The Perceptionist.....

It has been about weeks and months passed, the virtual classroom doors remain closed as the final end terms are almost coming to a closure and the monsoons have once again drawn in as the season has already begun, with heavy rain lashing to and fro in and around areas and places of Goa. An intolerable silence and anxiety fills the mind as the young adult lays there in the confinements of his house, waiting desperately and anxiously for the final exams to get over in hopes and aspirations to jumpstart into his dream career and ambitions that he has in mind to pursue in the near future. A cloud of endless thoughts and gruesome worries fill the entire atmosphere, compounded with the stillness and solitude of the otherwise quiet and peaceful village exacerbated with the ongoing pandemic and dire sufferings that have characterized the climate all over the state and in all parts of the world. There is this constant and nagging uncertainty that today leaves us youngsters filled with lot of do...

It is a quiet and dark evening as usual. The sound of the night insects make it seem even more spookier as the sun has bid it’s farewell for the day and the whole village lay quiet and peaceful with the occasional sounds of cars whizzing past on and off. In the midst of this peace and solitude lies a soul, who is by all means trying to find his position to fit in the really trying and almost gruesome times created by the ongoing pandemic. The pandemic has indeed forced us all to take the refuge of our homes as we try to grapple with many incessant problems and also the many uncertain questions we keep pondering ourselves over. There is a looming uncertainty over what the future really holds for us, be it in our jobs, in our workplaces, in our school and colleges, the constant nagging doubt of where we are heading ourselves to or rather what the future really holds for us and our lives. In the midst of this constant doubt and pondering over, there is a deep emotional conflict or bat...