We invited Rajashree Gandhi, who participated in PeaceVerse a couple of years ago, to suggest poems we might include. She sent us four, saying: “…coincidentally, I have been collecting poems on friendship for my class around the same time. So I do happen to have some to share with you.” We will share them separately … More Friendship Fortnight 2020: Red Brocade
Did you know that the 30th of July was designated as the International Day of Friendship by the United Nations General Assembly in 2011? The idea behind this observance is to encourage “friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals” to inspire “peace efforts and build bridges between communities.” Friendship has been a powerful force in … More The fierce power of friendship in our lives
Poet Arundhathi Subramaniam has shared three of her poems on friendship with us. This is the first one. My Friends by Arundhathi Subramaniam They’re sodden, the lot of them, leafy, with more than a whiff of damage, mottled with history, dark with grime. God knows I’ve wanted them different — less preoccupied, more … More Friendship Fortnight 2020: My Friends
We open Friendship Fortnight 2020 with a poem written and shared by Kutti Revathi, பெண்ணே நீ. The poem describes a woman and her journey through life. பெண்ணே நீ ~ குட்டி ரேவதி பெண்ணே நீ கடலின் மீது மேகங்களூடே கொட்டும் சூரியனின் மழையைப் போல வெளிச்சமாய் இருக்கிறாய் பெண்ணே நீ அலைதோறும் அலைதோறும் மாயாத உணர்வுகளைக் கிளறும் அன்றாடப்பணி செய்கிறாய் பெண்ணே நீ … More Friendship Fortnight 2020: பெண்ணே நீ
Friendship is such an important ingredient for a peaceful society that it really is quite surprising we do not celebrate it more. They say that friends are the family we choose for ourselves, and that somehow places friends in a secondary role in our lives. It is true though that friends can and do play … More Friendship Fortnight 2020
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