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In these times I hold a strong belief like many others that the internet is in fact a catalyst for political, social, cultural, and environmental change.

While it is important to care for issues across the globe, it is also important to pay attention to your vicinity when trying to make that change otherwise it would be rather foolish to stay within chaos as you try to fix another gaping wound in an alien place.

Fundraising platforms are imperative to bringing about this change and here is a list of the best platforms out there!

  1. https://fundly.com/
  2. https://www.fueladream.com/
  3. https://www.justgiving.com/
  4. https://www.gofundme.com/
  5. https://www.justgiving.com/
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The Ballad of The Equilibrium

Your horror is worth its weight in gold,

In the abyss,

Down the ruins of old,

A bloodied motherland,

a mere call to the skies,

Lacerated bodies,

and putrid lies,

Upon Lucifer’s decree,

you’ll hypnotise,

Your transcendental trepidation,

Your dreaded glee,

The despot will remain,

Ne’er flee,

For the time has come for mangled innards,

To grace the terra,

As the iris would greet broken sclera.

For tell me, sir,

Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth? 

Does shell shock terror fill your eyes as you picture the void? 

Do you dream of decay and decimation, as quandary proliferates? 

All beings shall soon be rendered void,

For the madness shall spread,

 and engulf as all,

For now our caterwauls of misery are,

nothing but ruth bawls.

By Prerana Srinivasan

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Tehran

The Geopolitical Situation in Iran

To begin with, when one references the situation in Iran, it is a mandate that we first discuss the role of arguably one of the most influential nations on the planet which is the United States of America, and the role of European nations following that, the status of the Iranian Nuclear Program.

The United States of America has had relations with Iran from the last quarter of the elapsed century. However the United States’ true involvement in the region is said to be from the time of World War Two, that is, from the nineteen-forties. At the time they were close in relation, with Iran even being host to Roosevelt,Stalin and Churchill in 1943 at the Tehran Conference.

However the relationship severed after the CIA involvement in the coup of 1953, which resulted in the, then prime minister Mohammed Mossadegh,following that,by the Islamic Revolution of 1979, which led to a contravention in relations that is unfortunately yet to be repaired.

Now with regard to the current day situation, with the 11th Iranian parliamentary elections in February, domestic politics are set to discuss foreign policy related issues, due to the fact that Hassan Rouhani, the Supreme Leader of Iran and the Iranian Reform movement are facing harsh censure over the government by conservatives.

It could take quite a while for the US and Iran to cross their paths in a positive sense.

Subsequently, efforts by several world leaders to get the presidents of Iran and the United States together on the sidelines of the recent UN General Assembly session in New York, failed, and no such talks were able to take place.

At the same time, a large quantity of pro-Reform supporters are in favour of not taking part in said elections altogether; on the contrary, conservatives view voting as a religious duty that they must partake in. Indeed, strong conservative turnout is expected in order to pave the way for changing the political texture of Iran’s parliament, which would sideline even the idea of dialogue with the West yet further.

Trump’s decision to continue to pursue a “maximum pressure” policy with regard to the situation in Iran just proves to show his lack of regard to the US-Iran relations in the past, and his decision to opt out of the JCPOA, only deepened the lack of trust between the weary Tehran and the United States.

On 8 May 2018 Trump announced United States withdrawal from JCPOA. Following the U.S.’s withdrawal, the EU enacted an updated blocking statute on 7 August 2018 to nullify US sanctions on countries trading with Iran.

In November 2018 U.S. sanctions came back into effect intended to force Iran to dramatically alter its policies with regard for its support for militant groups in the region and its development of ballistic missiles.

In May 2019 the IAEA certified that Iran was abiding by the main terms of the deal, though questions were raised about how many advanced centrifuges Iran was allowed to have,as the value remained quite loosely defined in the deal.

On 1 July 2019 Iran announced that it had breached the limit set on its stockpile of low-enriched uranium,which the IAEA had confirmed. Shortly afterward Iran announced an increase in uranium enrichment beyond the agreed limit of the deal.

