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By: Anon What is Mahabharat really? It is said in the texts that 80% of the fighting male population of the civilization was wiped out in the eighteen-day Mahabharata war. Sanjaya, at the end of the war, went to the…

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By: Chuck Orloski At West Wing desk, a rather quiet day with only anxiety about another S.N.L. skit on the White House spokesman and President Obama’s alleged wiretap of candidate Trump’s campaign conversations. With calves rested upon desktop, hands behind back,…

Poetry

By: A. R. Sancheti Yellow Unchangingly cheerful like my childhood with rays of sunshine that radiate warmth on the most drab days the color yellow is my mother’s warmth with every touch Red My friends constantly fiery with passion and…

Poetry

By: Andrew Machado Mother cooks the food She deals with all problems- My family’s rock Dad works six long days- Don’t bother him on Sundays He needs to relax Matt goes to school now College is far from high school- FIFA…

Poetry

By: Sylvia Frances Chan About beauty often heard about spiritual beauty…? that’s absurd we can see beauty everywhere discover a person’s smile watch the flight of the condor rose’s perfume and its petals the jasmine’s scent the rainbow with one color…

Poetry

By: Sylvia Frances Chan This morn I looked at the sky and heavens wondering there are no limits our life, love, and future in one blessed package and all, there is to Thee to have a blissful future, simple and wise….

Poetry

By: Christie Lee Nowhere to be seen, she hides behind the darkness. The newest of all. Peeping on the side, forming her sickle presence. Like a bright smile. Crossing the midpoint, she has both light and shadows. Half her flaws are…

Fiction

By: Natalia Suri “Kanta bai, don’t let your broom touch my chair,” ranted Lata, her voice trembling. The old woman sat on the chair as she spoke, her feeble toes barely touching the floor. “You don’t know, this is no ordinary…

Poetry

By: Joseph Pham Strength represents the sword and shield that hold their ground, to stand and protect. Dexterity shows precision, accuracy, which make their aim true. Luck is the unseen potential, the hidden gem, triumph in shadows. Intelligence builds the mind…

Fiction

By: Tom Ray The older woman, probably in her forties, had long brown hair with blond highlighting. The younger woman, probably her daughter, also had brown hair, but cut short and without the highlighting. Not local, Barbara thought, with their…