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A HANDFUL OF ASHES – Philosophical Poetry from India

So much was I When I just thought about myself And look, How little was I reduced to A handful of ashes!!! Jernail S Aanand, a renowned poet, writer and philosopher of India, shares his poetry Dr. Jernail Singh Anand, President of the International Academy of Ethics, is author of 161 books in English poetry, fiction,

Sudan’s Damage Stains Our Hopes

Heavy rainfall and flash floods have affected thousands of people, including internally displaced people (IDPs), host communities, and refugees, in parts of Kassala State. Yousif Ibrahim Abubaker Abdalla reports on the current situation of war-ravaged Sudan HIGHLIGHTS – The floods have directly impacted 10,178 newly arrived

Say no to racism and fight – Poetry from Pakistan

Safeguard sacred human rights in justice’s sovereign reign, Condemn corrosive hate, in its shadowy domain, Celebrate cultural complexity in the mosaic’s kaleidoscopic rain, To enhance cultural complexity in the community’s chain. Dr. Sajid Hussain, a renowned poet from Rawalpindi, Punjab province of Pakistan

The Distress of Wreck – A Poem from Sudan

In a hushed poverty ward, starving babies fight for life. Yousif Ibrahim Abubaker Abdalla, a poet from Sudan, a war-ravaged African country, shares his fresh poem Yousif Ibrahim Abubaker is a TEFL Teacher, Poet, Journalist, Activist, and Freelance Interpreter/ Translator from Umbda – Sudan. He also has been working as a

The Daughter and the Daughter-in-Law: The Role versus the Actor

What we teach our daughters of marriage is almost nil. In olden times, mothers used to force the idea of the ‘real home’ of the girl being the house of her in-laws. If a daughter is to be married off, she has to be trained about the arts which make the marriage successful. A daughter has to be a daughter-in-law, and she