Many civilisations from time immemorial have the habit of worshipping icons, murals, carvings, animals and sometimes human beings also as incarnations of God. Especially in India, worshipping saints as Swamijis…
The doorbell rang. “This could be my Chinese friend, Xiao-he.” I murmured as I walked toward the door. I guessed rightly. It was actually him-that droll of a man. He…
As he stepped into the meeting hall, Ayomah realized how difficult it was for the majority of parents attending the PTA meeting to reconcile the color of his skin with…
[Cultural Introduction: In traditional Hindu culture, cremation involves barefoot (as a mark of respect) friends and family members carrying their dead, on a cot, to the crematorium. The cot is…
The big headline splashed across the Jacksonville Daily News read: Billionaire Malcolm Fellerhouse III Dies. The tycoon who contributed to America’s growing wealth since the end of the Depression had…
There is an old saying, “rules are meant to be broken.” Although as an editor and a writer, I would never encourage someone to deliberately violate the rules of grammar,…
The Manhattan hairdresser asked with genuine intrigue, “But, darling, how did your husband ever find you in Australia?” Amy could see that he was envisaging Arthur setting off from the…
As soon as the officer darted into the restroom to respond to nature’s call, the chief nurse stood up from her chair by the doorway and walked straight to the…
At Fort Snuggly, Alaska, a U.S. army drill sergeant stormed into the barracks unannounced where 20 soldiers stood at attention fully dressed in camouflage fatigues in front of their beds…
University! Now there´s an institution! I always said that if anyone could model a society based on university values they could count me in. This would mean that the vast…