Maavia tahir
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When the World Is Honest in the Rain
The first time Mira saw Arjun, it was raining over the old university library, the kind of rain that softened the world and made even strangers seem like memories. She had been sitting by the tall arched window, a copy of Pride and Prejudice open in her hands, though she had read the same page three times without understanding a word. Outside, the gulmohar trees trembled under silver sheets of water. Inside, the air smelled of paper and quiet longing.
By Maavia tahirabout 21 hours ago in Fiction
Echoes Beneath the Silent Guns
The summer of 1914 arrived gently in Europe, with long golden evenings settling over wheat fields and cobblestone streets. In a small village near the border of the German Empire, sixteen-year-old Lukas Adler believed the world was wide and permanent. His father was a blacksmith; his mother kept a garden that seemed to bloom regardless of politics. News from faraway capitals felt distant—until the day everything changed.
By Maavia tahir4 days ago in History
My Future Self Texted Me: “Don’t Trust Him.”
The message came at 2:17 a.m. I remember the exact time because I was still awake, staring at the ceiling, replaying my conversation with Daniel for the hundredth time. My phone buzzed softly against my nightstand, lighting up my dark bedroom in a pale blue glow.
By Maavia tahir5 days ago in Proof
She Was Bullied for Being Ugly — 10 Years Later, They Begged for a Job
When Ananya was sixteen, someone created a fake social media account called “CaveGirl_Ananya.” They posted her worst photos — mid-blink, messy hair, acne unfiltered under cruel fluorescent classroom lights. The bio read: “Proof evolution can go backwards.”
By Maavia tahir6 days ago in Art
The Unfinished Morning
The world woke up before the sun did. In one city, the call to prayer drifted across rooftops scarred by old smoke. In another, subway brakes screamed beneath towers of glass where lights had never truly gone out. Somewhere else, waves licked at a shoreline that had inched backward year after year, as if the sea were slowly reclaiming a secret it had once lent to humanity.
By Maavia tahir7 days ago in Earth
Why they’re called the “Epstein files”
The Files That Wouldn’t Stay Buried The boxes arrived at dawn. They were plain banker’s boxes, taped shut, stacked three high on a rusted cart that squeaked as it rolled down the concrete corridor of the Federal Records Annex. No labels. No inventory sheet. Just a red stamp on the side of each box that read: RESTRICTED – PENDING REVIEW.
By Maavia tahir20 days ago in Humans
The Quiet Arithmetic of a Billion
On the morning Mira Solano decided she wanted to make a billion dollars, she did not write it on a whiteboard or whisper it to a mirror. She stood in line at a bakery on Valencia Street, counted the coins in her pocket, and noticed the arithmetic of small things. The barista moved faster when the register lagged. The woman ahead of Mira paid with her phone, then apologized when the receipt printer jammed. Mira thought, Friction has a sound. It clicks and whines and sighs, and people accept it as weather.
By Maavia tahir28 days ago in Trader
The Quiet Architecture of Wealth
Most people in Brookhaven thought wealth was loud. They pointed to the hilltop mansions with iron gates, the imported cars humming through narrow streets, and the charity galas announced weeks in advance. But true wealth, as Elias Rowe understood it, was quiet. It didn’t announce itself. It arranged itself patiently, like architecture that only revealed its strength when storms came.
By Maavia tahirabout a month ago in Motivation
Between Rich Dad and Real Life
I was twenty-two when the book found me, or when I found it—depending on how destiny prefers to be credited. It was wedged between used exam guides at a railway bookstall, its purple cover creased like it had already survived disappointment. Rich Dad Poor Dad. I bought it with my last spare cash before rent was due, convinced that if a book could change my thinking, it could change my life.
By Maavia tahirabout a month ago in History
World War I
The morning fog lay thick over the trenches of northern France, clinging to the earth as if it too feared what was about to happen. Private Thomas Hale pulled his coat tighter around himself, though it did little to stop the cold from seeping into his bones. He had been in the trenches for six months, yet the damp smell of mud, smoke, and fear still felt unfamiliar, like a nightmare he could not wake from.
By Maavia tahir2 months ago in History
Rich Dad Poor Dad: The Book That Inspired Millions—and Misled Many
When Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki was first published, it quickly became one of the most influential personal finance books in the world. It promised a radical shift in how people think about money, work, and wealth. For many readers, it was their first exposure to ideas like financial literacy, passive income, and assets versus liabilities. The book positioned itself as a wake-up call, especially for those stuck in the traditional “study hard, get a good job, and retire safely” mindset.
By Maavia tahir2 months ago in Motivation
