Time to Reflect

Listen! To the silence of the mound of the dead, Stories echoing within the river bed. See! Legendary gods assume human forms, Divinity and sublimity, transcending religious norms. Hear! The singing waterfall of the Gardens no more, Evoking words of pleasure from the kings of yore. Look! For... Sign in to see full entry.

An article entitled, "Under the Nuclear Shadow" by Arundhati Roy, booker prize-winning author, as she looks at the Kashmir conflict from her home in New Delhi: "This week as diplomats' families and tourists quickly disappeared, journalists from Europe and America arrived in droves. Most of them stay... Sign in to see full entry.

I look at her, the withered rose, Beaten down with time and woes. As she sits there so frail and broken, The stance eloquent and words unspoken, I look at her and stop to wonder, “Is she my darling mother? Is it her?” The envy of all, the young and old, Her beauty and wisdom, all silver and gold, Is... Sign in to see full entry.