O ye who travel the meridian line,May the vision of a new world within you shine.May eyes that have lived with poverty's rage,See through to the glory of the awakening age.For we are all richly linked in hope,Woven in history, like a mountain rope.Together we can ascend to a new height,Guided by our heart's clearest... Continue Reading →
A Red, Red Rose
O, my love is like a red, red rose,That’s newly sprung in June;O my love is like the melody,That’s sweetly played in tune. As fair art thou, my bonny lass,So deep in love am I;And I will love thee still, my dear,Till a’ the seas gang dry. Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,And... Continue Reading →
I Was My Own Route
I wanted to be like men wanted me to be:an attempt at life;a game of hide and seek with my being.But I was made of nows,and my feet level on the promissory earthwould not accept walking backwardsand went forward, forward,mocking the ashes to reach the kissof new paths.At each advancing step on my route forwardmy... Continue Reading →
The Atonement Child
(Here I present a precise summary of the novel "The Atonement Child" by an American author Francine Rivers. It is the summary which I wrote for my Master's thesis concerning the novel and for one of my research articles.) Summary of the novel The Atonement Child Francine Rivers is an American Christian novelist. Her 1997... Continue Reading →
The Happy Man
(This essay, written by Bertrand Russell, is taken from Twentieth Century Prose in Dr. V. Sachithanandan, Ed.) What kind of man is the happy man? The happy man is the one who: as a child is raised by loving and caring parents, in a free and secured environment. is provided exam-free education and course of... Continue Reading →
Non-Violence
(This essay, written by Aldous Huxley, is taken from Essays, Short Stories and One Act Plays by RK Kaushik and SC Bhatia, Eds.) The main ideas of the essay are: Organized and intelligent non-violence is the best, the most practical policy. There have been mass movements in which the principles of non-violence are applied to... Continue Reading →
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