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Messages of love and hope from global litterateurs

Indian author, Ruskin Bond, and British spoken-word artist George the Poet are among the six prominent authors and poets to have created fifteen original positive short stories of love.

Sentinel Digital Desk

NEW DELHI: Indian author, Ruskin Bond, and British spoken-word artist George the Poet widely known for kicking off the Royal Wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry with his poem are among the six prominent authors and poets to have created fifteen original positive short stories of love, friendship, community, work, hope, and family, as a signal of love and optimism in these trying times.

The stories were commissioned on behalf of Nokia phones and have been created and designed to be shared with loved ones as Short Moving Stories (SMS) e short, text-able messages of hope.

According to Nokia, this collaboration comes after a year in which people worldwide have learned to slow down and find new ways to stay in touch with their lives and loved ones by using their phones, with the artists designing messages of hope to give people a way to connect and inspire each other. (IANS)