“Where are the poor and oppressed people,” demanded Jane, the cigarette hanging more dangerously than ever from her lips. I instinctively looked down at the manuscript she was holding, one which had taken me two years to write, and heaved a sigh of relief that I had made copies. “Try p-page 64,” I stammered, as [...]
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For the umpteenth time that day, the boy caught himself thinking about lunch. He knew it was a sin to let the mind wander while the Supreme Commander spoke but he did not know how to stop himself. “At the end of this session, you may check the final list on the notice board. Those [...]
Children! Put your hands together for the most powerful man in the world, President Barack Obama!” Hundreds of tiny unwashed hands clapped as loud as they could, unwittingly displacing the army of flies that hovered around them. It must have been one of the windiest January mornings in the village because I saw a young [...]
