“There is something at the bottom of every new human thought, every thought of genius, or even every earnest thought that springs up in any brain, which can never be communicated to others, even if one were to write volumes about it and were explaining one’s idea for thirty-five years; there’s something left which cannot be induced to emerge from your brain, and remains with you forever…”
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvgdtF3y0Ss)
—Jessica Greenbaum, Poetry, July/August 2012 At the Los Angeles Review of Books, Lisa Russ Spaar reviews Greenbaum’s The Two Yvonnes, mentioning “the abecedarian ‘A Poem for S.,’” above.
“A long project is like a secret houseguest, hidden in your study, waiting to be fed and visited.”
John Hollander (via theparisreview)
Our quote of the day is from the Irish poet W.B. Yeats
No your lordship, everybody opposing Aadhar is not following an“NGO line”: Baidik Bhattacharya
via No your lordship, everybody opposing Aadhar is not following an“NGO line”: Baidik Bhattacharya
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The news of Irrfan's death has left both the film industry and his fans in shock and mourning. As we grieve the loss of this extraordinary artiste, we look back at his rich career path that bears a testimony of his struggles, triumphs and consistent brilliance over three decades.
'Naitaavad enaa, paro anyad asti' (There is not merely this, but a transcendent other). Rgveda. X, 31.8.
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