LITERATORS' CORNER

The Mind of the Child: Nilanjana Haldar's Quiet Screams to the Quiet Healer                                                                         --Ubaji Isiaka Abubakar Eazy Most parents often make the terrible mistake of thinking their children have no mind of their own and care less about their feelings, but this is far from the truth. Children do have a mind of their own and form opinions based on their experiences and the things they see. But should this amaze parents considering that they (parents) were also once children? You will be amazed at what you, as a parent, would discover if you pry into the mind of your child. This aspect that parents often fail to examine—the mind of the child—is the focal point of Nilanjana Haldar's Quiet Screams to the Quiet Hea...

Tonza D Ruffin: What happens Behind Closed Doors ? There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.        --William Shakespeare A successful lawyer with an edgy temper and who knows not how to keep his hands off his wife, beating her even to a state of unconsciousness. The wife, also a successful lawyer, cannot understand why she has tarried in the marriage. Her doctor knows that the many cases of bleedings and injuries he has had to treat could not be from mere accidents; he suspects that whoever put a ring on her finger must be responsible. But even the doctor was not any different for he also subjects his wife to much the same treatment, if not even worse. The lawyers' daughter grows up into a successful lawyer herself. Her parents' life has bred an aversion for the opposite sex; she uses them and dumps them as soon as things begin to get too serious for her comfort. However, she soon meets one man who she hopelessly falls in love with; the o...

The Rights of Parents, Never Forget What they Did for us                           Marwan Abdirahman Awl First of all, all praise and thanks to Allah who granted us a little part of His knowledge; not the entire knowledge that belong only to Him. Also, Allah is He who planted us in our parents so that they can bring us up and give us their love, attention, guidance, help, understanding, and wisdom. Secondly, we must appreciate our parents because they sacrificed their life to get us where we are today; be it physically, mentally, and socially. They also spur us to succeed in life as they are our first teachers in the world. The rights of parents are infinite because of their ultimate priority in Islam as they come after monotheism(Tawhiid) in several verses in the Holy Qur'an as this verse proves: 'And your Lord has declared that you not worship except Him, and to parents; good treatment,' (Surah Isra, 23r...

How to Succeed                                   Faarah Mohamed Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best that you are capable of becoming. Also we can say success is simply achieving and reaching your goals. The importance of success is that it provides confidence, security, a sense of well-being, the ability to contribute at greater level, hope, and leadership. Without success, the group, your company, your goals, dreams and even entire civilization may cease to survive. Now that we understand success and the importance of success, we need to answer this question of 'How does one succeed or how can I succeed?' Everyone in this world likes to become successful. The road to success is not easy to navigate but with strong efforts, patience, drive and passion it may become easy and also possible to attain what ...

Successful People                             Yaseer Gadid Robleh Here is why you need to become a successful person and how you can find yourself among the successful people to the world. First, everyone in this world has dreams. We must pursue our dreams. No one needs to be a poor person. A lot of people have dreams but they did nothing towards actualising that dream. Life is difficult and no one likes a poor person. If you are a loser, everyone will criticize you and you'd be unhappy that you are the loser. Then if you wanna be among successful people, take your time to make the right choices, don't waste any opportunity because life may never give you a second chance. A lot of people successful people are successful because they use their time well and made the right decisions. They also never stop learning. They are successful because they are lifetime learners. A lot of people have dreams ...

Toni Morrison is Dead Renown American novelist and Nobel Laureate, Toni Morrison, died at the age of eighty eight on Monday, 5 August 2019. According to her publisher, Alfred A Knopf, Morrison gave up the ghost at the Montefiore Medical Centre in New York on Monday night.  Her family also issued a statement through the publisher that she died after a brief illness. ‘Toni Morrison passed away peacefully last night surrounded by family and friends,’ the family announced. ‘She was an extremely devoted mother, grandmother, and aunt who revelled in being with her family and friends. The consummate writer who treasured the written word, whether her own, her students or others, she read voraciously and was most at home when writing.’ Morrison is the author of eleven novels, as well as a number of children’s books, plays and collections of non-fiction. Her debut novel,  The Bluest Eye , was published in 1970, when she was thirty-nine.

                           Divine Punishment                                       -- Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Once there was a young man who lived in a small village far away from the city. His name is Hussein.  He was nicknamed Stallion because of his physical appearance for he was giant of a man and was even more intimidating because of his taciturnity; he was not given to talking too much and avoided sitting and talking to anyone for too long.       The village Hussein lived contained not too many people and everyone in the village knew Hussein as one who would never deliberately harm another unless provoked.     One day, a very jealous and aggressive man called Kasim came to the village. He was surprised by Hussein's comportment.       'Such a giant of a man, y...