Repost: Reflections on Life: A personal diary
This was originally posted on this blog on September 8,2021. It was one of the earliest posts when I started writing this blog. It was first posted on a saree group as part of a series I wrote to describe my life in the USA. This one was the conclusive post from that series, 32nd out of 32 individual posts. I visited it again today searching for the poem I had penned when I was only 22 years old. Today when I reflect on that poem I understand it in fresh light and want to write about it. It was pertinent to bring the context and hence chose to repost this particular post from 2021. The fresh thoughts on the poem deserve its separate post. Watch the space for it. It’s been 4.5 years since I wrote my thoughts. Most of them remain unchanged. There are however significant changes that have occurred in the political landscape of the USA since then. Also I have had chance to observe from a closer angle some important aspects about ground realities in India since the time this post was ...