The thunderstorm from the day before has finally stopped. The atmosphere had been stifling. Only one more tree left to fall. It feels like the hour in between this and that jannat and jahnum neither quite here nor there. It is a little after three and the air is still charged. At this [...]
It all happened in the dark. Moon was sleeping behind the clouds and the stars were on a leave that night. A solitary breeze was strolling through the lonesome streets. It was half past twelve when Elisa got on the bus. She was late; very late. At the last minute, her manager showed up with [...]
(1) The first hues of the rising sun fell on the landscape. For this small village stationed beside a turbulent stream flowing down the sloping valley, the golden red rays of the sun were greeted by the children’s loud prayers. Their teacher recited along with them as their collective voices drowned in the cradle of [...]
It’s there… it’s there somewhere and she knows it. It is in the way they wait for rain so they can catch a glimpse of the rainbow afterwards. She believes it is there. That is what keeps her going. When she puts the radio on, hums along and she falls back on the melody and [...]
I think that looking good has a lot to do with feeling good about yourself and about others. I always knew that the first impression is the last impression that one creates before others which is ever so true and I still believe in that. Unfortunately the world we live in is a place where [...]
Human societies have traditionally been male-dominated, owing to the male’s superior physical strength. However, as higher intellectual concerns gained importance, change became inevitable in the status quo with some cultures being more receptive while others, resistant. Over the last hundred years, Western societies have seen a change in attitude, with emancipation and empowerment of women [...]
Sometimes I would run into a humble argument with my mother and sisters about the importance of jewelry for a woman. I just, somehow, couldn’t fathom why would gold be so dearly loved? They would often give me a million reasons and none would make me agree with them. But then one day I found [...]
Bricks, sand, steel and the deafening sounds of dreadful machines; as far back as she could remember that’s how her life had become. Her feet had long forgotten the soft feel of a pair of comfortable shoes or even remotely fashionable sandals; her only comfort was that wooden plateau that would bend a fraction to [...]