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The First Chapter of 'The Fiery Women'

 CHAPTER 1 The Village of D’Salem ‘When l watch flickering lights, In distant homes, From my window seat on a train, Or when I watch them, As I walk spiritedly under an umbrella, Or in a two-, Or four wheeler in a rain; The great spirit of wonder, Gives birth to the dawn of realisation- Every human and home is different, This is most evident, Everyone is searching for their Destiny.... This was the poem that Preetha’s elegant mind was conjuring up as she walked towards her friend’s home. Our young protagonist had just shifted gears and ----- had made the transition from being a painter of colors to a painter of words! The year was 1925. Twenty-two years later, India would become an independent nation. The people of Hindustan had already started to receive the fruits of intellectual freedom. Rabindranath Thakur, the Indian philosopher-poet had already  won  the  Nobel  Prize in  Literature  in  1913 - inspiring  a  large  number  of fellow Indians to pick up the pen and turn into happy

Book review of 'That House That Age'

 Dr Padmapriya S https://www.boloji.com/articles/52851/a-unique-novel-that-house-that-age

Some English Fun Facts!

 *_Some English Fun Facts_*  🌻The English word, 'locution' comes from the French word, 'loqui', which means ' speak'! 🌻The English word, 'Panic' is derived from the name of a Greek mythological character named Pan, who was half-goat and half-human. 🌻The word, 'piano' is a shortened form of 'pianoforte', the Italian word for the instrument.  🌻The sentence, 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' is a pangram, which means that it contains all the 26 letters of the English language. 🌻It took 50 years to compile the Oxford English Dictionary!