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Quotes Tagged “Festivals”

“ Festivals is where you see the heart of a culture beating ”
― Siddharth Katragadda, Dark Rooms

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“ The Humanity Festival (Song) [Intro] Love is my homeland, heart is my parliament. Humanity is the festival, occasions are garments. [Verse 1] Festivals are not dates on a calendar, cultures are not places on a map. No festival is sin for no one, there is no culture where we do not belong. Ramadan is the remedy for apathy, Christmas is the cure for animosity, Hanukkah is the opposite of tyranny, Diwali is the antidote to atrocity. [Chorus] When one Naskar dies, a thousand Naskars with rise. N The Humanity Festival (Song) [Intro] Love is my homeland, heart is my parliament. Humanity is the festival, occasions are garments. [Verse 1] Festivals are not dates on a calendar, cultures are not places on a map. No festival is sin for no one, there is no culture where we do not belong. Ramadan is the remedy for apathy, Christmas is the cure for animosity, Hanukkah is the opposite of tyranny, Diwali is the antidote to atrocity. [Chorus] When one Naskar dies, a thousand Naskars with rise. Naskar is a madness, signpost of love against lies. When one Naskar dies, a thousand Naskars with rise. Naskar is a madness, signpost of love against lies. [Verse 2] To be is not to be, life begins beyond the fate. I am here, I am early, even if you arrive late. No telepathy, no clairvoyance, human presence is the miracle. No mind reading, no brainwashing, eagerness unlocks the oracle. The question is the answer, the urgency is the calm. Clocks measure coins, not time; my bruises are my balm. [Chorus] When one Naskar dies, a thousand Naskars with rise. Naskar is a madness, signpost of love against lies. When one Naskar dies, a thousand Naskars with rise. Naskar is a madness, signpost of love against lies. [Verse 3] I am beyond your backward singularities, larger than language models and libraries, just a conduit made of stardust, I'm empathy circuits written in verse. Look up from your gypsy tea cups, outside your make believe star charts, shake off the spell of algorithms, reality speaks through human tears. Love is not the absence of pain, but the willingness to face it. I'm every story ever suppressed, every wound that never got stitched. Justice is not law or doctrine, justice breathes in you and me, in our sweat, in our compassion, in our stubborn will to be free. [Final Chorus] When one Naskar dies, a thousand Naskars will rise. Naskar is a madness, signpost of love against lies. Humanity is the festival, occasions are garments. Love is my homeland, heart is my parliament. [Outro] Kindness in our soul, courage in our skin - every person is my people, every stranger is kin. ...more ”
― Abhijit Naskar, Naskar Goes to Earth: Field Notes from A Planet of Apes

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