“Without music, life would be a mistake.” – Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols “I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance.” – Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra I am a firm believer of following Music as a religion. For me it has always been something that transcends all kinds of man-made barriers: languages, religions and nations. That’s not…
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The Nature of Colours
“I must have flowers, always and always.” – Claude Monet “Let us unite, not in spite of our differences, but through them. For differences can never be wiped away, and life would be so much the poorer without them. Let all human races keep their own personalities, and yet come together, not in a uniformity that is dead, but in…
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Stories on the move, Chapter 4 – Christopher and his glasses
“There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth.” – Friedrich Nietzsche On a recent metro journey, I as usual had a lot of free time in which I counted exactly how many people were in my metro car and what they were doing. There were around 41 people and out of them at least 16 were deep into their…
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Stories on the move, Chapter 3 – Solemn Stella and Her New Handbag
“Being born a woman is an awful tragedy. “ -Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath “She stared at her reflection in the glossed shop windows, as if to make sure, moment by moment, that she continued to exist.” – Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar 7th October, 2018 It was just our usual Sunday outing to the neighborhood mall…
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Stories on the Move, Chapter 2- Agnes, her father’s keeper
“Hey Jude, don’t make it bad Take a sad song and make it better Remember to let her into your heart Then you can start to make it better…” – The Beatles, “Hey, Jude!” Monday, 17th September That morning started off just like any other ordinary one at our home; With me yelling like a drill sergeant, to get everyone…
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Stories on the Move, Chapter 1 – Resilient Georgia
Sonder: the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once,…
