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Women – Poetry from Greece

Eva Petropoulou Lianou, a renowned poetess and author of children’s literature from Greece, the cradle of Western Civilization, shares her poems Eva Petropoulou-Lianou was born in Xylokastro, Greece. In 1994 she worked as a journalist for the French newspaper “Le Libre Journal” but her love for Greece won her over and

Separation’s Geography: Agha Shahid Ali’s Poem ‘By the Waters of the Sindh’

In the poem “By the Waters of the Sindh”, Agha Shahid alludes to the contentious issue of the partition while weaving in his memories of personal loss. Agha Shahid Ali (1949 – 2001) was born in Kashmir and educated in Delhi as well as the United States of America where he eventually settled and lived until his untimely

Shikarpur’s 18th-Century Jog Mata Temple

The old name of Jog Mata Mandir was Gurano Ghar – the house of Gurus There are many old Hindu temples in Shikarpur City. One such temple is dedicated to Jog Mata and is located at the Chabutra Chowk. This temple may have been built in the 18th century. The old name of Jog Mata Mandir was Gurano Ghar (the house of Gurus), which was

Guru Nanak’s Visit to Azerbaijan in first decade of 16th Century

The Baku Atishgah, often called the “Fire Temple of Baku”, was used as a Hindu, Sikh and Zoroastrian place of worship. In his article Guru Nanak’s Travel an appraisal of Baku Visit, Gurvinder Singh Chohan has concluded that Guru Nanak did visit Baku because of the information in Memoirs of Zehir-ED-Din Mohammed Babur

A touching memoir about the lived experience of mental illness in India

A new book by psychologist Scherezade Siobhan ‘That Beautiful Elsewhere’ spotlights the sociocultural factors and everyday stresses that can lead to mental illness, juxtaposed with a broken psychiatric system in India. We are all storytellers who live and share stories of ourselves and of others. But there are some stories that