The Unusual South Korea
South Korea, a country in East Asia that occupies the southern portion of the Korean peninsula. Even for people who are not aware of the country and its culture, K-pop might sound familiar. K-pop is a term that is often…
Indian Culture: An Overview
Indian Culture and traditions are something which have now become renowned all across the world. We all refer to India and its culture as something very diverse and unique. But seldom do we give a thought to why things are done…
Parenting: Old System and a new Update.
Communal or domestic violence, crimes against women, child abuse and sexual harassment are some of the major issues the world is facing as of today. Even though strict laws have been imposed for criminals of such, the crime rate still…
Easter Sunday Attacks: A day of deprivation or revelation?
Panegyrized for its glory and serenity, Mother Lanka stood erect making her children proud as ever, continuing to attract countless tourists every day. The SLTDA reports the approximate number of tourists by March in Sri Lanka to be 740,600 compared to last year…
Body Cathedral
The divine is tangible the body a temple the legs spires the hands feathers the eyes stain -glassed hues Prayer As a shawl falls a mantle over a calm expanse cool harmony the slender stance of a tender…
Juke Joint
Measurable volume empty space Sun has risen, hours passed Since the last few patrons laughed then left Distinctive timber presence remain Juke joint slumber, eerie din Kept captive and alive within somehow Stand still listen in ghostly relics, remnants’ hiss…
Accident
If you’re too green For a place, Everyone can feel it. As sure as self is Close to the entrance A walled chasm Of separation Invades. Streets collide At a juncture Meet at your feet, Head over heels This raggedy…
Peace
Rallying around Holding candles Doesn’t really support a cause, Peace needs to be within, Not combined with a jolt. Peace is that state Where you don’t increase Your negative karmas, You strive always to Unbind your past mantras, You seem…
Unconventional Medicine Goes Haywire
“I had thought fresh fruits were very nutritious and it would not do me harm by injecting them into my body; I had no idea that would get me into such trouble” said the 51 year old woman from China…
Who would feed the Orphans?
My heart is a pancake, Shared by the poor and homeless And there is a poetic spot, That belongs to the orphans Who are covered with my blood, Seeking for a home, All these ages I wonder, Who are those…
Martial Warriors
As the northern breeze passes by the men in green spurt Through the wild trees, Some in anticipation, Some in trepidation, Striving to attain a single goal; To serve their nation! “Homesickness ameliorate with time” They were told, But…
Lake cottage
On the edge of a lake, A cottage, Nestling among trees, A mere spec from the shore. Some songs un-born, Reside in a grieving heart, Seeking solitude in that Already-isolated community Fleeing from contact!
My Night In A Black Curtain
We wished to know Each other Like night and spoon. I hear myriad spoons Giggle night after night On prized tables, I hear unbroken sound Of spoons dancing in joy, At night. I visit a small town Every night…
I Hate You
I hate you so much that I don’t hate you, Sometimes I try to define your beauty. I watch as the wind hits your nose, The reflection of the sun in your eyes, The way the night sky steals from…
Goodnight Suburbia
Buildings blacken like the sky, And hovels their roots beneath The earth, run like fingers to Ghana, Street skirted by masts, narrowed Down to fires twinkling like stars, Broadcasting from windows to Old Oyo,…
Unavowed
Around this unsettled day Desolate as a derelict house, Grows ineffable sadness – Dense like a jungle Whose silence hoots scorn For any intrusion, and Occludes the sunny hands Of a needed interruption ; It is so complacent In its…