Mountains and Magic

It was too dark to see anything yet, so I seated myself on a small patch of heather on the mountain top and waited for the sun to rise. Contentedly humming to myself, I kept busy until the first hint of the sun peeked from behind a cloud. The sky turned from almost pitch black …

PPSIJC’s IC3

Recently, Utpal Shanghvi Global School & PPSIJC hosted the IC3 Career Counseling Regional Forum and Career Fair. The event was massive with our guest speaker being the renowned chef, Ranveer Brar. The forum hosted 200 plus delegates and university representatives from around the world. What makes this event even more special in the hearts of …

How did nature solve its own “Global issues”?

“Global issues”. I’m quite sure, the only thing we associate with these words is the pandemic. It loops us back to two years ago, at the beginning of a new decade, when a global catastrophe hit us out of the blue. None of us would’ve imagined this happening to us, ever, nor did we imagine …

Heartstopper: A Definite Must-Watch

Want to watch a TV show that is a crossover between Sex Education and Red, White, and Royal Blue? Look no further than the brilliant, coming-of-age Netflix show - Heartstopper! Heartstopper is a TV series that portrays a budding romance between Charlie Spring, a music nerd, and Nick Nelson, a rugby star, who get their …

Enhancing nature

Every single human being on this planet right now shares 99.9% of your DNA. To put that into perspective: 99.9% of your DNA is completely identical to the stranger next to you, your mailman, or someone totally random halfway around the world that you’ll probably never meet. That sounds completely ludicrous, right? Absolutely asinine. It’s …

edge of an epiphany

now that I think about it it’s all I think about crying in the rain waiting for it to wash off all the scars and the wind the half healed thick skin bones newly unpinned this is the place to begin just softer more pure pouring from the sky getting absorbed in the world giving …

Calm After The Storm

Finally, the storm has shown mercy and I can open my windows. When I throw open the panes, the sweet smell of water on mud hits me and I observe every structure adorned in bright green moss. I step outside the house and the wet mud tingles my toes through my slippers. My garden is …

A Star with Scars

You were lonely, and nothing felt homely, Look at it closely, now you rule only. I know your childhood was shattered, You still mastered. Those people still chattered, but later they were the one most flattered. Remember, when you cried but no one was there to guide, Remember you still flew when they lied. The …

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is the latest addition to the AC Saga by Ubisoft. It’s an eighty-hour long campaign that spans over the entirety of Norway and England, and largely changes the Melee and Ranged combat from the previous Assassin’s Creed games. Comparing it to Assassin's Creed Odyssey, it is a much longer game and for …

Who says you are not perfect?

Scrolling through Instagram, skimming through yesteryear magazines with the women and men. Adonis and Aphrodite. How do you feel? Inadequate. Insecure. Imperfect. The strive for perfection is truly a struggle but is it worth it? The pains, the anguish and the crippling motivation to be perfect. I faced this struggle, and I still do - …

Who Am I?

The concept of who I am Frustrates me every single day Dreaded existentialism Gnawing at my heart, claws dug into my shoulders Is what I do enough? I am a hollow shell, Cast aside, unwanted I hover around A husk, baffled and wondering where I should go next Who is to train me for this …

The Way

In shadowy pools Where darkness rules, I lie there, quivering Shaking with me, In this dark, dark sea I can’t stop shivering  I want to get out, I don’t like it here But I’m infused with a trace of fear  All these weights, when will I break? Can you not see what is at stake? …

The Information Diet

IS IT TOO MUCH INFORMATION OR THE LACK OF INFORMATION? It's important to distinguish between what’s more problematic. Is it the fact that we're loaded with abundant contradictory data or that we lack information? The answer is very clear: the issue is not that we don’t have enough information, the issue is that we have …

The Buddha

The Buddha rediscovered an ancient path to freedom from ignorance, craving and the cycle of rebirth and suffering. He taught for around 45 years and built a large following, both monastic and lay. His teaching is based on his insight into the arising of suffering or dissatisfaction and its ending—the state called Nirvana. He was …

Temple of Disbelief

Living in the city, our heartbeats are faster than the ticking clocks we cling to so closely to make our dreams come true. Amongst it all, we experience a few moments that etch themselves into our brain so beautifully that it doesn’t hurt - it heals. For me, one of those moments was in the …