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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

A Piece of Bread… A Bouquet of Poems from Italy

Angela Kosta, a renowned poetess and writer, born in Albania and based in Italy, shares her three poems Angela Kosta was born in Albania in 1973 and has lived in Italy since 1995. She is also a translator, essayist, literary critic and promoter. She has published 11 books – novels, poems and fairy tales in Albanian, Italian and

Sea flower… Poetry from Uzbekistan

Munavvar Boltayeva, a young poetess and writer from Uzbekistan, known for mosques, mausoleums and other sites linked to the Silk Road, the ancient trade route shares her two poems Munavvar Boltayeva was born on February 1, 1997 in Jarkurgan district of Surhandarya province, Uzbekistan. She writes poems and articles, and has 5 poetry

Love – Poetry from Greece

Eva Petropoulou Lianou, a renowned poetess and author of children’s literature from Greece, the cradle of Western Civilization, shares her three 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

The Chronicles of Silence: An Interview with Dr. Hamida Khuhro, a renowned historian – Part-VII

When I witnessed the deteriorating situation of our people, I seriously considered joining politics – Dr. Hamida Khuhro [Translator’s note: This is a translation of renowned historian Dr. Hamida Khuhro’s comprehensive interview, originally published in the Sindhi magazine Nao Niapo, Karachi in May, 1986. The interview