– Samyukta Kamat, II BBA Respected Indian Parents, This is an open letter to you. This is not to humiliate you (read the whole letter before you jump into obvious conclusions or are quick to take offence, as you normally do) but to inform you on what we feel our relationship has turned into. To…
– Shreya Chopda, II B.Com “Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is best in the world because you were born in it.” – George Bernard Shaw Patriotism is not a tool for nation building. Each nation feels superior to other nations. This inevitably breeds patriotism – and war. What should have fundamentally been…
– Puneeth A P, II B.Com I had remained indoors all day as the weather had taken a sudden turn to rain. With my body on one chair and my legs upon another, I had surrounded myself with a cloud of fiction books. None impressed me, but one. I took my newly purchased iphone from…
Divergence Debates is a debate series, organized as part of the intra-college literary fest Ellipsis, in which the students of St. Joseph’s College of Commerce will debate on issues ofcontemporary relevance. Divergence Two – 2016 The Motion: In the contemporary world conditional freedom is just another form of policing.
Ellipsis is the intra-collegiate literary festival of St. Joseph’s College of Commerce. Ellipsis, a sequence of three dots, can express what a lot of words can’t. Imagination begins after ellipsis. The reader becomes the author after ellipsis. Literature lives in the minds of readers after ellipsis. The festival has three sections: Breaking Waves – Speaking events Drifting…
– Leeanne Patel, III BBA (Written for my grandfather, who has been suffering from Parkinson’s disease for more than twenty five years) The bees are at it again They are thoughts, and his mind Is a locked up beehive, no way out Swarming, buzz, constant murmur He sits, stares, waits for slumber — Bony Body, toothless…
– Anoushka Fernandes, I BBA Sitting at his desk Homer looked around the office. Each cubicle encompassed its own world. The smoking cigarettes and ringing phones were deaf to his ears, background noise. He looked at those sad souls, lost in life’s mundanity. He strolled out of the office. His desk was left scattered with papers…
– Kevin Stanley, I BBA Ever had a person follow you around? He creeps behind you as you go on with life. As time goes by you get used to him. In a crowd you hope he isn’t there, but when you’re alone, you want him. Years pass and he finally reveals himself. And now…
– Saghar Ada Even if my wings are broken Even if my mouth has been sealed shut Even if the devils and predators of our time Are sitting on my way and blocking my path Still, I am not hopeless, neither am I tired. As I’m liberated within, from heart and mind I will not…
– Rakshitha Sridhar As I sit here Typing out another poem Another one about you Another one whose existence hides in your plain sight I wonder If this poet will ever be your muse.
– V “Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave My heart into my mouth. I love your Majesty According to my bond; no more nor less.” — Cordelia, King Lear (Act I, Scene I) We love our family without question, be it our parents, grandparents, siblings, etc. It’s a universally accepted rule that “Family comes first”.…
