Ishan SavioWords remain.

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  • Grandmothers

    I don’t have a close relationship with my grandmothers as is found in many Indian households. My paternal grandmother spoke mostly Sadri and was shy to speak in Hindi even if she knew it. We didn’t speak much as I mostly spoke Assamese with my uncles and aunts. However, she is a hard-working yet calm…

  • My red hearts are always for you

    What we have between our souls is like no other;No I don’t need to find another when I’ve found her.Even in our silences, the greatest stories are toldAs new pages in the story of life we unfold. Badgered seems my words when we try to get close.Pardon me, but I’ve missed you too long.I bleed…

  • On a grandfather and a grandfather figure

    Late Reverend Father Stanislaus Kerketta, sdb (Left; My paternal granduncle), Late Louis Kerketta (Right; My paternal grandfather) Trigger warning: death, stroke I only have faint memories of my paternal grandfather. He passed away when I was a little boy. I remember sitting down together in an evening around a bonfire. Although I do not have…

  • Memories at my Alma Mater

    Memories at my Alma Mater

    With honor and gratitude, I am pleased to share memories of the 5 glorious years I had spent at St. Joseph’s University (Bengaluru) and how it shaped me through education, outreach, and values to set and achieve high goals, as the Jesuit philosophy goes, “magis” or “the more.” It was in 2012 that I joined…

  • Words of wisdom 🍂

    Over the years, I have realised that one can learn a lot even from a grain of sand. There are a few realisations that I have penned down: 1. Conquer with love, not with authority.It’s good to be a survivor only if you have something to get back to. 2. Humility, dedication and passion is…

  • Bonfire Tales: Adivasi stories

    The man who could turn into a Lion There once lived a man in a village predominantly occupied by Adivasi communities in India. He was among the rare Adivasis who knew how to turn into a Lion, temporarily. However, there was a major flaw in this transformation. Once he transformed into a lion, he would…

  • Cyberfraud: Defeating the Fraudster

    Since a couple of weeks, I had been getting suspicious posts from my friend’s social media account. I knew that her account had been hacked. The fraudster was using her identity and her account to convince people that she was winning lotteries and giveaway money and dupe their targets of money and also taking control…

  • “When are you getting married?”

    This is a question the young ‘eligible’ unmarried adults get asked once they cross a ‘certain’ age (at least in India). This question has been around for generations and never seems to get old. Most times they’re awkward, maybe sometimes they leave the young adults in abashment. Although they could often be annoying, with an…

  • The Bipolar Bear

    This is a story about mental health. There was once a happy little boy in India. He wasn’t known to be very playful. But he did play for fun. As he grew, there was a time when his family had to move to another city. But he didn’t want to leave this city that he…