“Man’s greatest tragedy is that he can conceive of a perfection which he cannot attain.” – Lord Byron(Jerome MacGann) She found me roots of relish sweet, And honey wild, and manna-dew,And sure in language strange she said— ‘I love thee true’. She took me to her Elfin grot, And there she wept and sighed full sore,And there…
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Alfred the Great – The King with a Pen (Lords and Laureates #1)
Lords and Laureates #1 Alfred the Great – The King with a Pen Alfred – A setting example for this day’s statesmen: For the first time when I read about the great king of 9th century England, Alfred, the youngest son of King Aethelwulf of Wessex, I couldn’t take my mind off him. Being a…
A Sword of Love and A Love That’s Timeless – An Ancient Short Story
PART 1 – The Conquering Dizziness It was a rainy day. Without a cause, my legs were shivering. Heart’s beat was pumping up and everything started being dizzy. I was facing half a hundred students and they were all staring at me. On their faces, I could sense fear and bewilderment. They were all sitting…
A History of Durjaya RudhiraaDhira – The Scion of DakshinaAranya #1
Here begins the history of one of the greatest men ever walked in the forests of DakshinaAranya and in the kingdom of NarmiDesha. The king, the legend and a hailed DemiGod – Durjaya RudhiraaDhira.
The Stinking Skin – The King of Seas
There is a lot to say; there was so less. There is so much to think; there was nothing at all. There was a whole world to go; there is no place like home. Home. The more I think, the more vague it becomes. The more I try to remember, the more I forget, and…
The Four-Fold Interpretation of Katharsis: A Humble Critique on Aristotle!
When a text is interpreted and reinterpreted and re-reinterpreted, it is really hard to take the heat of the critics who are interpreting it, for it might lose its meaning in some or the other way and melt down into nothing but mere rubbish, and that is how many of the great works bite the…
Padmavati : A Proud Hindu Rajput Queen
So, let’s enter the intriguing tale of talking parrots, dangerous seas, God’s, wars, passionate heroes, venomous villains and most importantly, a beautiful race of women. Poets are the best. They got their primary and secondary imaginative faculty working very well. Even that’s what makes them different from others, if you ask me. With a little…
