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Terror at School - Prologue

     Zain got up from the sofa after tying his shoes. He picked up his backpack from the shelf across the room in the open kitchen and made his way toward the front door of his house.      A moment later, he was past it and out onto the street. It was a sunny Autumn day, with a slight bit of overcast. Leaves rustled on the pavement, which was otherwise thick with dust. Patches of litter also dotted the street all the way to the road junction several meters away. It was towards here that Zain was looking, hands tightly clenching the straps of his bag, and only a moment after he had exited his home, a bus arrived, its engine howling in the otherwise quiet morning.      The monster of a vehicle screeched to a halt near where Zain was standing, and the door popped open; the bus conductor, a tall, lean man, turned his gaze at him. Zain hopped onto the bus through the steps at the entrance and looked towards the back of the bus, its rows of seats f...
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The Essence of Civil Service

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        Long ago, mankind used to live in isolated groups in the wilderness of earth, and engaged in hunting and gathering for its subsistence. Almost every activity needed for survival could be performed by every single individual. Yet, for convenience, the various essential tasks were divided among the members of the group or clan, usually at the whim of the clan leader or group of elders. The smallness of the group, however, did not require an elaborate scheme of apportionment of duties and specialization of functions. According to Yuval Noah Harari in his book Sapiens, the size of such hunter-gatherer groups peaked at 150, before it splintered. Everyone could still do everything, yet they found it more suitable in sticking to one particular task and doing it more efficiently.      With the dawn of agriculture, the social units grew bigger than small tribal clans, and the division of labor among the people of such groups also grew more pronounc...
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In this ethereal moment, I feel you

The dew falls, the air feels cold, In this ethereal moment, I feel you, Then later, twilight falls, painting the sky, In that brush of nature, I trace you. The neighborhood is old, the restaurants familiar, Among these dwellings, I remember you, A wonderful play; the characters are ancient, Yet in Sappho's Aphrodite, I see you. The stars above shimmer, their light eternal, In this brilliant tapestry, I imagine you, The mountains are serene, the lake placid, Ghosts of eternity! I am haunted by you. The wind whispers through the trees, In every rustle, I seem to hear you, The flowers bloom with timeless grace, In their irresistible scent, I breathe you. The rain falls gently, such a soothing balm! With each drop, I growingly miss you, The days are passing, the nights restless, I don't have dreams, but when I do, they are of you... -------------------------------------------------------------------- NAVIGATION Home  
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