The Unabridged Journals of Karissa Gupta

Rebirth. rē-ˈbərth. Illusively, these seven letters cramped together don’t appear profound, cavernous or tortuous. But, after cogitating and glancing at them with a devout eye, sharply slicing through its intricately woven layers, the factitious and deceitful nature of this word is revealed, as its implicit connotations are brought to light . At first glance, the mind impetuously assimilates this word’s meaning to solely being confined to the literal definition, ‘a second birth’. However, in the words of Oscar Wilde, to define is to limit . By rigidly abiding to a sole elucidation, we are allowing our minds to be reigned by millions of invisible strings, tightly straining our expansive imagination and halting it from frenziedly running wild.  ‘Rebirth’ does not only refer to the continuous cycle of life, in which upon death, we are yet again cast back into the environment we have become accustomed to, yet now existing in a different mould. Rebirth also attests to the capricious and...