www.amianupam.com
Today I got my acceptance letter from Harvard Law School. The letter says that HLS has selected me as one of the first members of the class of 2024. Of course I am overjoyed by this. But more than that, I am relieved. This decision has given me some space and time that I so … