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"so far: nationalistic / feels as though story is prioritized over facts at times / very north india focused, ignored aoith and north east - parts on saraswati so intriguing and beautiful" — Jun 05, 2021 02:53AM
"so far: nationalistic / feels as though story is prioritized over facts at times / very north india focused, ignored aoith and north east - parts on saraswati so intriguing and beautiful" — Jun 05, 2021 02:53AM
“Mother, do you grieve?
Know that I will return to you. I will be a flutter in the leaves above where you sit, cooking ruti on the stove. I will be the stray cloud which shields you from the days of sun. I will be the thunder that wakes you before rain floods the room.
When you walk to the market, I will return to you as footprint on the soil. At night, when you close your eyes, I will appear as impress on the bed.”
― A Burning
Know that I will return to you. I will be a flutter in the leaves above where you sit, cooking ruti on the stove. I will be the stray cloud which shields you from the days of sun. I will be the thunder that wakes you before rain floods the room.
When you walk to the market, I will return to you as footprint on the soil. At night, when you close your eyes, I will appear as impress on the bed.”
― A Burning
“Development is, ultimately, the progress of human freedom and capability to lead the kind of lives that people have reason to value.”
― An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions
― An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions
“If the police didn’t help ordinary people like you and me, if the police watched them die, doesn’t that mean, I wrote on Facebook, that the government is also a terrorist?”
― A Burning
― A Burning
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