It had been quite a tiring journey for her but thinking of her target made her forget all the distress going on for hours. When she was about to get on the plane, butterflies were fluttering their wings in her stomach; she felt like a little kid on her first day at school. She kept [...]
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Women’s human rights deserve more importance than they are accorded in many societies. Every woman deserves her dignity and respect at home and in the workplace as much as any man – if not more. The term, ‘Human rights’ refers to the basic rights to which all human beings are entitled. The United Nations Universal Declaration [...]
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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 hour [...]
Sunday, April 13, 2008
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 a [...]
Friday, April 4, 2008
(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 the [...]
Monday, March 31, 2008
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 [...]
Saturday, March 29, 2008
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 people [...]
Friday, March 28, 2008
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 bringing [...]
Monday, March 24, 2008
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 [...]
Thursday, March 20, 2008
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 take [...]
Thursday, July 31, 2008
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