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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Transition – Kaushal Kishore

 

One departs, another takes the stage,
Closing a chapter, a new one to engage…
Memories dance, and hopes draw near,
Night whispers, morning chants cheer…

What’s left behind, embraced with glee,
In the cold shiver, a shared continuity…
Experience meets a confident gleam,
Promises made are kept in the light’s beam…

Similar yet distinct, like sea waves’ sway,
Styles and identities in their own array…
One night between, the baton they share,
Farewell to one, greeting the other with care…

Pick your flowers from yesteryear’s bowers,
In memory’s book, save roses and pretty flowers…
Dry petals offer comfort in life’s windy spree,
Life’s leaves flutter, in amusing decree…

Think anew, act afresh, write a new chapter,
With each step, add a novel factor…
In the book of life, inscribe fresh pages,
A journey unique, unfolding at all stages…

P.S. Tonight marks the transition to a new month, a new year, and a new calendar, yet an enduring continuity will persist in our surroundings. Within, a sense yearns for something novel and improved, inspiring the verses above.

–Kaushal Kishore

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Amazon drought: ‘We’ve never seen anything like this’ – Stigmatis News

The Amazon rainforest experienced its worst drought on record in 2023. Many villages became unreachable by river, wildfires raged and wildlife died. Some scientists worry events like these are a sign that the world’s biggest forest is fast approaching a point of no return.

Oliveira Tikuna says this year’s drought has been a wake up call. PAUL HARRIS / BBC 

Source: Amazon drought: ‘We’ve never seen anything like this’ – Stigmatis News

New Year’s Eve Countdown ⏰ 5-4-3-2-1 | From Behind the Pen

Image Credit: Mdkhalid bin Walid

However you plan to ring in the new year, please be cautious, safe, and responsible. You don’t want to start a brand new year on a bad note, having made a reckless, regretful, and deadly decision that cannot be undone. Stay well. Cheers to all of you! 🎉🥂🎆

Source: New Year’s Eve Countdown ⏰ 5-4-3-2-1 | From Behind the Pen

Led by Trump, GOP candidates take polarizing stances on race and history – The Washington Post

The Republican Party’s three leading presidential candidates are speaking about history and race in polarizing and provocative ways that sometimes diverge from or distort the facts, some political strategists, experts and civil rights leaders said. Their comments have stoked outrage among many Americans and risk alienating wide swaths of voters, including the independent and moderate voters whom Haley has been courting, according to strategists in both parties… Source: Led by Trump, GOP candidates take polarizing stances on race and history – The Washington Post