Dear Florence,
I am in Hyderabad, and have taken half and hour of driving around mindlessly to find a cyber cafe. We have been provided with a Chauffeur and a car so thankfully I am mobile. Well you had written-
Bindu, you are in a position where you can swing back and forth (‘Home & Away’) freely and anytime – a new citizen?
But I dont know where is home? I dont feel at home in India either. For a short time it feels great and for that time it is home, but then the same feeling ceases to exist. I have a similar feeling for UK as well, or for that matter any city I live in. Probably mine is a quest to be at home within my own being, and the place, on some level ceases to matter. These are mere hypothetical assumptions on my part, since probably to understand oneself is the hardest thing. But yes the world citizen has always been an ideology that i have believed in, a world with no boundaries. But I would like to thank you profusely for your view point. I will go back and reflect on it carefully. Maybe it may open new doors for me for understanding myself better. I am going to take a print out of your write up and re-read it again and again and reflect.
I agree with you Florence, we have little time to think about killing art. Anyways Didier, one cannot kill or destroy creativity. It just is. But yes it will be interesting to see your point of view and maybe you are coming from a place where we are not at the moment paying attention to. So please do share with us you thoughts.
Florence what a beautiful quote- “… it’s up to us to create our values…In the dark, even if others don’t see me, I see myself, and I shine.” Can you tell me, who was the late father of African Cinema?
Cheerfully,
Bindu
