Beyond the Box in collaboration with Tell Tales – Where stories come to life conducted a one-of-its-kind Mother’s Day Special “Write & tell” contest on the theme #LetterToMaa. The participants vowed us with their heart-touching letters and soulful narrations. The top 10 winning entries have been published in this post. Get ready to ride high on emotions because the word “Maa” does that to all of us.
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Book Review – The Nameless God
Book Title – The Nameless God
Author – Savie Karnel
Genre – Realistic Fiction
Publisher – Red Panda
Recommended for Age Groups – 7+ years
“There’s too much load on Ganesh ji and Fakir baba. Imagine if we had a God who only listened to us.”
Finding Hope In Loss
“You’ll understand the value of something only when you lose it”- I never understood the deep meaning packed in this quote until reality hit me like a thunderbolt.
The Forbidden Door
The Forbidden Door is the scariest door in history. Nobody has ever dared to open it. People say that it has spirits of those who died many years ago and those spirits made a mark on the door which people called the ‘Mark of Death’ to warn others not to go inside. So, they SEALED it.
We Belong To The Earth
The revolving Earth spoke in a somber voice;
Its resources are diminishing, lost are its joys.
The trees could do so much for you and me,
If only we stop our chopping spree.
Tribes and Thieves
My sister and I did not ASK to drive on an abandoned road, or stumble into Canada, spend the night in jail, raft across the Missouri river, and most of all, we did not want to get a speeding ticket. You might not believe I was convicted of stealing a car when I was 10 years old but here, I am, telling you the tale of my very own. It all started on June 15th, 2009.
The Unknown World
It was a chilly morning. I was playing with my friends outside when a sudden sound shook the earth! We were scared. “Was it an earthquake? Or an asteroid from outer space?”, we wondered. It was just a fraction of a second but left us with numerous thoughts. “Should we run back home? Or look for shelter nearby?”. Our brains seemed to have stopped working.
Healthy Mind, Healthy Body
The most precious wealth
Is your health!
A healthy you is a better you
Or suffer all illness and flu
My Decadent Night Rendezvous! – Poem by Daisy Bala
There’s an uneasiness engulfing me, since last few days
The warm blanket and your coquetry
keep me engaged in cold February nights
I stay awake in the swarming, slithering moonlight
Continue reading My Decadent Night Rendezvous! – Poem by Daisy Bala
The Elusive Fountain Of Youth – Poem by Gulnar Raheem Khan
The telomeres of my twenty- three pairs
Of chromosomes, are now shorter than they were;
The seven and thirty trillion cells of my body
Are just beyond rejuvenation and repair!
Continue reading The Elusive Fountain Of Youth – Poem by Gulnar Raheem Khan