Foreign minister Javad Zarif tweeted that the measures Iran had taken to scale back its commitment to the nuclear deal were reversible if the European signatories to the pact fulfilled their obligations.

Given Iran’s current political atmosphere, even the most optimistic Reformists have accepted that their share in Iran’s next parliament will significantly decrease. The conservatives will not give up a single opportunity to attack Rouhani’s policies of negotiating with the West. Thus, it seems that the window of opportunity for talks between Iran and the White House has closed,until the next US presidential election that is.

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The Queer Case of Kashmir

Kashmir is undoubtedly one of the most majestic places in the Indian subcontinent, from the Dal Lake to the “meadow of flowers”, one could say that Kashmir has it all. However, Kashmir has been a breeding ground for turmoil since the departure of the British from the South East Asian region (1947).

According to the terms agreed to by India and Pakistan for the partition of India, the rulers of princely states were given the right to choose for either Pakistan or India or with certain reservations to remain independent. Hari Singh, the king of Kashmir, believed that by delaying his decision he could maintain the independence of Kashmir, however due to a revolution among his Muslim subjects along the western borders of the state and the intervention of Pashtun tribesmen, in October of 1947 he acceded to the Indian Union.

This was the signal for intervention both by Pakistan, which considered the state to be a natural extension of Pakistan, and by India, which intended to the act of accession. Localized warfare continued during 1948 and ended, through the intercession of the United Nations, in a cease-fire that took effect in January 1949. India and Pakistan defined a cease-fire line (LOC) during July of the same year.

Kashmir, being a rather peculiar state in the Republic of India, was granted special provisions which were laid down in articles 370 and 35(a) of the Indian Constitution. Article 370 of the Indian constitution is an article that grants special autonomous status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Article 35, sub clause (a) issued by the President of India on 14 May 1954, under Article 370 states that “The state of Jammu and Kashmir defined these privileges to include the ability to purchase land and immovable property, ability to vote and contest elections, seeking government employment and availing other state benefits such as higher education and health care”. Non-permanent residents of the state, even if Indian citizens were not entitled to these ‘privileges’.

The turmoil in Kashmir intensified with the recent, controversial abrogation of said articles. This led to a communications blockade and human rights violations which many claim are nothing but alleged. The situation in Kashmir has manifested itself into a cloud of chaos which erupts nothing but damage upon intervention.
On 22th September the Defense Minister of India,Rajnath Singh dared Pakistan to send terrorists to Kashmir now that the situation there had changed. Singh said that terrorism left Kashmir bleeding and termed Article 370 as a ‘lacerating wound’. “The biggest cause which gave birth to terrorism in Kashmir are Article 370 and Article 35A. This terrorism bloodied Kashmir. Let’s see how much courage Pakistan has. How many terrorists will it produce?” Singh said.

Imran Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan has warned the globe of a potential nuclear war with regard to the situation in Kashmir and has requested for UN interference.
Some people in Pakistan’s portion of Kashmir said thousands of people were preparing to storm the line of control (LOC), a ceasefire line agreed with India that is one of the most militarized borders in the world.

The President of the United States of America, Mr. Donald.J.Trump has offered his support as a mediator in the India- Pakistan situation over the region of Kashmir. The president reiterated to Khan as they began their meeting with reporters present, that he would be willing to mediate between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. Kashmir has long been a flashpoint between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan. Both countries rule parts of Kashmir while claiming it in full. Two of the three wars they have fought have been over it.

