In May’s Indian elections, PM Narendra Modi’s BJP fared considerably well, indirectly securing a mandate for its Buddhist diplomacy. This “quiet” exercise of power began several years ago in September 2015, with the Vivekananda International Foundation’s (VIF) first Samvad conference. For this event we were taken to the diplomatic enclave of Chanakyapuri in New Delhi, […]
Day: August 20, 2019
St. James Parish, Barbados
We are not divided byour politics. That’s a lie.We are divided by chainsof mountains formed bythe folding of the earth’s crust.A full Gospel assembly of geological ruckus.Under extreme pressure, when the butter melts and foams on the rubber spatula of a mountain boulder, racedoes not keep us from understanding,at least not the way erosion does.The […]