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The myth of the original star-crossed lovers

Bindika Pandey September 17, 2022

“We were doomed from the start. A lost cause. A losing battle. And yet, in that narrow instant, I didn't give a single fuck.” -Julie Johnson, Erasing Faith Background: Love grows and expands us like nothing else. Nothing is as deadly as the love of a powerful man. Star-crossed lovers are two people who care deeply for each other; however, their love…

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The Chinese Legends of the Butterfly lovers

Bindika Pandey July 30, 2022

“I almost wish we were butterflies and lived for three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.” - John Keats Background: As Maya Angelou and Edward- Burre Tonas said, "Love costs all we are and we will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free.", The Chinese Legends o…