http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us These are times of melting glaciers of arrogance broad smiles reflecting familiarity boundless treasures of humility unlimited politeness abundant promises of bringing heaven to earth `sincere' welfare seekers platitudes abound. These are times of folded palms friendship, sympathies... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14652882-strange-times Tue, 21 May 2013 11:09:30 -0700 Know not why the empty concrete chair on the sea-shore still leaves my heart aching for two love-birds whom I used to watch every morning leaning over the balcony of my flat at the sea-face savouring the exquisite infinite blue... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14645883-whither-the-two-love-birds-flew-away Mon, 20 May 2013 12:05:37 -0700 Like a hen protecting her chicks under her wings from the preying hawks the mother was sleeping with her three year-old innocence on the pot-holed verandah of the street-side dilapidated building in the thick of night covering the kid with... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14635658-despite-under-her-wings Sat, 18 May 2013 10:39:24 -0700 His shooting glance like a pointed arrow pierced her heart sending a tsunami of emotions deep on her face and wide eyes. She like a sea gone violent, went mad after him compelling her to dance violently, drunk with love.... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14630486-her-endless-wait Fri, 17 May 2013 10:56:28 -0700 Time is a frozen lake in the sylvan settings along which life walks on silently, smoothly peacefully, sometimes monotonously. Time is a fast flowing polluted river where life swims along moving with the current like floating logs. Now in this... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14608765-lakes-and-rivers Tue, 14 May 2013 11:25:09 -0700 Walking down the Life-Lane his arm around her cracking sweet jokes there were moments she lapsed into memory lane. Though he could read her tormenting memories of unrequited love he never tried to compel her to share with him her... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14601282-down-the-lifelane Mon, 13 May 2013 11:23:50 -0700 Watching tear-jerkers makes her cry like a child tears flooding down her eyes often getting identified with agonies, pains and dilemmas being undergone by a character in serials and films. Watching a devotional film or serial with the appearance of... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14595293-on-watching-her-moods-changing Sun, 12 May 2013 11:53:19 -0700 Pakistan went to polls yesterday amidst threats of widespread violence, murders and kidnappings across the country by the militant outfit Tehrek-E-Taliban. The voters defied the threats and exercised their franchise with unprecedented enthusiasm. On completion of polling, counting of votes... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14595291-pak-elections-nawaz-sherifs-pmln-gets-a-shot-in-the-arm Sun, 12 May 2013 11:50:45 -0700 Carrying a tumultuous sea inside did he fly into India. Neither did he come in search of Absolute Truth nor did he wish to take a dip in the sacred Ganges to wash off his sins. Neither did he wish... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14585782-flying-dutchman Fri, 10 May 2013 10:20:01 -0700 Her Sun ripped apart the dark clouds of despair and gloom and illuminated her path ahead blessed her with the boon of a new vision of a world of harmony after a long spell in the darkness..... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14578214-her-sun Thu, 09 May 2013 10:01:38 -0700 Disunited and disjointed they remain disliked and discriminated they remain desolate and discontented they remain deprived and despised they remain. They are an accursed lot they are a condemned lot left in the lurch their entire life..... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14570382-the-beggars Wed, 08 May 2013 10:21:33 -0700 Seeking pleasure and pain the same time I come to you every morning. Seeking your cool, warm breaths and embraces I come to you every morning. Seeking your serene, tranquil presence I come to you every morning `cause your serene... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14562911-infinite-love Tue, 07 May 2013 11:22:14 -0700 US Secretary of State, John Kerry was visibly happy when Israel agreed to have negotiations with Palestine Authority Chairman Muhammad Abbas to find a lasting solution to the more than six decades of conflict between the two countries. With 22... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14557808-palestineisraeli-conflict-john-kerrys-plans-derail Mon, 06 May 2013 19:27:53 -0700 Like a child fondling her/his dolls it is my pastime fondling my memories whenever I feel lonely and bored to death. During such moments to wriggle out of the clutches of boredom I turn the keys of the dolls of... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14555160-the-dolls Mon, 06 May 2013 11:05:51 -0700 It is in you it is in me it is in everyone it could be colourless, or it could be of any colour simultaneously blue, green, red, yellow, rose, black or white, or black and white or full of colours... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14549188-as-you-like-it Sun, 05 May 2013 11:09:57 -0700 With the moon and stars playing the roles of voyeurists besides occasional passers-by with the hooting and tooting city basking in the froth of milky light the `children' of the streets of Mumbai for whom privacy is a luxury which... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14545215-like-grand-item-numbers Sat, 04 May 2013 11:49:27 -0700 Keeping the doors and windows of her flat shut falling flat on her bed with her eyes and ears shut under the speeding fan running at its peak, she made a futile attempt to escape from the ear-splitting wild music... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14539956-river-of-music Fri, 03 May 2013 12:03:08 -0700 Death, like the proverbial `Sword of Democles' was hanging over him for a prolonged period of 22 years. In spite of the earnest appeals of both, Indian and Pakistan human rights activists to have mercy on a human being who... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14539953-sarabjit-singhs-unending-wait-answered-finally Fri, 03 May 2013 12:00:44 -0700 With the veil of darkness enveloping the, village, with the village, falling into deep slumber, with the ambience, plunging into deadly silence, with the owls hooting, bats flapping wings, with eerie music of, crickets engulfing the entire village, it is... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14534646-the-cemetery Thu, 02 May 2013 19:03:30 -0700 It was a pleasure enjoying the visual feast of the German couple strolling along the beach, hand in hand getting drunk with the joy of watching the infinite beauty of the sea occasionally splashing the waves rising to the sandy... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14523976-the-german-couple Wed, 01 May 2013 11:30:09 -0700