1+ hour, 50+ min ago   (477+ words) Please add some widget in Offcanvs Sidebar Nongpoh, August 12: Author, artist and social worker Eldora B Lyngdoh has added another milestone to her literary journey with the homecoming launch of her poetry collection ‘The Pulse’ at the Khasi National Dorbar…...

2+ hour, 27+ min ago   (195+ words) Did you know from the beginning that Sleeping with the Dictionary would be an abecedarian book? And you often slept with the dictionary? Yes. “My teeth were made to tear your tender flesh,” “Can blades of grass defend a meadow?...

14+ min ago   (32+ words) How a few soothing Hindi verses capture the essence of love and memory. Music has an extraordinary way of freezing time, bringing …...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago   (33+ words) Future A poem These days, I’ve started to feel my age, worn skin pulled tight across the bones of my face, body older than its years suggest, decaying per activity, the residue now …...

6+ hour, 6+ min ago   (425+ words) Filled with anger, feelings of betrayal and resentment, Padmini Govender of Benoni grasped her pen, letting her pain seep into the pages of her notebook. At 16, poetry became a source of healing for her, with her deeply personal verses helping…...

3+ hour, 21+ min ago   (73+ words) hawarnews.com Braids of Ashes…..”Poetry Born from Displacement" From Afrin to Shahba, and then to Qamishlo, an eight-year journey of displacement carried pain with it, but it did not break the pen of poet Norhan Hassan. From the ashes…...

9+ hour, 18+ min ago   (642+ words) Upper Assam’s flood catastrophe is a direct result of river and mountain grabbing ‘A microcosm that reflects a larger reality’: Why small-town crime works for ‘Vadhandhi’ History remembered: When Pakistan wanted to fly its flag at London’s India House on…...

13+ hour, 46+ min ago   (231+ words) For those of you who don’t remember the Under Purple Clouds Challenge (I doubt that many of us do), here is the text from the original Challenge prompt: Write the first chapter of a magical realism story that starts with…...

11+ hour, 50+ min ago   (205+ words) Rahul Ranchan's book of verse, “Diamond Red and Other Poems,” calls for a deep understanding of its rich content and for an appreciation of the poet's unique style. The collection is not merely a compilation of poems; it is an…...

14+ hour, 35+ min ago   (751+ words) Almost every Thursday afternoon, Gabrielle Calvocoressi spends a couple of hours with students at the basketball courts near the Cobb Parking Deck. This weekly get-together, called “Oh Shoot,” is a space for anyone in the UNC community to shoot hoops…...