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Michel Polnareff once had a hit ” Love me, please love me”….followed later by the Who “See me, feel me, touch me..heal me”…to end with Todd Rundgren “Hello it’s me”… Late 60’s early 70’s…stormed the music scene was Me, Me, Me. The Me Generation, after the We Generation. Jesus Christ Superstar on Broadway,…with hair and…
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When what happened and is still unfolding in Kabul appeared on the front page of major newspapers, I was jolted. Saigon? Haven’t seen the name in the news for decades. It reappeared once in a while on Broadway play (Miss Saigon – the helicopter and the abandoned mistress with slanted eyes). But not along side…
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When firefighters, broadcasters and stockbrokers on Wall Street went about their daily routine in a crisp Fall day 20 years ago, they did not know their fates were linked with today’s thousands in Kabul. Same aerodynamics that lifted the planes…same desires to work, earn, rest, play and go home to their families. We all do.…
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________________ Technology helps easy access to information, but it cannot help with transformation. For example: the Taliban are collapsing those lego pieces built over the past two decades, while in New York, the Governor resigned – after 60- years worth of institutional course-correction (sociall mores ). All on facebook, all on google. Another example. People…
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Saturday August 14, 2021. BBC Home Page. Afghan President addresses the nation….Refugees pouring into the capital…From there, no where else to go…No way out (Caspian Sea, or Persian Gulf?). I just sat here with my families. Our future is so uncertain and life so unpredictable. No where to turn to. No one is here to…
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So this is what it must have felt like here in the US, back then in late March 1975, when South Vietnam dominoes started to fall. An anxious public, a rumbling press and an apathetic student (anti-war) body…all glued to a 19-inch television set. From Tom Hayden to Jane Fonda, from the Rolling Stone to…
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Genocides and atrocities have exterminated millions of our people. In the name of carrying out policies. Then we have this “democratised” taking of lives during the pandemic. People of all races, classes and genders (and now age groups) died. All formed a United Nation of Ghosts…with General Assembly and Articles of Condemnation. They seek to…
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A team of 19 – strong arms and strong will – students of Architecture and Aerospace – came to attack. A decade later, a team of equal or even more dedication – strong arms and strong will – came to take out the master-mind: OBL. One side memorised the Koran, the other side overheard Jesus…
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They used what was available to them (terracotta)…in the time frame allotted to them (40 years) to leave behind traces of greatness…a glimpse beyond the transient and impermanence. In so doing, they left their marks (Qi dynasty) and stayed true to their aspiration (Mandate of Heaven). Each culture and country appoints ministers of Communication and…
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All that loving…longing…even lusting. First the corner store owner. Then the jewelry store couple. Amidst counting their silver coins and bitcoins. Leaving their inventory behind. Their relatives behind. And their retail customers bewildered. Stores closed. Finished. The end. Never got to do Sinatra’s “My Way”. Never got to take that trip of a lifetime Never…
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