Mothertongue Outlet

वाह अब मैं हिन्दी में लिख सकता हूँ ! (Wow I can now write in Hindi!)

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Short films

Just watched 'Little Terrorist' - a short film by Ashwin Kumar, nominated for an Oscar. Haven't seen something so sweet and simple in a long time. A must watch!

If you find it boring, then a contrast is 'Fallen Art' by the incredibly talented Polish animator Tomek Baginski.

(Random) Things I miss about India # 1

Missing the motherland quite a lot lately. But exactly what is it do I miss, or is it just nostalgic feelings? So here I start off a series of posts where each post will contain one random thing I miss about India, i.e. in no particular order. Posts will be labelled TIMAI.

#1 : clear cool starry nights, clear cool chirping-birds-full mornings.  Comes to mind straightaway in comparison to the mostly dull, rainy, and windy weather prevalent in England.

Returning home

Had an interview today. My interviewer was telling me how he had studied in Germany, then the US, came to work in London, and then went back to Frankfurt, purely because of a desire to be home. This shows that Indians aren't the only people in the world who want to go back home if they could. The same could be said for my Polish friends.

Yet the interviewer came back from Frankfurt to London. Indians remain here. So do Poles. Why? Quality of life? No. Something which never gets mentioned or is often bundled with quality of life, is a kind of 'peacefulness factor'. One stays where s/he feels at peace with her/his inner self. Most 'feel-at-peace-with-yourself' place in the world? There is none; there are as many as there are people in the world.