Stories From January 2024
By Anshul Pangti
I once had a very troubling dream where I was seeing a woman...
I once had a very troubling dream where I was seeing a woman goddesses face who was furious as hell. I couldn’t understand why my mind was troubling me so much. Maybe because I am feeling fearful about my future, the uncertainty of it. Or maybe I am trying to recall the stories that I have heard when I was young but not able to exactly remember the story. I was unable to point to one answer and that made me feel a little lost. And thus, somehow some things are just left unresolved. Years later I was walking in the Crafts Museum in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
And to my surprise I saw a wooden sculpture of the Hindu goddess Durga who looked exactly the same face that was troubling in my dreams! I read the label, and thought to myself, wow! a tribe made this, that too so long ago! And here it is sitting inside a museum, utterly ignored. I quickly took a snapshot of it to tell my friends about this but hesitated.
After all this might sound interesting to me but not to others simply because it's not what they are experiencing at this moment. And thus, some stories remain untold.
By Raghav Sharma
My sketch is pretty bad so I have to explain...
My sketch is pretty bad so I have to explain what's happening here. I was sitting on my campus lawn. Enjoying the cool breeze, the sunset and the greenery around me and eating my lunch all by myself. And the most unexpected thing happened. I saw a squirrel coming near me, not getting scared at all.
And taking a big piece of roti from my lunch box, I was elated and saw the squirrel nibbling on it. I was enjoying watching the squirrel eating the chapati, it was amusing for me as I have always seen squirrels very scared and not coming near to me. Suddenly another squirrel came and took the chapati from him/her. It was quite saddening.
I attended an expressive arts therapy workshop...
I attended an expressive arts therapy workshop and there they asked all the participants to draw what they are, how they feel. And I drew a sponge, I further explained that I felt like I am a sponge that absorbs everything and when it is squeezed all the soapy water and dirt gushes out of it. And I hope I feel relaxed after pushing out everything just like a sponge which flushes everything that it absorbs.
I felt amazing after making this analogy because I had never imagined I could share what I am feeling through an object and feel heard. I was never that creative I would say and after this exercise I felt more confi in expressing myself through abstract ideas or daily life observations. I feel grateful for this sought of expe and hope that others also get to experience this atleast once in their lives.