By the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal For us in India it’s a sort of status symbol for parents to send their kids to elite schools with names that conveys the hefty fee they can afford to pay. But the death of seven years old Pradumn at Ryan International School has brought […]
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Changing World
Changing world and climate change. New consciousness and new energies. New outlook and new ways to be. Changing world and climate change. Oceans are risin’ and land is fading. The index is fallin’, money ain’t worth a dime. The rich are gettin’ richer and more children die. Changing world and […]
Command to the Mind
By N. V. Subbaraman ,Chennai Here is a beautiful poem by Mahakavi Subhramaniya Bharathiyar, one of the greatest national, patriotic poets from Tamilnadu , who lived in the early part of twentieth century. This poem deals with the importance of obeying the command of the Almighty-the Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent-one has to submit […]
Killing the Dream
By Terence Wynne from Camillus, NY
Gauri Lankesh Death: Searching for the Truth, Among the Living & the Dead
By the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal As the Afghan proverb goes “there are no good men among the living, no bad ones among the dead”. The Kannad Journalist Gauri Lankesh’s murder has generated a tremendous media storm all over the country. Though killing of a journalist is undoubtedly a condemnable act […]
Power Cuts
We profess to live in the 21st century Sometimes I wonder if it is true The daily two to three hours power cuts Compel me to say it is untrue Sometimes all through the day Sometimes evenings Sometimes until midnight You sweat and wake up to stroll outside To freshen […]
My Span Of Life
Dawn of my life Had a limited space For me To run around I am sure, It was for my protection Noon, I was imprisoned In the name of safety And of customs – A false projection Most of the life was A state of war, Constant struggle, Fights and […]
Between the Glory and the Flame
By Mark Antony Rossi I live in the path of Hurricane Irma. This is not my first hurricane; probably not my last either. My children are trained on what to do. My home is equipped for disaster but we still might have to evacuate. During the last few days as […]
Dul
13 Mayıs 2014’te, madenci kasabası Soma’da, 301 kadın dul kaldı… 1/ Kokular ve korkular arasında sabırla yürüdü ölüm taşlarına basmadan akşamın Eli boş döndü eve keder söndü gözünde fer ağzı şer koktu kasabanın Kapandı kapılar, dağıldı mahşer evler dört duvar kadınlar ve çocuklar İnsan, kuyruğunu yutan yılan kör keser, […]
The Wayside Nazara
The wind resting on the swinging branches Heaved a deep sigh I heard a groan amidst the drowning noise of the speeding cars Did it come from the nearby half mutilated trees? I wondered as I walked down the road lost in meditation On my early morning walk The stench […]