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Will This Hell Freeze?
Translation of a Tamil Poem written by Mahakavi Subramanya Barathi I, bee hovering the champak flower, Waiting in the garden in the river bed there, You promised to come…
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Story of Aksionov
(A Poetry based on the story ‘ God Sees the Truth – But waits’ by Leo Tolstoy – 1872) Part 1: ‘Ivan Dmitrich Aksionov’ In a central Russian town…
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A serious inconsistency. — Gary L. Francione
Veganism and Nonviolence If the principle of nonviolence means anything, it means that you cannot justify any killing or suffering for transparently frivolous reasons such as pleasure, amusement, or convenience.…
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What’s the value of life?
A little boy went to his old grandpa and asked, "What's the value of life?" The grandpa gave him one stone and said, "Find out the value of this stone,…
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Will This Hell Freeze? – Translation of a Tamil Poem written by Mahakavi Subramanya Barathi – Srirangam Ramesh
தீர்த்தக் கரையினிலே தீர்த்தக் கரையினிலே -தெற்கு மூலையில் செண்பகதோ ட்டத்திலே, பார்த்திரு ந்தால் வருவேன்-வெண்ணிலாவிலே பாங்கியோ டெ ன்றுசொன்னாய். வார்த்தை தவறிவிட்டாய்-அடி கண்ணம்மா மார்பு துடிக்குதடீ! பார்த்த விடத்திலெல்லாம்-உன்னைப் போலவே பாவை தெரியுதடீ! மேனி கொதிக்குதடீ-தலை சுற்றியே வேதனை செய்குதடீ !…
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Story of Aksionov – by Srirangam Ramesh
Story of Aksionov – by Srirangam Ramesh (Poetry based on the story ‘ God Sees the Truth – But waits’ by Leo Tolstoy – 1872) Part 1: ‘Ivan Dmitrich…
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Peace is a state of mind
The proprietor of a coffee shop had been busy all day. Being Saturday, it was very crowded and the customers were just unending. He had been on his toes since…
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The Best Cover Letter Ever
After working in advertising as a copywriter in New York City, Robert Pirosh moved to Hollywood in 1934 with dreams of becoming a screenwriter. Below is a transcript of the…
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India -WTH
1) People rather spend more on their daughter’s wedding than on her education. 2) Our’s is a country where seeing a policeman makes us nervous rather than feeling safe.…
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This is the face, my children and my husband love.
So. I was kind of a brat yesterday. And I don’t regret it one bit. I was headed to my gate at the airport when a man at a store…