Development practitioner interested in labor rights, migration, gender, technology & society | nature, arts & literature | published poet
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Part 1 of my long-ish conversation with Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee. I used the occasion of his third major book 'The Song of the Cell' to talk about his writings, India, the Self, and more. I think many of you might find his words & thoughts of interest.
#cancer #gene #cellular #india #columbiauniversity
https://scroll.in/article/1040661/the-siddhartha-mukherjee-interview-even-mental-diseases-have-an-impact-on-cellular-behaviour
Wishing you all a splendid New Year!
Recently, I came across the idea of "lantern consciousness": on how, like a lantern that sprays its light all around, children take in the wonders of the world around them with awe.
To a year filled with such moments & discoveries ✨
"Think of things that linger: leaves,
cartons and napkins, the damp smell of mold.
Think of things that disappear.
Think of what you love best,
what brings tears into your eyes."
-- from "Adios" by Naomi Shihab Nye
via Quotomania ~ @holdengraber
https://quotomania.simplecast.com/episodes/quotomania-364-naomi-shihab-nye
#poemsofmastodon #mastopoetry
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"I watch
my mother’s fingers
enveloped
in the giddiness
of creativity
in a game
of memory
Seventy some years
falling away
the pain of
rheumatoid
held at bay
for now
she is a young girl
writing
her life
into meaning."
~ from "Kolam: the Art of Remembering" by Pushpa Naidu Parekh
#verseoftheday #poetrycommunity #poemsofmastodon #myphoto #kolam
"We read in the Chuang-tzu: [..] Suddenly I awoke, and there I lay, myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man."
~ from "Zen and Japanese Culture" by Daisetz T. Suzuki
In this updated series of graphics, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation uses a participatory & human-centered design approach to visualize "Equality vs. Equity."
More here: https://www.rwjf.org/en/blog/2022/11/we-used-your-insights-to-update-our-graphic-on-equity.html
At the farmers' market, learnt about Lithops - because of their stone-like appearance, they are called the "Living Stone" plants.
In years marred by wars & pandemics, I slowly learn that the only way to perhaps feel "alive" is to be curious about little wonders like these.
[photo from March, 2022]
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