NISHTER is a Persian word and it means a lancet, a surgical knife or blade. The 72 nishters or lancets, or 72 heart-pricking ...

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Jonathan Thirkield graduated from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop with an MFA in Poetry. He has taught computational design and ...

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For many readers, “The Land Between the Rivers” will be an introduction to Todd Nelson and his lovingly crafted observational prose. For others, Nelson may provide a springboard to poems from their ...

Gupta positioned her plan as a fusion of heritage and modern development, citing quotes from Swami Vivekananda to BR Ambedkar to Narendra Modi. “This budget of ours is inspired by the principles ...

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In the first two years after the Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to abortion, the number of abortions ...

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Down in Ballydehob, 100 kilometres away, Kevin Ireland was expecting me and it was already midday. He did not drive and had no phone, although he told me I could ring Jack O’Connor at his bookshop in ...