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What drives a superpower to threaten its allies, unravel long-standing treaties, and float surreal proposals like annexing Canada or buying Greenland? Why would a president, in the middle of global upheaval, feud publicly with the world’s richest man, suspend aid to Ukraine, and talk about retaking the Panama Canal by force? At first glance, Donald
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Indian dohas and chhappas, timeless rhyming verses, are treasures of wisdom, wit, and musicality. Dohas, two-line couplets often in Hindi, Urdu, or regional languages like Braj and Awadhi, and chhappas, six-line satirical poems in Gujarati, captivate with poetic devices such as chhand (metre) and alankar (figures of speech). Dohas typically have 24 matras (syllabic instants)
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Maq Masi I walk, I watch, I scrape my knees, I test the walls, I learn the keys. I trip, I stand, I curse the dirt— Each bruise a lesson, each burn a word. Wrong? I fix it. Slow? I speed. The trick’s to move—not just to read. Books don’t know how ice will crack
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Echoes of an Empty Playhouse– Real Story (By Maq Masi) It began with a whisper, soft as a summer breeze through an open window. “You should get a pet,” my friend murmured, a knowing glint in his eye. My sons, still boys on the cusp of adulthood, erupted in a chorus of joyous shouts, their
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-Poem Fiery words,arrows wild.Mouths unruled—soul defiled. Pause and thinkwhat you reveal.One sharp wordtakes years to heal. Hammer noton hearts so thin.Sickle cutsdeep within.
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The non-domiciled (non-dom) tax status has long allowed UK residents claiming a permanent home abroad to avoid UK tax on foreign income—provided it stays offshore. This complex and often controversial system, not tied to citizenship, has enabled many non-doms to live in the UK, own expensive properties, and use public services while shielding overseas earnings.
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We often spend our lives chasing aspirations—building grand dreams, projecting futures, and carrying the weight of wanting. From early childhood, we’re taught to wish for more, to climb higher, to always become. I was no different. For years, my heart wandered across desires: for traits I admired, for joys I imagined, for a self not
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A case study of Morbi’s entrepreneurial rise and the Pani Foundation’s volunteer-driven water movement In the quiet corners of rural India, two remarkable movements, one industrial, one ecological have redrawn the boundaries of what is possible when people work together. Not through external investments or elite innovation, but through shared hands, collective belief, and the
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by Maq Masi They preach, they rule, draw lines in blood— then whisper mercy while the graves grow. Lift their laws: the ink runs red. Their justice always points elsewhere.
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Poem I do not shout to be seen. I do not echo just to belong. I walk the backstreets, not because I’m lost, but because they’re mine. I carry no label, wave no flag, follow no script. My worth is not performance. My peace is not for show. They called me strange, difficult, too quiet
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