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Zohran Mamdani, a Ugandan-born New Yorker with Indian roots, calls himself a democratic socialist. In a stunning upset, he defeated establishment heavyweight Andrew Cuomo with grassroots organising and a fraction
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![[3:05 pm, 02/09/2025] +92 318 4183727: Thou still unravish’d bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time, Sylvan historian, who canst thus express A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme: What leaf-fring’d legend haunts about thy shape Of deities or mortals, or of both, In Tempe or the dales of Arcady? What men or gods are these? What maidens loth? What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape? What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy? Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear’d, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone: Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold lover, never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair! Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu; And, happy melodist, unwearied, For ever piping songs for ever new; More happy love! more happy, happy love! For ever warm and still to be enjoy’d, For ever panting, and for ever young; All breathing human passion far above, That leaves a heart high-sorrowful and cloy’d, A burning forehead, and a parching tongue. Who are these coming to the sacrifice? To what green altar, O mysterious priest, Lead’st thou that heifer lowing at the skies, And all her silken flanks with garlands drest? What little town by river or sea shore, Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel, Is emptied of this folk, this pious morn? And, little town, thy streets for evermore Will silent be; and not a soul to tell Why thou art desolate, can e’er return. O Attic shape! Fair attitude! with brede Of marble men and maidens overwrought, With forest branches and the trodden weed; Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity: Cold pastoral! When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say’st, “Beauty is truth, truth beauty”—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. [6:01 pm, 02/09/2025] +92 318 4183727: @Farhan Ayub do send the links to the articles you have posted today. And any topics you want latest news on. I will send some latest news right now. [6:04 pm, 02/09/2025] +92 318 4183727: Belgium has announced that it will recognise the state of Palestine. “Palestine will be recognized by Belgium at the UN session! And firm sanctions are being imposed against the Israeli government,” Prevot wrote on X—declaring the commencement of a historic event. Keeping in mind that more than a dozen other Western countries have since called on others to do the same.](https://jaridatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-02-at-3.05.36-PM-201x300.jpeg)
Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time, Sylvan historian, who canst thus express A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme: What leaf-fring’d legend haunts about thy shape Of deities
Kashmir to Gaza: In May 2025, the world witnessed the most violent armed confrontation between the South Asian arch-rivals, India and Pakistan, in about two decades. Tensions began when India
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According to the World Health Organization, drugs are substances that alter a person’s mental or physical state. Common forms of drugs include narcotics, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, ice, meth, marijuana, cocaine, and
Reflections from a Veteran Reunion: Parasailing is a phenomenal experience. You glide straight into the sky and stare right at the horizon as the sun sets. The breeze around you
The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me, And I cannot, cannot go. The giant trees are bending Their bare
The Mayor of New York Eric Adams was addressing the Pakistan Heritage Day reception which was hosted on Thursday for the first time by the Mayor’s Office at Gracie Mansion,
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