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(The Rape of Proserpina (goddess of fertility, agriculture - social good/prosperity) is a work Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, executed between 1621 and 1622. It depicts the abduction of Proserpina, who is seized and taken to the underworld by the god Pluto.) > “Read from a distant star, the

> “Something inside me had dropped away, and nothing came in to fill the cavern.” ― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is a principle of money.  It never goes to someone who has more money.  It goes to someone who can use it in the best way possible.  For, that

> “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When the Europeans landed on the North American shores, the natives here did not suspect them.  They helped them, ironically called Pilgrims,

> “We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.” ― Lydia Maria Child -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Domination comes from the Latin word dominus. A dominus is a master.  Master who has slaves.  Romans differentiated between imperium and dominium.Former is

> “Whoever debases others is debasing himself.” ― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Aasmaa pe hai khuda, aur zameen pe hum.  Aajkal wo is taraf dekhta hai kam” (God sits in the heavens, while we are on the ground. He rarely watches our plight these days) Powerful rule the

Robin Williams was perhaps one of the best comedians that Hollywood has seen in recent times. He was a great stand-up as well. His main skill - to make people laugh and smile. He committed suicide because of depression. Happiness is real when it happens to you as an experience.

Prior to COVID-19, most geopolitical and stories of power-struggles seemed far-fetched and “for someone else”. COVID-19 changed all that. Now a story that someone “out there” can spread a disease (China, in this case) or challenge an entire civilization (Western, in this case) is an obvious reality. And, it is