By: Pijush Kanti Deb I give a chase to it yet the sun doesn’t rise in the west, I jump on it still I find myself always lying below a merciless rapist, I scratch on it nevertheless the honey is…
When culture begins to mix with politics, it makes the life difficult for artists. It happened when Sudheendra Kulkarni, the organizer of the book launch ceremony of former Pakistan Foreign Minister Ahmed Kasuri, was abused by Shiv Sena people yesterday….
By: Ruth Z Deming I planned my getaway from my husband as carefully as a bank robber planning a heist. I was used to lying to Jack, my husband of twenty years, so when I said, “Let’s take separate cars to…
By: David Jordan He sat at the bar nursing his second pint of stout, feeling boozy and depressed. He didn’t feel like drinking. He felt like walking. Outside would be nice and cold. So he got up off his stool and…
By: JD DeHart Some people keep a string tied around a finger, Some people keep a running list on paper, While others keep a file in the back of their minds, wrong after wrong, moment after moment, a collection of…
By: JD DeHart I pause, waiting for the moment to let my words drop in, funnel down, and channel through the table conversation The moment is still waiting because a few topics dance back and forth, flames of political or…
By: JD DeHart I default to my prior stance, coming straight back to the moment years ago I stand again on the old resolution after some travel and thought And that’s okay, because I have transformed in other ways, a…
By: JD DeHart Here we wait, for water, for mind, for a candidate that is real, Here we wait, for answers, for questions we do not know yet how to ask Here we wait, for the power of words, for…
‘India The Crucial Years’ is a new book in the town that claims to offer you the best insights into the India which was. Penned by T V Rajeswar who has been in the middle of affairs in the government…
By: Linda M. Crate I am a writer. It is my passion, my love, and my favorite skill set so to speak. I have been writing since I was thirteen years old. I started with poetry. To date I have…