The S Word

The human body is an energy system which is never a complete structure; never static; is in perpetual self-construction and self-destruction; we destroy it in order to make it new.-Norman O. Brown. proprioception /ˌprəʊprɪə(ʊ)ˈsɛpʃn/ noun Physiology perception or awareness of the position and movement of the body. "exercises to improve balance and proprioception" People with loss of proprioception can't stand straight - unless they look down at their feet, can hold nothing with their hands, and they , 'wander' - unless they keep an eye on them. Their face would be expressionless and slack, their jaw would fall open and even their vocal posture would be gone. 'I can't feel my body. I feel weird- disembodied'. Said Christina the first one of her kind before being diagnosed with loss of proprioception. Her parietal lobes were working but had nothing to work with. She had acute polyneuritis( inflammation of several peripheral nerves at the same time). ...

  Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.” — Mahatma Gandhi. Bharat lost half its strength after the India-Pakistan partition, though we are human beings united by a common will to live and immense faith in our  credences.  The differences are still visible.  Bhujakhia Pir , located in the Sunhat area of Balasore City, is a place where both Hindus and Muslims come together to worship Baba. This realm is home to people belonging to different religions having different beliefs. On 18th June 2024 curfew was imposed in Balasore City which continued for almost a week. The reason is a religious dispute between the two communities over animal sacrifice. The question is not about who is right or whose beliefs are wrong. It is about how some self-serving people manipulate others' beliefs and cause commotion for their own entertainment. The whole City came to a stand-still and people were afraid to come out of their homes. These things would not have escal...

Fear is the path to the dark side. I stood staring at the old ,wicked dilapidated building as a thin,malnourished wicked looking old man who seemed to be as old as the wicked old  building approached me .His steps slow his eyes fixated on me. "Don't go in there sir" he whispered. How do I not go in there? I have to deliver 13 boxes of pizza in the 13th floor and damn they were paying hefty for it. I ignored the old man as I set my foot into the old creeking elevator and pressed the button to the 13th floor.As soon as it reached the floor it creaked open .I  set my foot out and it seemed I had entered an entirely different world the floor had exactly 13 rooms none of them having a single opening.It stretched from nothingness to nothingness I turned around to leave as my sixth sense told me to but as I turned around  the hair on my back stood up because it seemed as if there was never an elevator to begin with. Darkness consumed me and my surrounding as the only source of l...