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Short Stories From a Small Hill Town – Reshmi Dastidar Winter, The Fallen Leaf Neela stood on the winding moss grown stone steps that went down to her house, on her way back from her music school. She could see the plum and pear trees that grew side by side, their branches intertwined, like two [...]

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“Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.” ~ Alphonse de Lamartine There is a theme of sorts to our summer issue. In 1976 American musician Joel Cohen suggested a Fête de la Musique (a celebration of music) in France to mark the northern summer solstice. Later, the idea spread to [...]

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I wondered if any of them had to face the prospect of death. I hoped not.

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small world doesn’t cover it…

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Say, darling, there was a time
When it all seemed fine

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A fire from deep within,
Of recognition.
Balanced on a precipice,
Of fate.

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Today I’m in exceptionally high spirits. I’m getting a promotion. I resolutely push back the slight gloom that keeps trying to shadow my happiness.

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Oh give it any name,
let it be a martyr,
a king,

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“To cure sometimes, to relieve often, and to comfort always — this is our work.
This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it –
Thou shalt treat thy patient as thou wouldst thyself be treated.”

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