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The Village Stream At Sunset

Like most other villages close to rivers, my village too is surrounded by lush green fields (wheat) and a couple of streams feeding a small rivulet that we call the second river (Dwaim siend) Ofcourse the first and big one is the river Kabul.

Facing The Sky

Aint No Place

My bitter experiences have taught me, that being a woman in itself is a curse. Women seem to have no place they can call their own. A woman is either in her father's home, or her husband's home or later in her son's home. It's not alone the material place I'm talking about, it's the sense of belongingness, the fact that she has to be dominated, and nothing is to belong to her, but she has to belong somewhere, only to be treated like a commodity, property or a thing. She can belong only when certain "conditions" (more or less similar to slavery) are met. I don't know about the west, but that's how it is in the east. It's a sin to be born a woman. Women are neither respected nor loved unconditionally. Give me one example of a son who loves his mother unconditionally, or a brother who would do anything for his sister unconditionally, or a father or husband who loves his wife or daughters unconditionally? (We do find exceptions at times) I have...

Individuality

The Gray That It Is...

Watching One Of God's Vast Canvases'

You will find there to read, what you will not find anywhere else. Each passing moment tells a different story. You just have to listen carefully...

The Sky Is The Limit --- Is It ?

I just can't take my eyes off the sky !