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America had begun as a colony and that a colony it remained, that is, a place still defined by its plunder, where enrichment was paramount and civil order always an afterthought.
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“We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves. We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. We travel to bring what little we can, in our ignorance and knowledge, to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently dispersed. And we travel, in essence, to become young fools again- to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more.”
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“Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”
― The Essential Rumi
― The Essential Rumi
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
and rightdoing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass
the world is too full to talk about.”
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and rightdoing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass
the world is too full to talk about.”
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“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
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“Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.”
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South Asian Book Club
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We read and discuss books by South Asian writers. We currently meet virtually via Zoom every 4-6 weeks and sometimes have in-person meetings in NYC. ...more
Arch’s 2024 Year in Books
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