There was once a time when silence created symphonies. When a broken heart could fill a page with poetry; when solitude wasn’t what you escaped from but a sanctuary where the soul could create art, that was the realm of …
This short story has been influenced by a real incident but the scenes created are that of the writer’s own imagination and bear no resemblance to the course of actual events that may have happened. Rhea hurried to the elevator. …
Abdulrahman was 58 when he died of lung cancer, a fact the family had hidden from him for the months that he slowly deteriorated. The last few days when he had completely taken to bed and he knew he was …
Life isn’t easy for anyone. Life is anything but fair and we aren’t here on earth to focus on the reasons why it isn’t fair but to dwell on the ways to make it better as much as we can. …
We belonged in no man’s land. No one wanted us home. The borders on each side were hostile to us. We had been pushed out, forced into exile and yet we weren’t unhappy. Of course, we were broken, but we …
Abdul Salaam stared at the monotonous and unending corridor that was filled with patients and attendants of all kinds. It was 11 am on a Monday and not exactly the time when the corridor should have been full, but then, …
Food… It conjures up strange sentiments in my heart or I can say for the last 15 years that I haven’t touched any I wonder what it tastes like… I have forgotten the taste of food on the tip of …
And in the end, if your relationship feels as if you are holding a begging bowl asking your partner to put in some attention and care, probably you just need to stop asking. Perhaps you need to reassess where you …
1. It has nothing to do with your circumstances. They might trigger it but it’s already there. 2. Losing interest is real. We aren’t pretending. 3. The vacuum hurts. You can’t compare it to any known pain. 4. It can …
While wandering through the desert, I surreptitiously, wondered about the Meadows. I had grown up in meadows, and somehow the barren landscape never seemed to appeal to my senses but I couldn’t tell him that, as if that part of …