Dear readers, It is still difficult for me to believe that dfuse.in has turned two today. I remember our first few articles – they were all based on love, keeping up with the mood of Valentine’s Day. Surprisingly, we had articles which spoke about this theme using topics as varied as affairs with literature, Marie [...]
Fairy Dust
Editor’s note: As your read on, you will realize that Aditi Mehta has put soul to paper in this piece of writing. Seldom do people possess the quality of moving someone to an extent such as this. We assure you that you will love reading it. Anurag, The death of a dream is in many ways [...]
The Shades of Death
It is ironic how the one thing that is constant about life is death. In this piece, we have attempted to do something really different as we have Nikhil Rajagopalan giving two completely different perspectives on death. Do tell us what you felt. The Death of a Goldfish Sadness is an upturned goldfish in a [...]
Appetite for Tragedy
Spring was far from his mind. Outside, the merry-go-rounds brimmed over with kids and kites fluttered warmly above rooftops. But inside, the only sound remotely resembling a flutter was the mild letup of loose newspaper ends stirred up by the occasional draught. The walls that blocked the inside of his mind from the spring outside were lined [...]
What If?
The creaking fan whirred with effort as she jerked and twisted under her sheets. ‘Make it go away!, she pleaded to her mind, in the same desperate outburst that was beginning to feel a little too familiar. The constant buzz of uncertainty in the back of her mind never let it sleep. She huddled closer, [...]
Speaking Strokes
He is considered to be one of India’s greatest artists. The Picasso of India or so people say. Many believe that what India is today in the global art scene is largely due to this one man for whose works people have never thought twice before paying a million. M.F Hussain. What a life it [...]
Blue-Green, with Flecks of Warm Autumnal Gold
“Each individual can in his little circle participate in this leveling, but it is an abstract process, and leveling is abstraction conquering individuality.” -Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (Leveling in the process of suppressing individuality to the point where the individual’s uniqueness becomes non-existent and nothing meaningful in his existence can be affirmed. It is a form [...]