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Featuring Ritika Dasgupta ! More about Ritika Dasgupta : She is Ritika Dasgupta from Kolkata studying psychology from Calcutta University and having special training courses from Harvard University. She writes poems and loves photography. She has been the co-author of 10+ anthologies. She has done 2 internships from The Fortis Hospital. She is the member of The Annual International Thinkers and Writers Peace Meet and the Wikipedia conferences. She is also the founder of a writing community called 'The Writers Unite' and in board of directors at WGMI. She loves painting as well and even did a workshop from NASA regarding The Parker Solar Probe spacecraft revolving the sun and The Mars Rover. She is also in the administration of an NGO as well helping the poor with their basic necessities. She wants to be able to help people in the future and work on something which benefits them and helps them.Pretend :PretendLets pretend I'm heartless,A cruel being born from the society.Lets pretend the broken shardsOf the past has not sliced me yet.Lets pretend for once I am heartless.Let's pretend no poet has been bornOut of the darknessoozing out of the heart.Lets pretend for once.Let's pretend I can't feel,Sitting still while the world screamed away.Lets pretend for once I am heartless,A heart made of stone,My bones made of sand Crushed away by a million screams.The pretence slowly slipping away,Exposing raw emotions beneath,Just to be crushed yet again,Turning into dust.Lets pretend a creature is bornOut of the dust and ashes.A creature sneering and howlingAgainst the shackles,Let's pretend for once.