaur Chawla

They try their best, 

As if breaking from a prison

By Aishwarya Roy

Sitting at cafés and smiling at complete strangers. And them smiling back.

By Dakshita Bhatia

कश्मीर सा बटता दिल मेरा,

एक पल उन खेतों में लहराता है

By Meenakshi Shukla

By Kanchan Jharkhande

By Asma Khatri

You try to avoid, but then wrap

your arms around me with a soft slap.

By Robyn Dajq

By Nashrah Tanvir

By Saumya Srivastav

कुछ अलग था

कुछ नया था

पहले प्रेम का एहसास 

By Ishita Das

By Lopamudra Pal

By Varsha Karnani

By Ksanbor Shullai

Immortalized, by eyes capturing the palette,

A veduta brushed into the painter’s soul.

By Deepak Ahuja

By Debahuti Borah

By Princy Sanghvi

By Japjyot Kaur Chawla

Her subtle gold, and

Embellished suit salwar,

Would hug us on the doors,

By Ali Ashhar

The horizon radiates melange of ecstasy as we celebrate our transformed aura and all the good we did to prevail over evil;

क्यूँ टोकता हूँ तुम्हें

ख़ुद मन की करूँ…क्यूँ रोकता हूँ तुम्हें

छोटी सी ही बात पर क्यूँ दबाता हूँ तुम्हें 

For not paying heed to their exigencies
They said this might be my worst deluge of mistakes
Not being coy enough
Not nodding  to their patriarchal rants

you don't sleep the entire night,

the first time you notice your father talk over your mother at the dining table,

she forces her words down

her throat, a museum of everything deemed less important,

I would tell her to not step in a cab with unknown people

not travel alone,

not wear ripped jeans

I live in a world where the scale of justice was 

tipped lower for a female for the higher societal standards 

we were meant to follow