There is a particular silence that follows a missed goal. It is different from the silence after a commercial break and, in fact, different from the silence of late night when the city finally exhales. Instead, it hangs in the room like a question no one wants to answer. On television, the striker holds his Read more…
Hey, everyone! My name is Siddharth Bisht and I am presently a grade-twelve student. I have been a diehard soccer fan since the age of four, so much so that I told my parents that I wanted to learn soccer. They readily agreed and enrolled me in a soccer academy. Frankly, I was totally crazy Read more…
Nestled near a sea in a faraway land was a small and quaint village. In the morning, the sun would glimmer on the water that seemed to reflect thousands of tiny liquid mirrors. In the night, the waves would gently lull the town to sleep with their deep, hypnotic sound that the light breeze carried Read more…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Brazilian author Paulo Coelho was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before completely dedicating his life to literature, he worked as a theater director and actor, lyricist and journalist. In 1986, Coelho undertook the pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostella, an experience later to be documented in his Read more…
