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The Mind Creative March 2014 Razi Azmi is a former academic with a Ph.D in history and a passion for travelling. He has been a regular columnist in the Daily Times (published from Lahore) and has his own BLOG at www.raziazmi.com where he publishes his travelogues and articles about contemporary political and social issues. He can be reached at [email protected] Swati Singh Sambyal is an environmental researcher, poet, blogger and a freelance writer. She is a published author of "Painted", a book of 43 contemporary poems. She is passionate about life, people, music, words and places and is trying hard to bridge the gap between the life’s chores and the unusuality that resides in her. In her own words, this is a journey Kate Chopin (1850 - 1904) was an American author and one of the first feminists of the 20th century. With a writing style influenced by Guy de Maupassant, she has published short stories and novels. During the mid and late 20th century, there were