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June 1st, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Stories

The Resurrection of the Lost

Kazi Shahid Shawkat Until her first child died into the second week of its birth, Beethi was in a trance with some half hearted struggle to accept the inevitable and a false concentration on trying to become an ideal housewife. Eighteen years is not an immature age for a girl to be married off. So w[...]

June 1st, 2010 - 12:00 am § in Lead Poems

And if, my friend, you ask me the way

Hakim Sanai And if, my friend, you ask me the way, I’ll tell you plainly, it is this: to turn your face toward the world of life, and turn your back on rank and reputation; and, spurning outward prosperity, to bend your back double in his service; to part company with those who deal in words, [...]

June 1st, 2010 - 12:00 am § in Stories

Floral Touch

Kazi Falguni Eshita It was a pleasant, spring morning. The sky wore a shiny blue dress. A little magpie whistled sweetly. Clean, white curtains covered the windows. The round clock on the wall ticked slowly. [...]

June 1st, 2010 - 12:00 am § in Lead Poems

The Answer

Rudyard Kipling A Rose, in tatters on the garden path, Cried out to God and murmured ‘gainst His Wrath, Because a sudden wind at twilight’s hush Had snapped her stem alone of all the bush. [...]

May 1st, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Stories

Invisible bond

Kazi Falguni Eshita “Fariha, dear, are you ready?” Mrs. Rownak Rahman sounded quite impatient. She did not like to wait for long. “Coming, mom, just a minute please.” A soft voice replied immediately. Soon after, a trimmed figure could be seen climbing down the stairs. Simple, white shoes ma[...]

May 1st, 2010 - 12:00 am § in Lead Poems

In Blackwater Woods

Mary Oliver Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars [...]

May 1st, 2010 - 12:00 am § in Lead Poems

A single word can brighten the face

Yunus Emre A single word can brighten the face of one who knows the value of words. Ripened in silence, a single word acquires a great energy for work. [...]

April 1st, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Stories

AN EVENTFUL DAY

SHIFAT NAZMEE Strange as it might seem but it’s true. ‘Change’. Whether it be winds of change or a series of revolutions bringing in changes, throughout the entire day there would be some time or other when we would wish for a change. But nobody ever gave a thought that what they are currently[...]

April 1st, 2010 - 12:00 am § in Science Fiction

Not With A Bang

John Walker The ravine baked in the sun of a cloudless June afternoon. The pickup and the three people it had brought provided the only evidence this was a world dominated by humans and not less dangerous creatures such as the rattlesnakes and scorpions that so outnumbered them in these parts. [...]

April 1st, 2010 - 12:00 am § in Lead Poems

A New World

Hafiz (1320-1389) Let’s offer flowers, pour a cup of libation, split open the skies and start anew on creation. If the forces of grief invade our lovers’ veins, cupbearer and I will wash away this temptation. [...]