Priyanka Srivastava

New Delhi

Editor @EducationTimes @TimesofIndia. Follow my heart and think a lot...out of the box. Worked at @MailOnline @IndiaToday, @mail_today. Views are personal

Articles

Let’s Talk about Reading

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Priyanka Srivastava

Let’s Talk about ReadingJoin in for The Love of Readingimage made on CanvaReading Session by Junior Imprint 📚Join us for a lively discussion on the quirks of reading habits!A favorite spot where books come to life? Come share your stories and discover how others enjoy their reading journeys. Books add color to our world and meaning to our lives — let’s celebrate that together.
Your Next Chapter Our Pause

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Priyanka Srivastava

Today, you texted me about your exam instead of just sending an emoji. I know your generation is all about emojis, but I love it when you text it tells me that you’re happy. Next week, your exams will be over, and the preparation will begin for the next phase of your life. A different world. I think you already sense that I’m a little sad about you leaving home for National Service in a few months. You’ve noticed me filling the corners of the living room with indoor plants as if I’m adopting them.
The Eternal Light

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Priyanka Srivastava

A Poetry about The Hidden StrengthI see her in me,I try to win the battles which she never fought. I try to write a different story for me because I know just like I read her, she also reads me. I do it for her. To honour the Shakti within you,you don’t need much. Just sit with yourself,and feel her presence. She is already there. This is the only wayto meet herto let her guide you. You are not alone. There is a light burning in youa flame passed downfrom your ancestors. A part of it still lives in you.
April Flowers

1 month ago | medium.com | Priyanka Srivastava

The flowers I got on your birthday are still here. A quiet reminder of the memory we celebrated together. Now I know carnations can last ten days, maybe more. They bloom with stories. They whisper about you. But they also carry the weight of that terror attack in Pahalgam, two days before your birthday. We celebrated quietly this year because of exams. It’s strange how memory works. How we assign dates to feelings. How we wrap pain and joy into the folds of a calendar. April will always belong to you.
Students should imbibe adaptable skills to face challenges of changing dynamics

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Priyanka Srivastava

NewsEducation NewsNewsStudents should imbibe adaptable skills to face challenges of changing dynamicsTrendingProfessor Larry Kramer, Director of LSE, emphasized the importance of equipping students with adaptable skills to tackle the challenges of a rapidly changing world. During his visit to India, he discussed the integration of AI into the workforce, the need for lifelong learning, and the role of a broad skill base in addressing the global unemployment crisis.
I Forgive Me

1 month ago | medium.com | Priyanka Srivastava

A Page from DiaryWhatever I am today is the sum total of my mistakes, shortcomings, struggles, fears, anxiety, and many other moments that shaped me. I’ve learned how to walk away from the things that were always ready to break me. This has always been my journey but along the way, there were moments, and there were people, who changed me, who moulded me. Whatever I am today is because I chose to learn even when I was engulfed by darkness. I know I am still learning and I always will be.
The Last Day Before Tomorrow

2 months ago | medium.com | Priyanka Srivastava

Member-only storyA Note for My SonPriyanka Srivastava·FollowPublished inWeeds & Wildflowers·2 min read·--Photo by CDC on UnsplashHold them close because when they have the wings,they will become a poemwhich you will love to read. I had to write this today because today is still mine. Tomorrow, it will be a different story — a memory that I will embrace. You’re ready to leave the nest. Tomorrow is your graduation day, and it’s the last week of your school life.
ShabdAaweg Review Is Back

2 months ago | medium.com | Priyanka Srivastava

Member-only storyA New BeginningPriyanka Srivastava·FollowPublished inLiterary Impulse·1 min read·--Photo by Anna Zagranichna on UnsplashI will find myself,but what about you? Why are you holdingan empty page? Why seek the door,when you can open the window to breathe? Why waitto love the darkness within? As writers, we’re always searching for reasons to write — sometimes to heal ourselves, other times to move on.
In the Company of Books

2 months ago | medium.com | Priyanka Srivastava

A Reflection on ReadersPriyanka Srivastava·FollowPublished inLiterary Impulse·2 min read·--Photo by Alexandra Fuller on UnsplashReader, will you diebitter? You were taughtthat time’s divisible,that someone would pick you up when you cried. - Rae ArmantroutI believe there’s a quiet connection between the reader and the book — a connection that the writer will never fully understand.
The Quiet After the Storm

2 months ago | medium.com | Priyanka Srivastava

The Poem about UsPriyanka Srivastava·FollowPublished inWeeds & Wildflowers·1 min read·--Photo by guille pozzi on UnsplashI can see her fading. First, the many pregnancies that weakened her body. Then, the death of my brother, which nearly killed her. Now, she’s there, holding on for my father. But she survived the knot in her brain,the clot in her heart,the faulty lens in her eyes — she’s still there, still holding on. Holding on to the pain inside. Sometimes, I feel she has hardened with time.