I applaud your willingness to step outside of your comfort and language zone, with all the uncertainties that engages. And your capacity to listen in across the difference in languages and to hear what people are saying, whether in conversation, in postcards, or in the light of their countenances. I always admire the way you are able, in your interviews and your postings, to bring the presence and being of other people into your writing and make them alive for your readers. It is a lift to the heart to come in contact with these people, thanks to your substack. Travel safely.
Go ms. Meera! And Neha. Making a difference one woman at a time. My heart goes out to Fathima! And finally, Ami, huge congrats on the accolade for My Beloved Life. (I have to note our South went the other way, completely mesmerized by the tyrant.)
Enjoyed reading this post. Brave people...Yes, below the Vindhyas is another country. Interestingly, despite the influence of CPI, iny just released book, The Feared: Conversations with 11 political prisoners, one person, Murli speaks of the Kerala govt coming down on dissidence. Arresting youth under UAPA for sticking bills. We are surely living in strange times
The alternative is us. Civil society. Not another party. A civil society that doesn’t invest in hatred against minorities or stake its claims on building temples instead of hospitals and schools.
I applaud your willingness to step outside of your comfort and language zone, with all the uncertainties that engages. And your capacity to listen in across the difference in languages and to hear what people are saying, whether in conversation, in postcards, or in the light of their countenances. I always admire the way you are able, in your interviews and your postings, to bring the presence and being of other people into your writing and make them alive for your readers. It is a lift to the heart to come in contact with these people, thanks to your substack. Travel safely.
Thank you, Pat. Always ❤️
Go ms. Meera! And Neha. Making a difference one woman at a time. My heart goes out to Fathima! And finally, Ami, huge congrats on the accolade for My Beloved Life. (I have to note our South went the other way, completely mesmerized by the tyrant.)
I am loving the notes and their progression... best
Enjoyed reading this post. Brave people...Yes, below the Vindhyas is another country. Interestingly, despite the influence of CPI, iny just released book, The Feared: Conversations with 11 political prisoners, one person, Murli speaks of the Kerala govt coming down on dissidence. Arresting youth under UAPA for sticking bills. We are surely living in strange times
Power corrupts. Protest, protest! (Also, congrats on your book.)
Absolutely! Protest...thank you :)
You seem to have hatred for ruling BJP but is there any viable alternative.
The alternative is us. Civil society. Not another party. A civil society that doesn’t invest in hatred against minorities or stake its claims on building temples instead of hospitals and schools.
You live in an imaginary world.Best of luck
How wonderful. And sobering to be at a festival where the predominant language isn't yours. Hurah!