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Oseye- Archaic world II
Read more: Oseye- Archaic world IIFind the first installment here- An Archaic world Year 2000 AD Location: Egypt Oseye was the greatest queen of ancient Egypt, but not the best known. She didn’t build huge palaces or pyramids but devoted her life to working for the betterment of her people. In spite of being a strong leader of a powerful kingdom,…
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Mia of Maya
Read more: Mia of MayaYear- AD 910 Place: Rhea My name is Mia. My father was a sculptor and used to make stelae. A sculptor in Mayan civilization was a skilled worker, treated as an artist and was given due respect. I learned from him how to engrave on the stones. I held the chisel in my hands ever…
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Love
Read more: LoveA Physician says intellectually, “Love is a harmonic disorder, symptoms of a fatal disease. You lose your appetite, spend sleepless nights.” A priest replies prophetically: “Only love I know, is to love the God. Sing some soulful hymn, believe He will love you always” A young girl cries emotionally, “is no such thing I…
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Jigsaw Puzzle
Read more: Jigsaw PuzzleIt was Ari’s Birthday. She didn’t have a family. Ever since she recollected, she was solitary. She grew up in foster homes which she loathed. She graduated, without any friends. So when she got a courier, she didn’t know who would send it to her. She took the parcel from the distribution boy. She probed…
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Geisha
Read more: GeishaShe wasn’t the typical cake-faced Geisha. Kira was the most enigmatic, mysterious woman. She was ethereal, self-educated and interested to learn about the world. Her mellifluous voice was the gift from God. She was born to the Geisha of Oari, the most popular Geisha of her time, who was abandoned by her Danna. Mother could…
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Falling Teardrop…
Read more: Falling Teardrop…It is in her black fragile nostalgic vulnerable eyes. A teardrop originates, while she waits for the billet-doux from her beau. With the resonance of reminiscence, residing on pupil, a droplet of tear escapes the lashes, rolls down her cheeks and kisses her lips, flowing, and falling into the rivulet-forming not a real oasis but…
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Dazzled
Read more: DazzledI see her sitting in front of me, her legs tense, her body stiff. The masseur in me fantasizes her to lie down on the bench. While I am having my random masseur fantasy (purely platonic), I notice the book that she is holding- Butterfly Skin by Se…. It’s a pain to travel in the…
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Crush
Read more: CrushIt’s Anna’s eighteenth birthday. Our gang decides to go to Icebar, a pub famous amongst youngsters for its music and the crowd. After a struggle to find a place for ourselves, we foursome settle at a corner. As our group shouts and screams order for our drinks, I see him in a group of…
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Blueprint
Read more: BlueprintNatures’ perfection or we better call it the pattern, can be seen everywhere around us. Dr. Tanya Jacobs believes that we owe to the creator for the perfect patterns. The purpose of the existence of human being is to understand and marvel at the universe. She takes pride that she is the most talented one…