Word for today

Basorexia – An overwhelming desire to neck or kiss

Song for today

I am posting both the versions because I like them both!

I like beards

I like hair on men. Always have.  May be it has something to do with the fact that while I was growing up, I just knew and saw hairy men. The first non-hairy (ahem) man I remember seeing was Shah Rukh Khan in the movies.

Hair is such an important part of the male biology. Not just the physique but the entire package. It is sexy. It complies with my idea of a warm man who when hugged makes you feel wonderful.

This is not to say that I am into the men who look like bears or not into men who do not have enough hair ( I find Shah Rukh Khan sexy)

Anyway, sexy for me is more about the personality than the looks but I write this note just to state that I find hair comforting, mostly attractive and very rustic.

Song for today

Song for today

Latvian rap!

Song for today

Love it!

Word for today

Imago: an idealized concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unaltered in adult life.

Reading list

I am borrowing the fiction titles from the suggested readings by the Acumen Fund.

Black Boy by Richard Wright (HarperPerennial)

A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong’o (Heinemann)

Independent People by Halldór Laxness (Vintage International)

Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie (Penguin Books)

The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin (Creative Education)

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Anchor)

Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih (NYRB Classics)

Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh (Mariner Books)

Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell (Penguin Books)

The Tempest by William Shakespeare

The ones listed here are the ones I have not read as yet.

Adding some more:

* Biomimicry- Janine Benyus
* Common Wealth-Economics for a Crowded Planet- Jeffrey Sachs
* Cradle to Cradle- W. McDonough & M. Braungart
* Creating a World Without Poverty- Muhammad Yunus
* Forces for Good- L. Crutchfield & H. Grant
* Good to Great- Jim Collins
* How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas- Davide Bornstein
* In the Bubble- John Thackara
* Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail- Paul Polak
* Racism Without Racist: Colorblind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the US – Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
* Silent Spring- Rachel Carson
* The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World – John Elkington & Pamela Hartigan
* World Changing: A User’s Guide to the 21st Century

The takeaway

http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/09/14/the-takeaway-is-a-powerful-position/

Having read this article, I am led to believe that the application of the same works in every phase of life. What do you think?

Why I write

I remember once VSP drilling me about why I write.

I write because I feel the urge to. Because I have to. But where does this urge come from? May be to reach out, please, connect?

This particular piece by Isaac B. Singer got me thinking about it again:

Why I write for children

by Isaac Bachevis Singer

1. Children read books not reviews.
2. Children don’t read to find their identity.
3. They don’t read to free themselves from guilt, to quench their thirst for, or to get rid of alienation.
4. They have no use for psychology.
5. They detest sociology.
6. They don’t try to understand Kafka or Finnegan’s Wake.
7. They still believe in God, the family, agnels, devils, witches, goblins, logic, clariy, punctuation, and other obsolete stuff.
8. They love interesting stories, not commentary, guides or footnotes.
9. When a book’s boring, they yawn openly, without any shame or fear of authority.
10. They don’t expect their beloved writer to redeem humanity. Yours as they are, they know that it is not in his powero. Only the adults have such childish illusions.

from “A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw” 1970