About

Vishwadha is a journalist covering some not-so-happy stories and a writer trying to undo some of that damage | She lives in Bangalore, India, with her partner and a puppy who snores

“Pay attention, be astonished, tell about it”

What I’m thinking of this week

There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.

I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge — even wisdom. Like art.

Toni Morrison/ pic courtesy – West Point – The U.S. Military Academy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons