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Second Treatise of Government by John Locke
Second Treatise of Government’ is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke. The First Treatise attacks patriarchalism in the form of sentence-by-sentence refutation of Robert Filmer’s Patriarcha, while the Second Treatise outlines Locke’s ideas for a more civilized society based on natural rights and contract theory.
Second Variety by Philip K. Dick
Second Variety’ is a short story by Philip K. Dick. It got published in 1953 in Space Science Fiction magazine. A nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the West has reduced much of the world to a barren wasteland. However, the war continues among the scattered remains of humanity. The Western forces have developed “claws”, which are autonomous self-replicating robots to fight on their side. It is one of Dick’s many stories in which nuclear war has rendered the Earth’s surface uninhabitable.
Second Wind by Minal Arora
Second Wind is the breath that one draws after complete breathlessness once exhausted in a race…the race of life!
When a relationship acquires the expression of possessiveness, the language of control and a ruthless selfishness, it’s time to know that love has slipped away and what remains is dust. Dust when provoked only leaves a dirty mind. Unfortunate are those who trade their love for what it leaves behind. It’s true that only a love filled heart can appreciate the benevolent skies of freedom and trust. Rest shall only reminiscence their humbled past.
Rahul is one such melancholy heart which bleeds of regret for he has lost Maaya, his soulmate, to his choice of staying in his marriage, which now he cannot abide by. Second Wind is the journey that Rahul made in his incessant search for his lost love and how he slowly finds himself anew in the process. It is a tale of love, conflicts, love beyond marriage, choices, fears, ego and overcoming limitations to recognise the inherent wisdom within. We all have a Rahul within who craves to break the barriers of the mind, of morals, of right and wrong to embrace love that liberates, empowers and guides.
