Kalliyam

If you are reading this then you're the Friend to whom this addressed.  It won't matter if you know the mentions.  Kabir called Friend those with whom he shared the world and his own conscience.  That is enough for me. It's Valentine's Day. And I say with all me heart that I love thee. And it is true. Thank you for you. Knowing you have such friends will sustain a life when there is so much distance and time to traverse. Is it my imagination but I see a world where even the thin veneers of civility have cracked. Beneath is a militancy, a kind of violence that seems like Hobbes' description of the war of all against all. I cannot participate. My sense of engagement and even my mildest "activism" has retreated behind Sadie's invisible fence. It's easy to cross into the yard and you are all so very welcome. But I shudder every time, every single time I step out. India feels stolen and how shall we return safely anytime soon? I find the id