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  Scopophobia noun; /ˌskɒpə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbɪə/: fear of being watched Imagine a world where someone is always watching over you no matter where you are, what you are doing, what position you occupy in the societal hierarchy. Do you realize how unsettling it would be; every action you take would be impacted by this unnerving feeling of being watched. But what exactly does make this notion of being under someone’s surveillance so deeply unsettling? One of the reasons must be the thought of losing your individual sovereignty, perhaps due to the insecurity of not having total control over all the things in your personal ambit and the ambiguous intent of the watcher. This is the same reason people don’t stay in houses that have a reputation of being haunted by spirits, however sceptical one is about their existence. It’s not easy to shake off the feeling of being watched. Sometimes the specifics of the watcher doesn’t even matter because the feeling in itself is difficult to come to grips with....

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Zephyrs of Bliss * Bold text indicates the Male part while the Normal text indicates the Female counterpart* SCENE 2 :  OFFICE MEETUP  On a bright Saturday morning, Fabien dressed into some fine formal clothes and readied herself for the upcoming appointment at Rehan's office. The appointment was scheduled at noon so she had plenty of time in her hand to get done with her work and prepare a questionnaire for Rehan. Apart from the business, it was her small secret motif that impressed the male. Hence, she adorned herself with a precious jewellery set which consisted of a pair of shiny ruby ear-rings, a heart-shaped pendant necklace and a pearl ring. Along with her white formal dress and a hint of French rose perfume she looked nothing less than a maiden beauty. Punctually, she reached his office on time. On the way, she had faced curious glances from many men but she had simply ignored them for that was but a trivial matter for her currently and innerly she only felt positive ...

Poetry Contest In light of our recently held poetry contest themed around Valentine's Day, these two Fabulous poems have won it!  Winners:  Sharvari Sumant (English) Atharva Dendge (Marathi) English: God forbid No, I do not wish to forget you,  You took too much of my time to be able to do that now, But now that I think of it, how do I fill up The space in my mind that you created But God forbid if I still miss you. It would be too cliche if I say you were my everything, Yet too much of a lie to say you were not The way i was stuck amidst your flummox It's ironic, really, how you're the only solution to it, But God forbid if I still miss you. How could you be my disease as well as my medicine at the same time? I never liked how much of a fantasy you seem,  Even though you were the only reality I saw at the time Follow your dreams, they said, so I followed you But God forbid if I still miss you. Now come solve this puzzle you made, Blame yourself for having the audacity...

6.0 stars. I know I am risking a serious “FILM AT 11” moment and a club upside the head from Captain Obvious for voicing this, but nabbit dog I still think it needs to be said…TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is one of the BEST and MOST IMPORTANT American novels ever written. Okay, I said it, and I will wait patiently while you get your DUHs and DERs out of the way and hang your “no shit” signs outside for Inspector Holmes.   Okay, now given the grunt load of reviews/ratings this book has I know I’m not the first person to wag my chin about how amazing it is. Still, I am going to chance coming off like that annoying dingle berry at the tail end of a huge porcelain party because I truly have  a pile of love for this book… (Sorry for taking the metanalogy there just now, but I promise no more poop references for the rest of the review)... So if my review can bring a few more people into the Atticus Finch Fan Club, I will be just flush with happy.   On one level, this book is a fairly ...

Zephyrs of Bliss CHARACTERS: Name: Rehan Cree Age: 22 Gender: Male Occupation: Businessman. He’s the owner of an architect company. Personality: Very cold in private, but he has a soft spot for animals and is very charismatic in public. It’s almost a double-personality. Name: Fabien  Age: 18  Gender: Female  Occupation: Caretaker of the Villa Personality: Country girl, you will find her as sweet, loving and a calm woman, although she can get fierce when provoked for arguments.   BACKGROUND SETTING:  Deep in the warmth of the Mountains is a Villa wrapped amidst Nature. From Rich Lords to prodigal students, every lavish spendor can lodge themselves in this Villa to stay. Fabien resides as the primary care-taker of the Villa while Rehan, a Businessman of Architecture, has lodged in one of the rooms of the Villa to live a calm life. * Bold text indicates the Male part while the Normal text indicates the Female counterpart* SCENE 1 :  HALLWAY MISCHIEF Fabi stoo...

The world tells us that everyone is made for something, that you have to find your calling or that you have to discover your path. We always ask ourselves and try to make out what we are made of. Sometimes we find it, sometimes we don’t. Somethings make us question if we really do have a calling. Sometimes our life takes a turn which probably no one could have expected, not even ourselves. These turns are probably not so difficult to process for us, because we start experiencing them way earlier than anyone else around us does. It affects us badly, it does but what about those around us? What happens to them? There are many guides that you can get if you are such a second-degree affected person. Many people tell you ways to cope with it and many tell you how to cure them who are originally affected. The book I am going to tell you about, though, is a little different.   Beautiful Boy is a book by David Sheff, published by Houghton Mifflin in February 2008. It is, at least to m...

  The School of Athens  Raphael’s Fresco:    This masterpiece stands as one of the central pieces of the renaissance era. Painted during the period of 1509 - 1511, Raphael has portrayed the entire Athenian philosophical wisdom in this fresco. The artwork oozes and radiates with classical art and knowledge, the faces ranging from Democritus to Aristotle, the colours symbolizing the Athenian philosophy of five elements theory - that all earthly things are composed of fire, earth, air, water, and aether.   Today, this piece resides on the warm walls of the Apostolic Palace, in the Vatican City.  The Actual School:    Bound with the universal fabric of reality, philosophy, science and art, Raphael’s Fresco portrays nearly every great Greek philosopher that was born. The list of all these storming figures can be found at this wiki link -  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_School_of_Athens  However, our discussion will only be limited to ...