“Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.” – Noam Chomsky Have you heard of constructed languages? If you’re a movie …
“Every beautiful poem is an act of resistance.” – Mahmoud Darwish He was a poet of unparalleled love, resistance, and solidarity. He considered himself, in his own words, a Trojan Poet recollecting and reconstructing the voices of the defeated: “The …
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And we’ll meet by the river in the golden hour How can someone be so pretty yet so empty? Filled with autumn hues, elusive fragrances and misty promises in their eyes, like a lonely river flowing incessantly sparkling little waves Yet so doomed? The poet thought sitting on the old wooden bench by the river. …
A mansion full of books, art, sculpture, luxury foods, diamonds, and people. These are rich people. They have a different life. Unlike us, they don’t have to worry about little things like inflation or petrol price hike or school fee hikes. They don’t have to worry about even the big things: taxes are taken care …
Meeting people is now a privilege. It seems unnatural now. Like the fragrance of the jasmine flowers in early autumn, or the sparkling dewdrops on the leaves of grass. I remember a time when we used to be happy meeting our friends, strolling through the village streets in the winter mornings, hearing the songs of …
Part 1 A city has many colors. A city has many faces. A city has many stains. A city crosses thousands of oceans, tornadoes, and survives thousands of bloodshed to become what it is. Like human, cities also have souls and pride of being the part of a greater civilization. But, like life the city …
“In the Mood for Love” (2000) has often been considered as one of the greatest romantic films of all times. Directed by Wong Kar-wai, In the Mood for Love is inspired by Hong Kong writer Liu Yichang’s modernist novella, “Intersection”. The film tells the story of Chow Mo-wan (played by Tony Leung) and Su Li-zhen …
“Not under foreign skies protection Or saving wings of alien birth – I was then there — with whole my nation – There, where my nation, alas! was.” These are the starting lines of Anna Akhmatova’s widely famous poem “Requiem”. The Soviet-Era poet Anna started writing this poem in the 1930s, which was not published …
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Sappho, an Archaic Greek poet, was considered one of the greatest poets of her time. She lived on the island of Lesbos at the end of the seventh and beginning of the sixth centuries BC. In ancient times, Sappho was widely regarded as one of the greatest lyric poets and was referred to as the …
“The earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner …
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