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Dead air now would make us remorseful – A Poem from Sudan

But dead air now would make us remorseful. Let’s fill the outright atmosphere with passion and harmony. Yousif Ibrahim Abubaker Abdalla, a poet and writer from war-ravaged African country Sudan, shares his fresh poem Yousif Ibrahim Abubaker is a TEFL Teacher, Poet, Journalist, Activist, and Freelance Interpreter/ Translator

The Man who brought Everest to Korea

Four years ago I visited Nepal. It is a small country, its right hand holds the palm of China, and its left hand rests on the shoulder of India, so that between them appears a nut in the jaws of a giant crusher… It has Mount Everest; the tallest peak in the world, continuously visited by travelers and adventurers, and Buddha, the boy

If you are there – A Bouquet of Poems from an Albanian Poet

And I don’t get satiated, with your smell; as long as you are, as long as you exist, in my heart. Fatmir R Gjata, an eminent Albania-born poet, based in Italy, shares his poems Fatmir R Gjata was born in Albania on March 3, 1966. He went to school in his native country and worked in the oil fields as a group manager for the

Burma Sahib: How George Orwell Struggled With Racism, Colonialism, & His Indian Roots

In Burma Sahib, Paul Theroux gives us a keen insight into the thoughts and the moral struggles of a young George Orwell, capturing the complexity of his early years in Burma. A master class in interiority Paul Theroux’s Burma Sahib is a master class in interiority. Fictionalizing the life of young George Orwell — just

THE INDIAN PARADOX

If India as a great nation, has something to be proud of, it is its great cultural and spiritual tradition. And if it has anything to worry about, it is the absence of national character and statesmen from its political stage. The Indian way of life can be best understood if one understands the cultural nuances of this country, which are