there was no one left To speak out for me

First they came for the Communists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Socialist

Then they came for the trade unionists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a trade unionist

Then they came for the Jews

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Jew

Then they came for me

And there was no one left

To speak out for me

Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo and translated by Leah Janeczko Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024

Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo and translated by Leah Janeczko

Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024

Deliciously enjoyable' Katherine Heiny

'I adored it' Naoise Dolan

'Wild, funny and disturbing' Roddy Doyle

'Thrillingly original' Monica Ali

'It would be simply impossible for a book this good to go unnoticed' Big Issue

A delightfully funny Italian novel about sex, love, family - and how a writer transforms her life into art

Vero has grown up in Rome with her eccentric family: an omnipresent mother who is devoted to her own anxiety, a father ruled by hygienic and architectural obsessions, and a precocious genius brother at the centre of their attention. As she becomes an adult, Vero's need to strike out on her own leads her into bizarre and comical situations: she tries (and fails) to run away to Paris at the age of fifteen; she moves into an unwitting older boyfriend's house after they have been together for less than a week; and she sets up a fraudulent (and wildly successful) street clothing stall to raise funds to go to Mexico. Most of all, she falls in love - repeatedly, dramatically, and often with the most unlikely and inappropriate of candidates.

As she continues to plot escapades and her mother's relentless tracking methods and guilt-tripping mastery thwart her at every turn, it is no wonder that Vero becomes a writer - and a liar - inventing stories in a bid for her own sanity.

Narrated in a voice as wryly ironic as it is warm and affectionate, Lost on Me seductively explores the slippery relationship between deceitfulness and creativity (beginning with Vero's first artistic achievement: a painting she steals from a school classmate and successfully claims as her own). Deceptively simple, its tenderness offset by moments of cool brutality, Lost on Me is a masterwork of human observation

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#BahrisonsAt70 .

*Learn in life for every inch of sadness lies a foot of happiness ahead*

*Learn in life for every inch of sadness lies a foot of happiness ahead*. Learn that the simplest of times brings the grandest of pleasures and the hardest goodbyes often lead to the best hellos. Understand that crazy chances guide you to unexpected discoveries and that tough times unveil the sincerity of people. Learn to have a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing. Learn to hold onto your smile every day and free yourself from all things that make you unhappy.... 

( Pic-Actress Vidhubala 1974)

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 5-5-2024.

*Some believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength*

*Some believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength*. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.You got to know when to hold and know when to fold and know when to walk away and know when to run.Believe yourself  and understand you have little power to choose what happens, but you have complete power over how you respond. Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can and keep going.....

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4-5-2024.

#மீனாட்சிபுரம்மதமாற்றம் 1981 #Meenakshipurammassconversion

*Meenakshipuram mass conversion had a ripple effect*

Around 150 Adi Dravidar families embraced Islam at Meenakshipuram in Tirunelveli in 1981. Their decision had a ripple effect on other parts of Tamil Nadu. It was reported that over 2,000 families had renounced Hinduism in a span of eight months, as against 1,500 between 1944 and 1980.

The Hindu 

3-5-2024

1981 மீனாட்சிபுரம் மதமாற்றம் என்பது தமிழ்நாட்டின், திருநெல்வேலி மாவட்டத்தின், செங்கோட்டை ஊராட்சி ஒன்றியத்தின், தேன்பொத்தை ஊராட்சியில் உள்ள தே. மீனாட்சிபுரம் கிராமத்தில், 1981ஆம் ஆண்டில் நூற்றுக்கணக்கான இந்து சமயத்தைச் சேர்ந்த தலித்துகள், சாதி பாகுபாடுகளை எதிர்த்து இஸ்லாம் சமயத்துக்கு மாறிய நிகழ்வாகும்.

இந்தச் சம்பவம் இந்தியாவில் மத சுதந்திரத்தின் மீது விவாதத்தைக் கிளப்பியது மற்றும் அரசு மதமாற்றச் சட்டத்தை அறிமுகப்படுத்த முடிவு செய்தது.

#மீனாட்சிபுரம்மதமாற்றம்_1981

#Meenakshipurammassconversion 

#கேஎஸ்ஆர்போஸட்

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3-5-2024.

#*LIFE is such a fragile thing*

#*LIFE is such a fragile thing*

, a priceless treasure that you are given to guard and make use of to the best of your ability. It will not come again is what makes it so sacred. Do what you feel in your heart to be right for you'll be criticized anyway. Accept both compliments and criticism. It takes both sun and rain for a flower to grow. Respect yourself. Yes respecting yourself also means being mindful of the things you allow to pass through your eyes and ears. Choose content, knowledge, and conversations that uplift, not undermine...

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3-5-2024.

#கொடுக்காய்புளி - #அழகர்கோவில்

#கொடுக்காய்புளி காலம்(சீசன்)

மதுரை- #அழகர்கோவில்

சிலம்பாறுபாயும் தென் திருமாலிருச் சோலையே...

-#பெரியாழ்வார்

#அழகர்கோவில்

#கேஎஸ்ஆர்போஸட்

#ksrpost

2-5-2024.