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Domestic Tourism

Rose Marie woke up one day and knew she would see every city in the world.
But instead of buying her ticket, packing her bags and leaving for the airport, she went to the mall to get a few things:

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Categories Genre, Other Readers, Reader Submitted, Stories Tags Fiction

Woes of Dusken Tides – Render's Law

“Verus! Verus, stop!”
Verus leaned forward against his brother’s weight as he walked, his expression set in stony, angry, lines. “What they’re doing is wrong, Dax. You know it as well as I do.”

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Categories Genre, Other Readers, Reader Submitted, Stories Tags Fiction

Woes of Dusken Tides – Render’s Law

“Verus! Verus, stop!”

Verus leaned forward against his brother’s weight as he walked, his expression set in stony, angry, lines. “What they’re doing is wrong, Dax. You know it as well as I do.”

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Categories Genre, Other Readers, Reader Submitted, Stories Tags Fiction

A Bet

Once there were living two friends named Ram and Shyam.
Once shyam said to Ram,”Ram would you like to have a bet with me ?”
Ram said,”Why not?, but what would be the conditions ?”
Shyam said,”I may say you something & you may say me something”

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Categories Genre, Other Readers, Reader Submitted, Stories Tags Fiction

Ghosts and Cemeteries

As all ancient cities, Madurai had centuries old cemeteries in the outskirts of the town. As centuries went by, the city grew from a highly planned capital of the erstwhile Pandya empire to an unplanned, modern town struggling to have an identity in the modern age while retaining its glorious past.

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Thank God, Its Friday! By Nazmeen Singh

Zinnia Mathur, a girl aged twenty five years, young and vivacious, was an apple of her daddy’s eyes. Mr. Mathur was an affluent entrepreneur having mega builder projects in Delhi and having a plush bungalow in the

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A Monk

When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.

Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family.

My family and I could have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world.

Four Things

The world is supported by four things:

  • The learning of the wise
  • The justice of the great
  • The prayers of the righteous and
  • The valor of the brave

But, all of these are as nothing without a ruler who knows the art of ruling.

Sun Rise

Every morning in Africa, when the Sun rises, a deer awakens, knowing it has to outrun the fastest lion, or, be hunted to death …

Every morning in Africa, when the Sun rises, a lion awakens, knowing it has to outrun the slowest deer, or, be starved to death …

It does not matter whether you are a deer or lion, when the Sun rises, better be running at your best.

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