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A day before Christmas by Chris Dahi For the past two years the mortar shells which have been falling intermittently and sporadically suddenly begins exploding with unnerving consistency. The high vibrations we feel on the ground with each explosion indicate the increasing nearness of these mortars. It is the day before Christmas. All around, children [...]

Till college, the life is predefined. Pre-school, school and then college. It’s a foundation for the life ahead. After college, when the world around us seems to change, the people who are exactly like us and with us all the time change. When I saw the world around me change, I didn’t want to know [...]

Since she was young all she heard were the sounds of destruction. She dreamed of a world where demons had taken over. A world without a Savior and a world of hell. This world, in her dreams, is full of hardship and disappointment; Its full of greed, anger and hatred. Its similar to the life she [...]

I sit quietly in my little corner with my knees curled up and my arms wrapped around my skinny arms, its another extremely cold day and keeping warm is a very hard job out on the street where its every man for himself. My body is locked into a to and fro rythmn and my [...]

    ‘Oh gosh!’ ‘I’m getting late!’ ‘Oh No! It has become more like a routine!’ Yelled Ann. ‘Ann, what’s going on honey?! Sometime I just doubt whether you’re of 20.’ Said mom annoyingly. ‘Oh Mom, I’m already getting too late, and where’re ..where’re my glasses? Ugh! Why can’t I just get my stuff on [...]

Once upon a time there lived a man who had seven daughters. For a long time they dwelt quite happily at home together, then one morning the father called them all before him and said: ‘Your mother and I are going on a journey, and as we do not know how long we may be [...]

Her hands still shake. Her eyes are red and puffy from the tears that still burn them. Her mind is confused with the conflicting thoughts of what she could’ve done different to change the outcome of her pathetic life. She wants to tell her story but none will listen. She dreams of being loved but [...]

A lot of things happened when I was nineteen (of course they did. It takes a whole year to be 19) but what I remember most is the climax or anti climax of my modeling career. Prior to nineteen I had done a couple of gigs, nothing major but I at least made it to [...]

I sat down on the marble floor of the big bathroom in our room, my arms were wrapped around my knees as I waited for the results of the test. It was month ago since i’d last spoken to him actually make that two months, our departure hadn’t been a good one..it left me heartbroken [...]