Category Archives: Diary

MITIGA

The everyday history of immigrants and locals gives different flavors of life in the same place. The Italian families who stayed here in the 19th and earlier part of 20th century have a different orientation than the military families staying at the Wheelus Air Base in 1950s/60s. The local Arabs have a different orientation over generations Continue reading

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The past …On our Republic day-Part 2

The past is never the past- William Faulkner As I remembered the many journeys-conversations of my father to my son, the truth of Faulkner’s assertion became clearer. Around our Republic day-(India) I re-sent to my sons living in Canada a … Continue reading

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Year End Diary-2013-Visibility

The world is profane and sacred. It must be swallowed whole. There is always more to be known about it than you can ever know. Margaret Atwood in her introduction to Alice Munro’s Best: Selected Stories Alice Munro-Nobel Literature Winner-2013 … Continue reading

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