I saw this at the hospital my little niece was born in. It was offered as gift to the maternity unit by a “grateful former patient” and is a Farsi poem by Saadi Shirazi called “Bani Adam”. Here are the first few lines: Human Beings are members of a whole In creation of one essence and soul If one m…
Dil Se, written and directed by Mani Ratnam, is one of my all-time favorite movies. I still consider its soundtrack to be A R Rahman’s greatest work. It’s just magnificent stuff. When I was 15, I remember seeing the movie’s trailer1 and being awestruck by this haunting background song2 that didn’t m…
That didn’t happen. And if it did It wasn’t that bad. And if it was That’s not a big deal. And if it is That’s not my fault. And if it was I didn’t mean it. And if I did You deserved it. Unknown…
So, here you are too foreign for home too foreign for here. Never enough for both. – Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Questions for Ada and Home is not where you are born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease. – Naguib Mahfouz…