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Jul 6, 20214 min read
Micro Fiction Stories
By Mushtaque B. Barq PROBE He was looking at the micro screen of his cell phone. Occasionally a faint smile like a guest from remotes...
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Jul 6, 20212 min read
LAST DANCE
A collaborative spin by Carl Scharwath and Rosalyn Bernardo Pastrana. As the music started to play You came and held my trembling cold...
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Jul 6, 202116 min read
THE OASIS by Steve Carr
Carl awoke to sunlight sparkling on his windshield. He sat up and stared through the bug-splattered glass at a small sign a few yards...
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Jul 6, 202111 min read
Nightfall and the Cuban Tango
By Steve Carr The Author's Short Story was originally published within the contents of our 3rd Issue of ILA Magazine, (May/June). We are...
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Jun 18, 20219 min read
The Snow Mother by Steven Carr
With the tip of her index finger, Rosalie traced the fall of a large snowflake in the condensation on the windowpane. The trail she made...
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Jun 13, 20213 min read
Ah! those were the days
Zia Darakshan It is an irony that conflict zones never find place in the imagination of a poets poetry, but it can duly accommodate in...
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Jun 4, 20212 min read
ARTIST MUDASIR REHMAN DAR
Meet Mudasir Rehman Dar, the first creative Artist from Jammu and Kashmir, awarded in the Asia India Book of Records, famous for making...
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ilamagazine1
Jun 3, 20211 min read
For your perusal, Palestine
By: Safdar Bhatti My very heart bleeds for you Your forlorn cries oppress My brimming breast to break Into dirge, a mournful dirge, Oh!...
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May 26, 20213 min read
Oscar Wilde and GB Shaw
Soft show. A classy tiff. They both sit... wearing glasses and blue T-Shirts...The conversation starts between them... Wilde: There...
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ilamagazine1
May 20, 20212 min read
POET, ARTIST, DR. AMITABH MITRA
VISUAL ART 'Acrylic Impasto 1.1' Painting by Amitabh Mitra 'Coast' - Painting by Amitabh Mitra ‘Sandy Dunes 002.1' Painting by Amitabh...
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ilamagazine1
May 20, 20212 min read
I WANT TO BE THE SON OF NATURE
I want to be the son of nature For deep wounds, not going back to my doctor. This doctor, putting the outside of my worldview. I have to...
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ilamagazine1
May 20, 20211 min read
SKETCH
Gently, the snow was falling and the village road frosted with sweet whiteness. The plum trees, the icicles were freezing. The spring...
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May 17, 20211 min read
A TALE OF MY BURNING HOME
© Written by Imtiyaz Pandow Here I bring you A tale of my burning home from this dreary paradise where peace is no where in the whirling...
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May 16, 20216 min read
Special Feature of Dr. Alok Kumar Ray
Here, we will feature two of his poems, mentions of his published books and a review of his poem, 'Everything Returns Back', written by...
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May 6, 20211 min read
Poem by Summiaya Nilofer Kichloo
FOR EVERY DREAM I am in the fields for every dream shattered under the weight of traditions and every freedom shackled by chains of...
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May 6, 20211 min read
THE MONTH of BLESSINGS
Written by Imtiyaz Pandow From predawn to dusk, an empty stomach of long fasts. The remembrance of Creator for all. The empathetic...
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May 6, 20211 min read
Summiaya Nilofer Kichloo
I AM FINE My cheeks have started to hurt from the smiles I wear all day, trying to hide the cuts and scars that threaten to peek out,...
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May 6, 20211 min read
Poem by Professor Indu Kilam
GUEST Yes, the lane was the same, but there was no presence of the naked fakir on the pavement, looking at nothing and occasionally...
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May 3, 20216 min read
A Sweet Interview with Sugar
An Interview of Sugar Zedna by Carl Scharwath Thank you, ILA Magazine, and your dear readers for allowing me to highlight another...
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Apr 29, 20211 min read
My Ammi 'Zahida Khurshid'
By: Summiaya Nilofer Kichloo You see, My Ammi- She tells me, How her ribs contract, Whenever she breathes, How her back aches, Whenever...
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