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04 April 25
At 52, Samuel found himself at a crossroads. His research had gained recognition, his books were bestsellers, and yet he felt a void gnawing at him. He had wealth, status, and influence, but no real connections. His marriage had ended years ago, his children barely called, and his old friends had drifted away. He had spent so much time analyzing happiness that he had forgotten to live it.
One winter evening, in a quiet Irish pub, he met an old woman named Eleanor. She had lived through wars, outlived her family, and yet, she smiled as if she carried the sun in her heart. “Happiness isn’t something you measure, dear,” she said, sipping her whiskey. “It’s something you feel when you stop trying to count it.”
Samuel laughed, but her words lingered. That night, he looked at his own life—filled with accolades but devoid of warmth. Had he been chasing the wrong thing all along?
Rajat Chandra Sarmah, Guwahati, Assam, India
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Date 03/04/2025
The world knew him as an economist, but he preferred to call himself an observer of life. For decades, Samuel Whitmore had traveled across continents, notebooks filled with numbers and equations, trying to decode the elusive formula for happiness. Was it wealth? Relationships? Freedom? He believed that if happiness could be measured, it could also be optimized.
His journey took him from the skyscrapers of New York to the tranquil countryside of Sweden, from the bustling markets of Marrakech to the snow-clad silence of the Alps. Everywhere, he met people, questioned them, noted their smiles and sighs, and tried to quantify what made life meaningful. The results were never linear. The richest man in London confessed to feeling empty; a fisherman in the Philippines, earning barely enough to eat, radiated contentment.( To be continued)
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April means arrival of spring . The Assamese peoples most important festival Rongali Bihu is celebrated on 14-15 of April . The photo shows the Assamese girl in Muga Silk (GI) dress only produced in Assam got ready for Bihu dance .
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Date: 2/04/2025
Aisha inherited her grandmother’s old home in a remote Turkish village. Despite warnings from the elders, she stayed, dismissing their stories of a Djinn haunting the house.
The first night, whispers echoed from dark corners. The second night, her mirror reflection smiled when she did not.
By the third night, the whispers became a voice: “Say my name, and I am yours.”
Terrified, she asked the village imam for help. He paled and told her to leave immediately. “If you speak its name, you become its vessel.”
Aisha ran back to pack, but the whispers turned into screams. The air thickened, shadows twisted, and her reflection stepped out of the mirror, laughing.
By morning, the house was abandoned once more. Only a single word was scratched into the mirror: Mine.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
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Date: 31/03/2025
Viktor, a geologist, led an expedition to a remote Siberian village rumored to have been abandoned overnight in 1903. When they arrived, the wooden houses were untouched, food still on tables, but no sign of life.
That night, a blizzard raged outside. Through the frost-covered window, Viktor saw figures standing in the snow—motionless, dressed in 19th-century clothing.
Then, one of them moved. Their faces were ice-covered, lips blue, yet their eyes burned with unnatural light. One whispered in Russian, “We never left.”
The next morning, the village was empty again. Only Viktor’s frozen body was found, his journal beside him. The last entry read:
“They stand outside, waiting. If I look too long, I feel the cold creeping inside me. I think… I think they want me to join them.”
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Guwahati, Assam, India
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