A phone call to a daughter (A short story) ======================================= It was a cold January evening. The environment in the hospital was like the silence before a cyclone. As a nurse, I stood in the nurses’ station on the 7th floor and looked at the clock. It was 9:00 P.M. I went to room 712, … Read more
Poisoning Mother-in-law (A Chinese story)==================================This is a beautiful story of a girl and her mother-in-law.The girl named Li-Li lived in China a long time ago. She got married and went to live with her husband and mother-in-law. Li-Li found in a very short time that she couldn’t live with her mother-in-law. Their characters were very … Read more
A Secret of Happiness (A small story) ====================================== Sharon was a lovely, rich and expensively dressed lady. She felt she was empty and worthless throughout her life. After her husband died, it had no meaning. In the big house, she became alone. All her cars, her house, her expensive furniture, her French perfume, her Persian … Read more
Positive Thinking (A short story)=====================================A famous writer was in his study room. He picked up his pen and started writing : 1) Last year, I had a surgery and my gall bladder was removed. I had to stay on the bed due to this surgery for a long time. 2) The same year I reached … Read more
Some Bricks are Soft ( A short story ) ==================================== Mr John is very happy. Because today he is going to his office by his newly bought costly car. He is very enthusiastic to show his new car to his office friends. He started the car and going on the road. He is experiencing the … Read more
The story “Old Man at the Bridge” is set against the background of the Spanish Civil War in 1938. It depicts how wars change our lives, our minds and our daily routine and make us anxious and panicky. The story begins with the portrayal of an old man who was sitting at a bridge.
How are you building your life? (A short story) ===================================== An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He has a student who has been learning carpentry at him for a long time. One day the carpenter called his student and told him “I’m going to stop my profession. Till today we have built so many … Read more
The poem titled To the Cuckoo is a wonderful poem by William Wordsworth. In this poem, William. Wordsworth is respecting the spring in the most exquisite way. He says that when the spring begins, a feathered creature, which he later named as cuckoo begins singing in the most cheering way.
The poem ‘Palanquin Bearers’ can be well understood in the Indian context. In most parts of India, the custom was to bring a bride to the house of her husband in a palanquin by the palanquin bearers. The palanquin bearers thought it was a privilege to bring the royal princess to the home of their groom.
This is a heart touching poem by the Indian poet Kamla Das, whose pen name is Madhavikutty. In this wonderful poem, she describes her sentiment of love and filial attachment towards her ageing mother. The poem consists of 20 lines without a full stop which makes it easy to flow and comprehend.
The Last Lesson of the Afternoon by David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) expresses a mood of bitter desperation and disappointment at the lack of gratitude for a teacher’s work. The poet, who also happens a teacher, compares his students to hounds because they hate chasing knowledge.
“When You are Old” is a beautiful love lyric. The lyric was composed in October 1891, amid W.B.Yeat’s unverifiable association with Maud Gonne who was an Anglo-Irish progressive, women activist and on-screen character.
