By contrast, authors like Murakami and Kundera tell the tale in reverse. Their heroes start out with their beloved right … More
Tag: Life
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
I came to conceive of a book that would dismantle the tale of our demise by way of a new … More
When the night dims sometimes – (Poet: Nida Fazli)
When the night dims sometime, come into my heart When the moon blossoms sometimes, come into my heart But come … More
The Final Frontier – Michael Chabon (The New Yorker)
In the days and months that followed, I tried to find ways to mourn my father. I said Kaddish. I … More
10 Learnings from 10 Years of Brain Pickings
I remember my first awareness of mortality as a child in Bulgaria. I was nine and my father was relaying … More
My Friend, My Life – Shakeel Badayuni (Poet/Poetry)
Your counting me as a friend, when I consider you my life itself, feels nothing short of a betrayal This … More
A final message from T. Boone Pickens
“Sonny, I don’t care who you are. Some day you’re going to have to sit on your own bottom.” I … More
Poetry/Poem – Dil Ki Khair – Faiz Ahmed Faiz
How long does my heart get to be still? How long do you make me wait? How long will you … More
MLK – Last speech (Smithsonian)
“I’ve seen the Promised Land,” Martin Luther King Jr. said in a speech in Memphis on April 3, 1968. H
