That's all, folks!
Hello, people. I have no idea how many people this post will reach, but I hope it does reach to those few eyes who have willingly,...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Aug 13
- 4 min
The Lassitude of Love
Love is nowhere and definitely needs repair.
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Jun 24
- 2 min
I'll Always Love You
Her name prints a distinct image in my mind, one that is too private to share yet too common in type. Her eyes were deep, not in the...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Mar 16
- 3 min
Destined for Destiny
We are all bound to one moment, wherein something paused while writing our destinies, and in that very solemn moment, we were tied.
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Dec 31, 2021
- 2 min
Chances
What is it that's the most important thing in keeping and taking care of love?
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Dec 27, 2021
- 3 min
Letter to Celisen; 27 December 2021
I seek your reply in the most solemn moments of the night, and may you have the courage to pen up a response that settles my questions.
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Dec 7, 2021
- 2 min
Me minus an 'I'
You, with an I or not, you're you, and you have a long way to go.
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Nov 9, 2021
- 3 min
Dry Eyes and Wet Minds
Flowing through my head
Is the question "Is she needing
Another side of a man I cannot be?"
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Nov 2, 2021
- 4 min
A Wight Named Celisen
'When faring on journeys, ward yourself well. Take not harbour near the highway for thereby dwell many ill wights for men's bewilderment.'
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Oct 26, 2021
- 3 min
Sailing with Life
Up, down. Down and up. But ultimately forward, with a yearning heart. That either is an experienced sailor or just a liver of life.
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Oct 21, 2021
- 3 min
Being Profoundly Simple
"What do you do when you're happy?"
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Oct 18, 2021
- 3 min
Maslow's New Need
The leaves of the plant seemed to lap up the sunlight, just the way a hungry being would. I watered it regularly, yet it didn't seem like...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- May 19, 2021
- 2 min
Almost
If you've been paying attention - and I won't blame you if you haven't - you'd have noticed that I don't write fiction as much as I write...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Mar 17, 2021
- 2 min
Nothing has been heard.
I'm done with the metaphors. I'm done with the similes. I'm tired of analogies and trying to explain things by the means of examples. I'm...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Mar 6, 2021
- 2 min
Surumajn's Prologue
"He will try to dissuade you," Master Tai had said. "He will use his powers of speech and charm to make you give up and give in. Make...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Dec 27, 2020
- 1 min
Yours, Silence
Everyone strives for what they think they’re bound: pain a pound, love profound, and a life abound. But then, why do I seek to go back?...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Dec 10, 2020
- 3 min
The Thermodynamics of Life
There are subjects present in the scientific world which aim to explain what happens in the world. Taking into account the incomings and...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Dec 8, 2020
- 3 min
Kaun Mera..
On a beautiful deserted beach, a litter of stray pups were playing with each other. At a distance, the mother sat, tired; keeping an eye...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Nov 26, 2020
- 1 min
Invisible
At every passing turn; Amidst all traffic helter-skelter; I stand there, invisible; Bereft of home and shelter. At every occasion; Amidst...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Nov 19, 2020
- 1 min
Sometimes I wish I was a Book
Sometimes I wish I was a book; Holding countless tales in perfect detail. Sometimes I wish I was a book; Complete from start to finish....
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Sep 26, 2020
- 1 min
Some Personal News
I have been struggling with my mental health since long, and I finally decided to see a psychiatrist for it. Long story short, I have...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Sep 1, 2020
- 2 min
Time Travel
Time travels. And time-travels. The entire escapade of humanity can be defined within that hyphen. Humanity has bequeathed a very...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Aug 15, 2020
- 2 min
The Lonely Whale
I have contemplated becoming a carefree psychopath exactly four times in my life, always with a resolute gusto and an absolute lack of...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Aug 7, 2020
- 1 min
Rescue Dogs
Videos of dogs being rescued have become the smile providers I need at times. But it also fuels in me a great curiosity.
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Jun 26, 2020
- 1 min
Halfway To Asphodel: 2020 Omnibus Edition
I am thrilled to announce that the second edition of my first book, "The Best of Halfway To Asphodel: 2015-2017", titled 'Halfway To...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Jun 4, 2020
- 3 min
Dragged down a memory lane
As it is very aptly said, “yaadein, yaad aati hain”.
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- May 28, 2020
- 3 min
Sorry if I'm sorry
Apologising is one of the basic manners taught to children in school, told to be used frequently, and advised to be taken in unconditionally
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Apr 27, 2020
- 8 min
Second Time Around
Chauhan's writes a story about love - lost and found.
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Apr 24, 2020
- 1 min
Trudge On, Trudge On
Chauhan's pen reeks his need to trudge on.
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Apr 5, 2020
- 2 min
I’m sorry, mirror
Chauhan opens up about his past two years.
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Mar 19, 2020
- 3 min
The Local Train to the Rescue
I'm off for the while. Thanks.
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Feb 15, 2020
- 3 min
So long, Parthenon
Chauhan wonders what beauty others see in desolation.
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Jan 14, 2020
- 2 min
In a nightless sleep
In which Chauhan tries to explain his nightless sleeps.
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Dec 21, 2019
- 1 min
The million plus one’th wheel.
Chauhan pens his feelings about always being the nth wheel.
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Nov 25, 2019
- 1 min
Shorties #1
It’s a bad time, you know, when you see rectangles. Rectangles, I say, and not circles. Seeing circles means you are dazed, high, drunk....
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Nov 7, 2019
- 1 min
Arthur, Arthur
Arthur, Arthur in the phone; Who’s the craziest in the unknown? When the world preys and prays, Who’s the one cast and thrown? Arthur,...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Oct 31, 2019
- 4 min
Of Lips and Apocalypse
My talks begin with aplomb, but they never seem to end. Sadly, it is now taken as eloquence. It is this ‘eloquence’, which has now...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Oct 23, 2019
- 4 min
Abiit Nemine Salutato
There exists a quiet void within everything. And when I say everything, I mean every thing, ranging from the commotion of the day to the...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Oct 4, 2019
- 1 min
Maybe We Are..
Maybe we are supposed to meet the wrong people, Maybe we are not meant to be, Maybe we are satellites, Maybe we are the unlucky ones,...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Sep 8, 2019
- 5 min
Alone and Aloof
There was a god in front of us. There were people behind me. The temple bells were clanging. The aarti drums were banging. It was chaotic...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Jul 25, 2019
- 4 min
The Other Arrow of Eros
I sit, engrossed in my work, staring at the laptop screen. Time seemed to dawdle past me, while in reality, it was gushing past me...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- May 14, 2019
- 3 min
I Deserve Too
A bead of sweat trickled down from beneath my ear onto the pillow. It tickled the skin as it trickled, drawing my attention to the humid...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Apr 19, 2019
- 4 min
My Epiphany is a B
I have a very queer relationship with my epiphanies. They’ve been my door to revelations and discoveries, the gateway to realisations and...
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Apr 12, 2019
- 1 min
Tears
Tears, warm tears, Flow by my side. Scaling the skin Very much alive, A remnant of what’s died. Tears, unwanted tears, Flow by my side....
Vishvaraj Chauhan
- Mar 29, 2019
- 5 min
To Lull in a Null
The pendulum clock chimes five, as I throw away my beddings in frustration. Once again, the night had left me petrified of slumber. My...