By: Linda M Crate cool winds soft snow it seems perhaps i was wrong to liken you to winter it isn’t always harsh, you are; sharp always as the thorns and thistles that catch upon my flesh and my skirts…
A new book by a Ugandan native who has been a Middle East journalist for more than a decade documents numerous shocking abuses of the Kafala sponsorship system in the Gulf Arab region that the author says constitute ‘pure slavery’…
By: Pijush Kanti Deb At least one more star will twinkle in the sky just adjacent to heaven, if it is strictly said and effectively heard, ‘’We ought to perceive the two gloves sanctioned to us to move around setting…
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…
By: Bekah Steimel Pretend death mailed you a final notice what would you modify, what would you hold close to the ticking time bomb in your chest? give yourself a day to really die, a day to embrace what matters to…
I haven’t read the first two parts of Gaither’s Europe Trilogy. Nor did I feel the need to. ‘Time of Exile’ is a strong work that has the potential to stand out on its own. Its protagonist ‘Elmer’ is seemingly…
Salman Rushdie has always been a controversy master but has written several controversially great novels such as Satanic Verses and Midnight’s Children. Despite his ability to court controversies, he has been able to manifest a versatile author in him through his great…
When India got freedom in 1947, the biggest challenge was to integrate the Indian subcontinent. This was a mammoth task and undertaken by the Iron Man or Sardar Patel. Merging the 554 princely states with the Indian state was an…
By: Gary Beck I considered the army to escape the confines of a ravaged city, cowering in despair from loss of industry. My hope for a good job evaporated quickly and I was sick of listening to the old guys…
By: Gary Beck Too many children die premature deaths at the merciless hands of aberrant caretakers, mothers, boy friends, fathers, uncles, combining to extinguish the brief existence of helpless victims, murderously betrayed by their protectors.