If there is a knower of tongues, fetch him:
There is a stranger in the city,
And he has many things to say.
(Mirza Ghalib, translated by SR Faruqi, from the first page of “The enchantress of Florence” By Salman Rushdie)
My favorite sage once told me "better look out" else you won't "see" :-) This is a wanderer's wanderlust !!, an attempt to navigate through the omnipresent urban blindness, albeit without any kind compass, and yet, inadvertently and magically, stumble upon the ever elusive truth.
If there is a knower of tongues, fetch him:
There is a stranger in the city,
And he has many things to say.
(Mirza Ghalib, translated by SR Faruqi, from the first page of “The enchantress of Florence” By Salman Rushdie)
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