Agastya Chandrakant

To the people who are appalled by the death of the pregnant elephant...

I am continuously astonished by the outpouring of condemnation people have expressed to this unfortunate incident. And I am glad instead of staying silent, and ruling this case hopeless; you chose to speak against this cruelty. It humbles me to see people unanimously stand up for these animals.

Shout-out • a year ago

Shout-out to my friend's poetry

It’s hard not to tear up. It’s harder to find words and stand up. I see what I love turning into something I fear. I want back what was once dear. I want to be there for people who have suffered harm. Not my home to be the animal farm.

Rantzone • 2 years ago

Period Rants

I am willing to bet I don't know much about periods. Especially the darned phrases. I just can't seem to understand them!

Book reviews • 2 years ago

Paulo Coelho's "The Spy"

I really liked the style of storytelling. The letter Mata Hari wrote is about her life, set in the late nineteenth century to the second decade of the twentieth.

Questions • 2 years ago

How do we fall in love?

I wonder how it was like for you, when you went for a walk with your grandfather. Or when your grandmother would give you a sound piece of advice.

Shout-out • 2 years ago

Shout-out to Shria's cover for 'Slow Dancing in the Dark'

Don't read. Listen.

Opportunity • 2 years ago

Is "karma" a bitch?

"Karma" is one of the well-known words that English has adopted from Sanskrit. "Pundit" is another word which comes to my mind. However, the process of adoption distorts the words, many-a-times. "Pundit" does not mean the exact same thing, "Karma" does not sound anything like its root word, "कर्म".

Questions • 2 years ago

Teaching about 'hatred'

"I guess I have to do it now. It does not feel right to tell my little boy about all the atrocities that has happened because of the race, gender, ethnicity, et cetera. I wish that poor innocent soul would never have to learn about it. But I do not want him to be unaware of the past."

Education • 3 years ago

Education

"Education" might not be the correct word for what I want to share right now. How about "Education System"? There might be a few people who would agree that current education system is doomed.

Life lessons • 3 years ago

Dear Tecrübe,

Dear Tecrübe, I may not be the person you feel comfortable talking and opening up to, and it is not your fault; and there may be a million things you would rather do, before even thinking of letting me speak to you, but it is my duty to tell you this:

Appreciation • 3 years ago

"Tipping"

When you give money to someone at the restaurant because they opened the door for you, they would thank you for the money—but I can not think of a more embarrassing moment if someone gives me money for some random act of kindness [or, things] I was expected to do.

Life lessons • 3 years ago

Deservance

I have been questioning myself "Do I deserve it?" for more than two [years] now. Less often than before. I ask it thrice; emphasising on "I", "deserve" and "it" each time and notice how the tone of the question changes with dragging a few syllables.

Weblog • 8 years ago

What I wrote about 'patriotism' in September 2013

This is something I wrote in September 2013, for a morning assembly speech, but I did not write everything and did not explain everything. To deliver a speech, I used to pen down my thoughts on a piece of paper — to have an idea what came to my mind.