Nilesh Mondal
Nilesh Mondal, 23, is an engineer by choice and writer by chance. He works as writer and curator at Terribly Tiny Tales, and as prose editor for Moledro Magazine.
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Nilesh Mondal
This Is What She Does To Me
and i’ll sleep on the couch tonight and give you the bed and you’ll do the same for me tomorrow and the space between both will be where our words lost their way
A Letter To The Four Most Unique (And Overlooked) Characters From The Harry Potter Fandom
1. Ron, You know how there’s that one friend we know will sleep through a troll invasion? For us, that’d always been you. The survivor. You’ve survived growing up with Fred and George.
Some Days, It’s Okay To Just Survive
there are 38 missed
calls. the window which looks out
into the street is closed, and for
no reason at all, you spend the
afternoon looking at the shadows
This Is How You Let Go When You Are Madly In Love
If he can, so can you.
The Only Person You Have An Obligation To Is Yourself
Remember, you don’t owe anyone anything. Your work doesn’t even begin to describe you, let alone measuring your worth
You’re Still Waiting Because No One Has Told You Not To
You are the bus. You are the street.
You are your own goddamn home.
Here’s Why I’m Afraid Of Loving You
I’m scared at how fragile your Presence makes me, ready to Turn into trembling hands and Racing heart, when You are close I’m scared at how soft i become With you around, chest heaving In tandem with your breathing, a…
The Most Heartbreaking Thing I Saw Today Was My Sister Crying
The most heartbreaking thing I saw today wasn’t a painting done by a woman from Greece who was studying art in France and painted every morning, and what she painted was what she saw from her bedroom window of the…
You’re Not The Person You Used To Be (And That’s Okay)
As you read this, your body is constantly evolving still. Your skin is shedding and forming and shedding again, all with your blood tightly wrapped and flowing underneath.
What Life Looks Like When You’re Always Haunted By The Ghosts Of Your Past
When you’re a person who sees ghosts, build your own safe place.
I Attended Someone Else’s Wedding And Got Depressed Over How Much We Fail At Love
The lovers in front of me exchange vows as I remember I’ve never been to a church with someone I love.
6 Facts Every Twenty-Something Girl Rebelling Against An Apathetic World Should Know
you’ll survive tonight and tomorrow
and you’ll grow stronger despite the pain,
not because of it.
To The Girls Who’ve Been Taught To Fear Love All Their Lives
imagine how dry
your throat will become when
you say their name out loud, it
will feel like your mouth getting
acquainted with a new language.
It’s Been Years Since We Broke Up (But I’m Not Over You Yet)
Love doesn’t mean staying unhappy, I learnt that too late.
To The Home You Miss, But Can Never Return To
Home once used to be a place, not
just the absence of memory.
If You Thought Making Art Is Going To Be Easy, It’s Not
Our lives are struggles, to bear witness, to speak out, to stand for something which we believe is worth standing for.
To The Lover Who Keeps Looking For The Exit Sign
You’ve got to understand, there are no escape hatches to life, the way there are no fireflies when it rains, or snowflakes when your throat is parched.
This Is How You Listen To A Woman’s Body
Listen to every shiver that wrecks her body, and in it you’ll find the evaluation of intimacy.