2019-03-27
*Evolution and Racism* Ok. So. This is going to press a few buttons at once. Humans are very good at judging things. Especially when it is unjustified. However, I will not be defending the neurobiological reason for stereotypes, or racism (principally because prejudice is a learned thing). I am going to take a holistic view...
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2019-03-26
It’s a typical Saturday afternoon in Khombole. Pawla just picked me up from my house like she always does, and we are both on our way to Nisha’s house. One important thing to note about Pawla is that EVERYONE knows her in Khombole. I cannot put two steps together without hearing “Yaye Fatouuuu!”, her Senegalese...
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And it went like this: Mei Mei, Papa Shaei i mei, Shaei i mei, Ahh ud ka kpoh Ahh kwah ja noh Shaei i mei Ahh to wan noh Kloi kloi ban ban ja noh Shaei i pa, Shaei pa, Ahh kua lea kai Lea kai la-luh Shaei i pa ‘fi jat in nju Lor...
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Escrevi este poema em Shillong, nordeste da Índia, olhando o sol descer sob um rio que acabava em si mesmo. Ao longe, um homem remava. Tanta paixão que eu sinto vendo um homem remar embora a enormidade dos seus sonhos. Tanta paixão que eu sinto dentro do meu corpo, congelado e permanente, pelo mágico paralisado...
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2019-03-26
*Some pictures of the first week's in Senegal, where it was spent in capital of Senegal, Dakar. *
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2019-03-26
March 2019 “às vezes. às vezes é difícil às vezes não consigo distinguir a mágoa da tristeza às vezes esqueço-me e volto a amar e a perdoar às vezes sinto-me irritada com a vontade que tenho de voltar voltar a momentos, a sitios, voltar a sensações e a pessoas às vezes perco-me no passado passado...
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2019-03-26
I wrote this as I reflected on my independent travel days in Pondicherry. It was refreshing to look at the sea, feel the sand on my feet, breath the salty wind. As life goes on, we encounter many people. Some amazing, others not so much. We build relationships, ones that make us grow, others that...
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