War started with few people experienced with cough, sneezes, high temperature and shortness of breath. People ignored the symptoms. They thought it does not affect us. It is in China. Time passed-few months later cough, high temperature, and I cannot breathe covered the America’s heartland. World War III jumped into America. Europe, Asia and all …
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Police brutality-How to tame it
Open Letter to Editors The current situation surrounding Police brutality and the resulting loss of life is tragic and calls upon each of us to do our part. We are all witnessing Black Americans losing their lives due to systemic racism in our society. As a retired Professor at Bethune- Cookman University for 39 years, …
A new life
Death brought forward the news of birth. Sharp cracking voice of the owl, Crying of young vultures, A young widow’s boundless sorrow, All create a mist By spreading a black veil Of darkness-the horror. Death moves around In a formless form Like a hungry wolf in the inevitable shadow! Suddenly, From the depth of …
On the brink
A drone strike killed Qasem Soleimani, head of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Unit in Baghdad. Qasem was very close to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. This killing changed the equation between Iran and US. Ali Khamenei issued a fatwa against nuclear weapons before but now he feels …
The promise
The Promise Varanasi- the sacred city where dying will bring Moksha to the dead person. No more birth and rebirth so that attainment of Nirvana is secured for the soul who just left the flesh – only the ultimate freedom–no more bondage, lust, no more day-to-day chores that maintains the life filled with family, children, and …
Expose, don’t Impeach
Letter to the editor: I plea to the Democrats, please don’t waste time to impeach President Trump instead, go after his tax return and business dealings. President’s secrets are hidden in his tax return. It is his Achilles Heel. Our president thinks like a king and acts like a king. Kings never want to divulge …
Leave America
Dear Editor, Think what would happen if native Americans wake up from their slumber and raise their head over poverty and mis-treatments and shout, “Go back to Europe and leave this beautiful country to me and my family. You Europeans destroyed us and stole everything from us including our land, freedom, and sovereignty. Just leave …
Nuclear Dance
Two opposite characters met and locked in, dancing with the nuclear genie. President Donald Trump needs Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un to loosen his grip on nuclear ambitions, so that a denuclearization of the Korean peninsula can be achieved. Kim will allow partial denuclearization because he knows that his country already has achieved parity with …
Memories
Memories are painful… Chocolate cookies remind me of Sonali, Her big eyes, mischievous smile chiseled in buck teeth. Even though she is living a life of deceit and lies, I still think of her Just like painful memories. The memories are embedded in my mind’s eye, and in my soul. Tried to shake them …
Flowers still Bloom
It was a nice mild autumn day in Calcutta. I was standing in the middle of the entrance to the great white Victoria Memorial Hall and courting everybody to enter inside the building. I have been standing here for many decades, as a matter of fact; many people admired me more than the real white …