http://desicritics.org/ Superior South Asian bloggers on Culture, Media, Politics, Sport, Business, and Technology. en Copyright 2006 by the authors Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:06:39 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss BC custom software http://desicritics.org/2006/07/19/111608.php#comment-16757 Preeti: what inspired it?...hmmmmm...don't know...honest:) the devi of inspiration strikes at whim a word, a phrase, a broadcast snippet, a conversation or discussion...or even something lurking in the subconscious... this one if i tax memory was over the media hoopla around 9/11 annniversary some years back...for the US media one american life is equal to 10/20/100 lives of those who live elsewhere...and for me <b>each</b> life is equally important...this very dichotomy led to this poem thanks for appreciating this Vikas: not specifically...but it can be read as that too Balaji: thanks...humanist can be a loaded word too...am not sure...at the moment feel like <I>wayward centrist</I>;) 16757@desicritics.org Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:06:39 EDT http://desicritics.org/2006/07/19/111608.php#comment-16739 Dear t very evocative. i read billy's poetry too. it's very touching. @vikas and hafa too. it is not easy to be a humanist i guess, without being branded and cursed by all, sadly. 16739@desicritics.org Thu, 20 Jul 2006 05:42:53 EDT http://desicritics.org/2006/07/19/111608.php#comment-16737 I assume bombings in Lebanon? 16737@desicritics.org Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:05:21 EDT http://desicritics.org/2006/07/19/111608.php#comment-16722 Emotive ... so expressive ..the message is perceptive . (what inspired it , if i may ask) 16722@desicritics.org Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:11:20 EDT