Aama Odisha ~

a literary e-Magazine which aims at encouraging budding writers to explore their creative flair and providing them with an outlet to showcase their writing talents. At the same time, we are dedicated towards emanating knowledge and creating an ambiance of positivism, spiritualism, love, peace, and harmony.

It's birth ~

It was started by a group of young people from different professions and interests who used to meet online and chit-chat with one another in a community named "Aama Odisha" in the social networking site Orkut. Surprisingly, though none of those persons were associated with literature in any major way, their chit-chat ended up at this truly creative literary endeavour.

The journey so far ~

It has been a learning process since our inception and we have kept growing with each edition. There have been some glitches here and there but by God's grace, we have always been able to overcome them, each time. So we may all endeavour to cherish and keep alive our rich and noble language and culture and let us keep helping ourselves to make this purpose a success!

THE MIRAGE




Pankaj Agrawalla
Pune
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The mirage of hope you created that was never there.
The reflection I saw wasn't water but just thin air.
And again when I open my eyes and again when I dare,
To look beyond this mirage, I see another one is already waiting there.

Mirage I call it. You call it the projections of my thought,
Of the love I always craved for and the affection that I sought.
You said, 'a trick of the heart that a desperate mind bought'.
And I was merely a fly, in the webs of pity that got caught.

Alas! I see a path. Finally the truth is bare.
And with all of you dying flies, I want to share.
Look beyond this veil of hope which isn't even there.
Just a valley of flower to lure you, where the devil waits in its lair.