Time after time, you get confused about facts and fictions. You cannot distinguish between illusion and reality. You are haunted by the city, by the people, and by the world around. You close your inner world and open your eyes. You see a feeding cup on your husband’s hand. No, no, you don’t want to […]
Understanding Fear: How Fear Affects Kids
Humans are born with fear, it is a natural tendency. Darkness, loneliness, loud noise, and strange faces are some of the things a baby is afraid of. As the child grows older, fear also continues to grow. Kids are more imaginative than you are, they begin to imagine things and they become more fearful.Each child […]
Flash Fiction: Everest Calling
The kids were loitering on the street. Their songs tried to penetrate the ethereal music from the shops that sold anything from Thanka-paintings to incense, spices, tea, coffee, Khukuri-knives, DVDs, books, and pot. They stopped at the square and raised their heads to see the man before them. The European was ill at ease. He […]
Flash Fiction: Samsara
So, you don’t love me, you don’t want to reciprocate my feelings! That’s right baby, your hate is killing me. But listen baby, listen, every time you kill me, I’ll rise again, like the phoenix from the ashes. The old will die and new will resurrect. Do you believe in Karma, do you believe in […]
Flash Fiction: The Everest Season
“We had a good time in the Himalayas,” he said. “Poor me, I missed the chance,” she said. Tears welled in her eyes. They were speaking Italian and the girl looked just like straight from Milan’s runway – sexy, skimpy, tall, pale, anorexic; only that her face was little rugged. People were obsessed with mountains, […]
Flash Fiction: Ctrl+Alt+Love
In the cyber space, a girl meets a boy, and the boy meets the girl. They send messages, they reply messages. Ask me what they write, I will tell you everything. Boy: Thanks for accepting my friendship, you look nice. Girl: D Boy: Why don’t you go online? Do boys bother you? P Girl: Will […]
Flash Fiction: Pixelated Passion
Actually, they did not meet on a dating site. However, they were building a relationship in the virtual world. Here is an excerpt from the middle of the conversation. He: So, I’m talking with Greek Goddess! She: Aha! Thanks! He: I picture you as a Venus! She: Oho… He: Do you often chat with strangers? […]
Modern Renditions of the Tragedies of Greek Playwright Euripides
Euripides is one of the three great tragedians of classical Greek dramas. He was born in 484 BC, in Athens and died in 406, Macedonia. Historians debate about his lineage, some say his mother sold herbs and his father was a retailer, while others say he came from well off family. Euripides received trainings in […]
Valentine’s Day Poems
The Flames in the Heart Their weapons drawn Fallow, yet gleaming, The Knights of love Search the streets Of passion: each looking For his lady elite To douse the flames of their heat Carried through the travails Of conquests past Seeking fresh pastures Of flourishing pleasure Dressed in silken robes Like the nobility treasure To […]
Ancient Greek Playwright Aeschylus: His Life and Works
Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides are the three great Greek tragedians. However, Aeschylus (525 BC – 456 BC) is considered to be the father of Greek Tragedy. He was a great innovator of dramatics, he wrote approximately 90 plays. It is believed that he was the first Greek dramatist to write drama trilogy. Before Aeschylus produced […]