The milkman was an ugly man. Or perhaps that is only what I was taught to believe. Do we truly have the right to measure another human being by the accidents of their face? Perhaps not. Yet some lessons enter us long before reason does, quietly inherited through kitchens, courtyards, gossip, and laughter. I grew […]
Picture a very recent real-life scenario. You’re stuck in a horrible, typical Kathmandu traffic jam when suddenly a wailing ambulance siren draws your attention. You feel a chill in your spine and turn to look at the emergency vehicle rushing past. And what do you see inside the ambulance? A bunch of people laughing and talking their heads off. They seem to be thoroughly enjoying their good fortune to be traveling in an ambulance tearing through the traffic-choked chaos of Kathmandu. Very interestingly, there’s no sign of a medical emergency, let alone a patient. What is one supposed to think after seeing such a sight? A few minutes of reflective pause.
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