What is fascinating about a place like Los Angeles airport is that it is lots and lots of people, many of whom have saved up all their lives and channeled all of their energies toward coming to the promised land of abundance and plenty - the American Dream. But as soon as they arrive here they get a crash course in the American reality.
Pico IyerAs Thoreau famously sead, it doesn't matter where or how far you go - the farther commonly the worse - the important thing is how alive you are. Writing of every kind is a way to wake oneself up and keep as alive as when one has just fallen in love.
Pico IyerDalai Lama is taking a subtle and nuanced view of politics and he is thinking in terms of events well beyond our lifetime.
Pico IyerThe Dalai Lama says don't pray for peace, don't wait for peace, don't talk about peace - do it right now.
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