“This is at once a gripping page-turner and book to savor and admire. It will light up your imagination and endure in your mind alongside all the memories from your real life. I was sad to see it end but delighted to welcome this impressive new voice into American literature. Joanne Ho...
Muslim In The World QuotesThe Holy Prophet Mohammed came into this world and taught us: 'That man is a Muslim who never hurts anyone by word or deed, but who works for the benefit and happiness of God's creatures. Belief in God is to love one's fellow men.' — Khan Abdul Ghaffar ...
Of Biscuits and Happiness… August 25, 2024ICN WORLD By: Dr. Klinsa Kurien, Bureau Chief-ICN Kerala This powder-filled delicacy. Clinches its deals with me. While the whole world and its cares Cling to me like bears. Its dusty flavour entices me Leaves me in a clutter of emotions. Ly...
July 10, 2023ByAnn MorganinEventsTags:books,culture,discussion,event,refugees,translation,world literature,writingLeave a comment During Refugee Week in the UK, I had the privilege of chairing a Zoom discussion about writing stories that cross national boundaries, and explore migration and asylum-seek...
OurSupplementary Methodspresent many robustness tests that replicate our key findings with different sampling strategies, normalization procedures, and demographic weighting. They also include an additional literature review that summarizes previous research on modern cultural differences in values and other metr...
is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love– and its threatened loss–the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern ...
However, this response may say more about the expectations that my largely Western literary diet has ingrained in me than it does about this book. Steeped in a tradition built on the assumption that human beings have a relatively large degree of control over their safety, health and happiness,...
teachers and a wonderful group of students who became her dear friends. Even as she entered the demanding IB stage with its heavy academic workload, she continued to find joy in her school days. "Being able to see my friends at s...
Herman Tønnessen, 24 July 1918 – 2001. His works appear to be out of print. Although the article “Happiness Is for the Pigs: Philosophy versus Psychotherapy,” 1966 is availablehere. The title is strikingly reminiscent of Gilles Châtelet’sTo Live and Think Like Pigs: The Incitement of...
Yes, to bigger and better bombs. The happiness of the greater number? Yes, for Petka and his ilk. An idyll in a quiet corner? Sure, for people who comb out the fringes of their rugs. Possessions, contentment? I have to keep from laughing, homeless urban nomad that I am. Love? Lies...