Discovering Beauty
When I joined a new school, the two smartest boys in my class had similar names, Amar and Amit. Amit was tall, Amar was relatively short.
When I joined a new school, the two smartest boys in my class had similar names, Amar and Amit. Amit was tall, Amar was relatively short.
Jane, my wife, was pregnant. With the baby’s arrival date approaching, I wanted to make sure we were ready. She chose a doctor she was comfortable with.
The writer is a Washington-based international development advisor and had worked with the World Bank. He can be reached at mnandy@gmail.com.
Thoreau left his urban home and went into woods, to live at Walden Pond, chopping his own wood and cooking his modest meals, so that a simple life could let him see clearly what he could not see in his daily city life, surrounded by the accustomed and convenient.
He turned to me and said, emphatically but apologetically, “Don’t misunderstand me. You speak our language, you do an important job. You will easily become a part of the American society. You are not a problem. But others are.”
I don’t think Monica has any idea what she means to me. I fear I don’t have any words for it either.
