ZARA

I used to be the one finding the forever in the temporary things, ignorant of the cruelties, or in other words, the realities of the world. The mansion I created myself years ago was unaware of the pains the world gives at different times; neither was I given one nor ever attempted to go in-depth. Unmindful of the ferociousness, I kept heading forward, never knowing if the world could ever throw me in the place from where I could have nowhere to move toward for refuge, nor any sign to make a journey, or it would standstill my life in the way I had never ever thought of. The fragile mansion couldn’t come to terms with the merciless outside world and got wrapped in the thunderstorm, which retained in the play to enfold everything that came in its way. Time came when life showed its darkest side, directed hurdles in my way to deal with, and kept snatching what meant the most to me. I dealt with the things, endured, and one after another, life catapulted blocks on my tracks. With time, I f...

  In the society I was brought up in, one finds no respect for writers, and they are most of the time considered as unpaid servants and persons with no skills. Here, writing is not a skill to anybody but a bizarre field one chooses to go with. First of all, new writers don’t get the chance to ink their words on sheets for any publication until and unless they have strong references. Already the publication houses are less in number, and they always prefer ones with strong backgrounds. Secondly, they don’t get paid for what they write as they are always told by the digital and print media “there are a lot who are requesting for the chances and even ready to write without payment, if you are able to get this chance, consider yourself lucky enough otherwise, there are numerous who can replace you”, then here comes the third point, most of the editors are slackers, they don’t accept if a piece has even little bit of grammatical and concept related issues, they need something perfect so...

  War on Peace—written by an acclaimed journalist and former diplomat of the United States of America, Ronan Farrow—deals with the neoliberal world order, created soon after the end of the Cold War Era with the emergence of the USA as the hegemon or the sole superpower of the world. The grandfather of the global order introduced us to the life of a unipolar world where one power rules and others obey. This captivating book goes beyond the general and philosophical ways and throws light on the militarisation of US foreign policy, which has spoilt its influence for decades. The use of hard power over soft power is what led the US foreign policy towards decline. The once conventional diplomatic methods became obsolete with time. Moreover, the earlier public diplomacy or the economic one got replaced by the unconventional diplomatic means to achieve the standards of interests for the state. Besides, diplomacy died after decades of political cowardice by US officials. Its lust to undert...

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), a newly “declared nuclear weapon state,” has been for decades considered a threat to international stability as well as to the international security environment. Its growing nuclear response to the outside aggression is very much evident in the international arena. It is to emphasise that the DPRK is a nuclear-ambitious state and has been in a process of acquiring nuclear weapons since after the Korean War of 1950. With time, its ambitions got stronger and it developed itself as a nuclear weapon state despite facing severe international backlash and harsh economic sanctions, which almost toppled the economic background of the state. Its behaviour is often marked as defiant and has very much been recoded throughout the decades, but the reasons behind its nuclear option are still not very much highlighted and ignorant. The DPRK’s potential nuclear threats are reflected as harming the stability and the already existing balance of the worl...

I picked this book as the author directly reached out to me and asked to give it a review. At first I didn’t know if I would enjoy it, but when I started reading it, the impressive starter grabbed my attention—“Not “everything beautiful is long-lasting,” and seriously, it was the point where I realised it was my type of book. It was not an ordinary fiction. The beautiful yet realistic line led me towards an imaginative journey in this book. The plot is very simple yet tempting. The story is excellently narrated and pleases the senses or mind aesthetically, and somewhere in the story, I felt the touches of reality; I found something close to actuality, which made it more magnificent. I loved the characters. It is something far beyond the literature zone. When I ended, I came to know that this was all fictitious and the cruel reality still exists out there to deal with. This book is a good escape from reality. Thank you, Beena, for giving us such a wonderful story. Highly Appreciable and...

Covid-19—the fatal virus that made history—has also killed off a substantial fraction of the world’s population as the total cases rapidly climbed globally, and the rest are still in a life-threatening situation. Some of the states have managed to control the situation, including China and New Zealand, while on the other side, the death rate of some ill-fated nations like the United States of America, Pakistan, India, etc., is still high, and they are experiencing night terrors on a day-to-day basis. Moreover, even the world’s hegemon lacked good governance and was unable to switch towards maintaining and retaining influence and coping with the challenging conditions. The worst-hit nations somehow survived and, bit by bit, returned to normal life as the daily cases wind down. Furthermore, deeper conspiracy theories have been emerging and doing rounds since the start of this dangerous disease, which contributed to the huge level of deteriorating the crisis even more. These theories are ...