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Sarah Mariam Koshy
Jul 12, 20212 min read
EnvironMental 'GREEN DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN GOOD!'
The truth is that, when I started drawing a paddy field, in my mind, I was going to talk about how serene, how beautiful those paddy...
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Lakshmi
Jul 10, 20212 min read
On O's Stage 'EFUA SUTHERLAND'
Efua Sutherland did not just begin writing after inspiring ideas and thoughts nudged her mind or after scribbling about. It was...
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Lakshmi
Jul 7, 20211 min read
One Verse Every Week 'QUANTITATIVE METER'
Although the metrical system in English poetry is predominantly qualitative, quantitative meter, too, has been attempted in English...
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Arun Somasekharan
Jul 5, 20214 min read
Speculative Fiction 'DANGER ON DERMA'
Introduction The aim was to write something termed as micro-science fiction prototype or Micro-SFP. Micro-SFPs are complete stories in...
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Sarah Mariam Koshy
Jul 5, 20211 min read
EnvironMental 'Heatwave'
This drawing is based on the heatwave that struck Canada and North America this past week. The heatwave's intensity can be gathered from...
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Lakshmi
Jun 30, 20211 min read
One Verse Every Week 'QUALITATIVE METER'
When studying English poetry, repeated mention of terminologies such as, stressed syllable and unstressed syllable are hard to miss, and...
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Arun Somasekharan
Jun 28, 20218 min read
Speculative Fiction 'THE DOOR'
Introduction I’ve been a science fiction fan since forever, growing up on the likes of Isaac Asimov, Arthur C Clarke, Larry Niven, Jerry...
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Lakshmi
Jun 23, 20211 min read
One Verse Every Week 'ANAPEST'
Anapest is antidactylus because it is the reverse of dactyl. What is dactyl? Refer to O's earlier commentary on dactyl, or let us simply...
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Arun Somasekharan
Jun 22, 20214 min read
Speculative Fiction 'A MELANCHOLY IN QUANTUM FOAM'
PART II “Yes, that is correct indeed,” she nodded slowly in agreement. She had not thought of it that way. This was what made discussions...
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Sarah Mariam Koshy
Jun 21, 20211 min read
EnvironMental 'HELIANTHUS'
If the name Helianthus Annuus took you aback, please don't be alarmed, let me assure you it, indeed, is our very own common sunflower....
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Ahmad Towaiq
Jun 19, 20211 min read
Verse-Seasons 'N Picks 'MOHAMMAD BIN IDREES AL SHAFEI'
A travel enthusiast who toured most of the Arab world in search of religious and linguistic knowledge including Gaza, Cairo, Mecca,...
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Lakshmi
Jun 16, 20211 min read
One Verse Every Week 'DACTYL'
An iamb, trochee and spondee are two-syllabic feet in a verse. A dactyl is a three-syllabic foot in a verse. In a dactylic meter a...
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Arun Somasekharan
Jun 15, 202110 min read
Speculative Fiction 'A MELANCHOLY IN QUANTUM FOAM'
Introduction This story was developed in two days around a small paragraph I had written quite a while back. And that was: "What would...
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Sarah Mariam Koshy
Jun 13, 20211 min read
EnvironMental 'OVER THE YEARS'
Industrialisation has been a major leap towards economic prosperity but the impact it has had on our environment today is tremendous....
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Lakshmi
Jun 9, 20211 min read
One Verse Every Week 'PYRRHUS'
Like an iamb, a trochee, and a spondee, a pyrrhus, too, is a type of foot in a metrical feet. While a spondee is a pair of stressed...
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Arun Somasekharan
Jun 7, 20214 min read
Flash Fiction 'A TRYST WITH CAFFEINE'
Introduction The origin of this short fiction began as an exercise using writing prompts. I listen to lectures by Brandon Sanderson and...
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Sarah Mariam Koshy
Jun 7, 20212 min read
EnvironMental 'CHOKED'
WARNED © Sylvia Stults The sands of time have rendered fear Blue skies on high no longer clear Stars were bright whence they came Now...
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Ahmad Towaiq
Jun 6, 20212 min read
Verse-Seasons 'N Picks 'BISHER BIN KHAZIM AL ASADI'
War poetry, as a genre, is hugely popular. These poems vividly paint the trauma, the pain, the loss, the atrocities and every nightmare...
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Arun Somashekharan
Jun 1, 20212 min read
Speculative Fiction 'JACK AND JILL: An Existential Problem'
PART IV The box itself was made of dark wood with dimensions of 36x36x36 cm. She looked inside. It had some dense machinery along the...
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Arun Somashekharan
May 25, 20216 min read
Speculative Fiction 'JACK AND JILL: An Existential Problem'
PART III Jack laughed. "No, not someone's brain. A Boltzmann Brain. And I assure you I did not crack open Boltzmann's brain and steal it....
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