Or is this how humans survive, shrugging off history, immersing themselves in the moment?
Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniA dream is a telegram from the hidden world...Only a fool or an illiterate person ignores it.
Chitra Banerjee Divakarunithe darkness is a cresting wave. It sweeps me up out of my body until I float among the stars, those tine bright pores on the sky's skin. If only I could pass through them, I would end up on the other side, the right side, shadowless, perfectly illuminated, beyond the worries of this mundane world
Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniBecause ultimately only the witness -- and not the actors -- knows the truth (Vyasa to Draupadi)
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni