The Founder of Utilitarianism, Jeremy Bentham once said, " All poetry is misrepresentation." A pretty utilitarian concept, of course! He asserted that push-pin (a trivial but popular game of that time) is as good as poetry or that a push pin player is as good as a reader of poetry. Art, he maintained, was devoid of …
Author: Prachi Jain
Prachi Jain is a short story and real-estate writer. She is a self-proclaimed skincare/home remedies guru and an impeccable procrastinator with some unusual habits like blessing each airplane that she sees from her bedroom window. She is very thankful for her abilities to rethink every consensus and reevaluate every opposition.
Her work has been published in the Huffington Post, Ascent Aspirations, Vending Machine Press, Six Sentences, and Brown Girl Magazine.
What is your shtick as a writer?
Shtick, a word I learnt fairly recently is a talent, style, habit, or other eccentricity for which a person is particularly well-known for. So as a writer, what is your shtick? (derived from the Yiddish word shtik (שטיק), meaning "piece") Do you just write humorous pieces or do you only pen down words that make your …
Return to Sender
There are specific features that all objects and individuals possess. We buy those objects, the features of which satisfy our needs. We choose to be with those individuals who have features/dispositions/mannerisms/values etc. that we feel comfortable with or that give us happiness. But sometimes when we get close to some individuals, those likable features turn …
Changing Heroic Masculanities
I read about masculinity in the Victorian times in one of my courses at school and have been wondering what shaped the notions of masculinity in the 19th century and has the very framework of those notions changed! The concept of masculinity in Victorian times was diverse as it was influenced by factors like economy, …
Can prose have rhythm?
"Rhythm must have meaning," - Ezra Pound Is there rhythm in prose? Can prose have a musicality to it, a natural flow that makes it a smooth read? If a poet is a metrist, what is a prose writer? Prose writer is also a music maker. A music that comes naturally with the way the …
Interesting connotations of ‘Interesting’
“How do I look in this new outfit?” A not too close friend asked the other day. Truth be told or truth be withheld? I had so many answers to her question. Hideous! Abominable! Shocking! Totally ridiculous! I looked at her and said, “Interesting!” What a wonderful word! I felt good. I did not …
Prosopopoeia
"The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve: Lovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy time." (Theseus in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 5, Scene 1) “Iron tongue of midnight?” Prosopopoeia. A prosopopoeia (proso-po-pe-uh) is a rhetorical device in which a speaker or writer communicates to the audience by speaking as another imaginary or dead person. …
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After I was shocked and moved and upset and angry over the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, I thought of the lovely little angels. Just a few days before the holidays, they were taken away from their families. They must have already kept their Christmas list under the tree so Santa can fulfill their wishes. Who …
Post Sandy
Sandy had a deep emotional effect on me like the one where nothing, not even retail therapy does the trick. I couldn't have ventured to go shopping anyways with my eyes bulging out of their sockets and my hair with multiple layers of frizz like I just got electrocuted. I looked so unkempt; you would find the …
Who gave you the rose?
I came home with a single red rose-bud sitting taut on a very long stem. The edges of the petals were curled down ever so slightly and the shading there was a lighter red. Perfect rose standing in a test tube of some rose nurturing elixir. I was elated. I placed that one rose in …
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