April 12, 2015 Has it been that long since I last wrote?? The passage of time is evident only with marks such as here on this siteā¦ one and a half years have passed since I had any leisure to pen a few lines. Much has happened and some events are even blurry now but here I am, sitting in the quietness of my small office space at home pondering about life in the past few years. The world news is not a nice happy topic if not downright depressing. I mourned the sudden loss of Nathan Cirillo, the senseless utter injustice and the cowardice act of cutting down a defenceless ceremonial symbol of our liberty and rights and to such a pure, beautiful young man was so gouging, for days I felt a deep sadness and a rage which had been subdued since my arrival in Canada long ago. It was significant because of the violation of the most sacred place in this country: at the tomb of the unknown soldier. A peace monument to remind us of the violent past. Then the turmoil in the Middle East where journalists and innocents were slaughtered. The atrocity in Boston, silencing […]
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