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Shards of Sorrow /part1/

The Prince of Crows,
Hood of Raven Silk,
A vivacious pneuma
flows,
Docile,
anon come to blows,

Eyes of asphalt,
Raw stature,
queer salt,
Porcelain cutis,
Eyes parallel to Lapis Lazuli ,
Cataclysmic rum tresses,

Sickly aroma in the air,
Ratty scabs down his cheeks,
The exquisite flair,
Puffy globes,
Grenadine creeks,

Naevus,
Contusion,
Violet springs,
Sanctimonious prick,
Full shilling fusion,
Ample bearings,
Primordial and habitual,
Vanwyck,

Yet another marionette,
Tied and bound,
Rufescent vignette,
A mere simpleton,
Crowned,

Sweet Mary Jane,
His melodic empress green,
Eternally untamed,
Rainbow on a sickly day,
Tantamount to Clymene,
A menace unnamed,

The beauty foretold,
Her entity was frigid,
Her disposition would stupefy,
Euphoric trances,
Zilch short of bold,
Anon he’d put a name to,
His forefathers of old,
Gnarly advances,
Rhapsodic gold,
Animated romances,

A nonplussed abductee,
About to make his golden move

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A Heretic’s Prick

An Island of yardbirds,

castaways of all race,

Morbid,

Demurred,

The odour of malaise,

To rack and ruin,

Malevolent hole,

Bedeviled shack,

Embedded in ruin,

Ronove on his throne,

Filicide,

his eternal bliss,

Misery abloom,

The Great Earl of the Abyss,

Paranoia homegrown,

Men for themselves,

Aggregated miscreants,

Their acts of blasphemy,

parallel to none,

Desecrating ingénues,

greenhorns on the run,

Eviscerating the old,

Their toxic fun,

Sombre viridescent hues,

Thickened verdure,

Now woodland rye,

The ground wet with lifeblood of old,

Pale hues of brown,

Gracing the coppice floor,

An eccentricity of the arid south,

Bloody wombs,

Malphite,

sullied rags,

Nugatory tombs,

For those to be forgotten,

White flags,

The sanguinary bivouacs,

The putrid corpses,

A river of blood,

thickened warp,

cadaver crud,

Cadavers,

Wrinkled folds,

Violet tinge,

Blood borne mould,

Defunct fringe,

A spattered arena of a hamlet,

Heavy wounds on back of it all,

Everything steady,

Only to fall?

A wailing shanty,

Tormented by the madness of men,

Bloodthirsty barbarians of “galante”,

The Marquis,

Riled,

His scythe,

Beguiled,

Lacerated wood greeted the tar path,

Mangled entrails,

A bludgeon bloodbath,

Teardrops of wine,

Glistened their crows feet,

Ronove,

Basked in glory,

His rhetoric moan,

Astaroth’s aid,

His new legions,

Forty,full blown,

His zealous profane workers,

The order of throne,

The witching hour lurker,

His infernal groan,

The fallacious berzerker,

Cerberus,

The Bringer of Inclement,

The hellhound of Misery

reckless and tempestuous streaks of agony,

The blackguard of the forsaken,

Men,

Burnt to a fine crisp,

The petrichor of justice,

Now mist,

Ash now in melody with the placid twilight sky,

Black cinders in the wild Orchid welkin,

The tar road,

Sable,

With a drumlin of ember,

The harmonious union,

A new equilibrium,

The dance of death,

The ballad of life,

The agony of the last breath,

A sentient beings strife,

An art to bequeath,

All were dead,

But one,

The usurper,

Tranquil from the bloodshed,

The revelry had just begun,

On the run,

The Juncture of Astaroth,

Nightfall had struck,

The usurper was in luck,

Legions,

Prostrate,

The juncture had passed,

The azure,

Now rose from beneath the shaded Stygian Crypt,

The usurper now trapped in a forest,

Vast,

Out of the blue,

He paced towards the bright clinker walls,

Of an abandoned byre,

Amidst a golden field of corn,

Parched,

He searched for running lifeblood,

Famished,

He roamed the flaxen paddocks of ailment,

Satisfied,

Luxuriated under the honeycomb empyrean,

Lady Midday,

Roamed the field,

Her pearl tinged robe,

bejeweled the field,

The idyllic sound,

Rustling crop,

Her bright virgule,

The usurper roused,

His caterwaul of misery and dread,

Her shead was scorching under the beams of the sun,

With one swift motion his head,

Catered away from his peach corpse,

The ichor dripped,

A furrow of red,

Scarlet soil,

Rather than rye,

Maize watered with blood,

Just another gloomy,

Lacklustre day,

Lady Midday,

Evanescent,

Another body,

Now at bay.

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The Fallen Masochist

There he rests,
lying still,
A man of power,
A man of skill,
made a sport of their “ludicrous” claims
A laudation for the lamented,
marionettes to maim,

His antidote,
The cure,
His missive,
to lure,
Those crestfallen hikikomoris,
Sheer wanton torment,
left them with a mirthless grin,
his specimen,
Alas torpid!

He believed he struck gold,
blemishing the pure,
left fragmented,
agony endured,
their excruciating dreams,
mere reality,
shrouds of old,
crestfallen into folds,

tenebrous In his thoughts,
he set out to defile another,
avant-garde unearthings,
dooming the last breather,

Upon manifestation,
he rendered the grey pietist,
decrepit,
Nonetheless forced him into submission,
he bisected his head,
Inaugurating the red,
Proliferated the suffering,
euphoric darkness,
Leaving prosaic his perception,
then there lay none,

Alas a spirit of content resonated within him,
For he was accoladed by the dominion,

The purgatory twiddled for him,
The cacodemons would have it no other way,
yearning his arrival,
together they would fray,

Soon transpired his demise,
the firmament lay shut,
his soul,
A mere wanderer of the worlds,
A nomad of the realms,
The purgatory laid claim to his extradited spirit,

Swift pickings,
his head immersed in a river of atrophy,
his body gouged from the ebbing water,

tendrils of violet,
grabbed from the tide,
pressed onto a sword studded mound,
perplexed,
he begged for mercy,
his body,
pierced by blades,
his eyes,
observing the thick red fluid gush from the sides of his torso,

the defilers staring into his soul,
cackled for it was their role,

His innards pulled away from the clutches of his skin,
and crushed beneath the weight of his sin,
the red blood flowed into the atrophy,
his regretful twin,
he pleaded for forgiveness,
but his time had run out,
How pernicious.

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Merciful Mind

Open whimsical womb,

A blandish light blooms,

exuberant life blood consuming the frail,

One shouldn’t derail,

Their path to glisten the chambers of this infertile abyss,

Anchorite, fools paradise,

Set out to coruscate the lifeless womb,

It’s sublime halls of old,

Left barren,

Yet passers by succumbed to trepidation at her sight,

The Misanthrope in his flourishing pride,

Set out to ride,

Under the Mackerel sky,

A myriad of stars,

Blinded by pride,

Ocular scars,

a near glide,

Heed their warnings,

Blinded by pride,

Ominous ideas aborning,

Blinded by pride,

He reached the grim land,

arduous route,

a clandestine rendezvous,

His eyes spellbound to,

her incandescent flames,

eagerly bolted,

letting go of his trustful reigns,

Her fringe,

A crevice of magma,

Caressed his face,

His ghastly shrieks,

incomparable of any race,

Streaks of fire,

And furrows of blood,

Enlightened his lifeless body,

The fire had now gone,

Leaving only ash

rendering nugatory his once beloved past.

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Crimson Catharsis

It was the season of joy,
Running around were girls and boys,
Their little shoes tapped the ground,
it was a poise sound,

They trembled in the twilight,
whilst everything turned to night,

For those who pondered in the light would stand tall,
the creeping darkness would let the rest fall,
In the deteriorating light,
prevailed the mystical calls of the fallen,

They warned the children of the coming drought,
yet their minds lay in figurative thought,

For these fickle minds,
would turn blind to the coming crime,
as the streets would turn scarlet,
their impetuous mime,

Time had passed by for it was the witching hour,
the terror had begun,
For he required his annual fun,

His lair was undone,
as hunger filled his mind,
it was the right time,

As the last strokes of light had left the sky,
The people were much obliged to an answer,

for their town had been bloodied,
all that remained was a thirst for justice,
and a familiar red shoe that lay on the street ,
with parents weeping as their children were his to keep.

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