Ever been a mountaineer?! Mountaineers know trails, the people who dwell in the hills - they understand the beauty of these ways. Here’s what the people on hills tell us: there’s a wagon road that stems from the main metal road, then there are cow-paths, and then some tiny trails ...
Beauty can’t be just skin deep. It has to go all the way down, even where no one will ever see it. (Steve Jobs) A supermodel walks down a catwalk and we all ooh and aah with wonder, awe, inspiration and admiration. That’s perfectly fine, no question about it but ...
“Cinderella never asked for a prince. She asked for a night off and a dress.” (Kiera Cass) Kiera Cass in her literary work titled “Selection” touches upon the Cinderella story giving us a simple yet unique perspective. She astutely questions the legitimacy of ‘Prince Charming’ and disfavors the character’s highhandedness, always ...
With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy? (Oscar Wilde) The question is intricate only if an answer is to be given, it’s quite simple if not. Rhetorical questions are always interesting, they make a point or a pun or at times both; and they are ...
Tolstoy ’s axiom: “All great literature is one of two stories ; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.” While Leo Tolstoy garnered much and earned great acclaim as a writer, this piece here won’t say much on that. The magnanimity of this quote alone ...
Cinderella. Perhaps one of the most popular fairy tales of all times... The ultimate rags to riches story where a poor orphan becomes a princess thanks to a little magic. You've probably heard the tale a million times before but bear with me as I recollect one of it's most ...
“Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so .” (David Grayson) Appreciate beautiful people in your life, tell them what they shine for; the nicest things about them are the ones they get to hear. Wear your best perfume, don the ...
Epitome of word-play and fantasy by Lewis Carroll, “Alice in Wonderland” is his classic story, that was made into a movie and an animated film. “I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date.” The white rabbit, clad in a waistcoat and carrying a pocket watch, ran to slide down ...
How about challenging a cliché: Beauty is not in the eye of the beholder, beauty is in the beautiful. Consider wildflowers, springing in meadows with no set pattern or arrangement – wildflowers just bloom that way. Grass and weeds grow alongside, without stopping them from flourishing. Nothing is perfect about wildflowers, but ...
Any given twitter freak shouldn't have missed the recent trend #SixWordStories, I noticed it too. A lot of fun tweets around it, ones which called for RTs and more buzz. The hashtag has been happy with people rambling on, but the first ever six word story was heart breaking. The ...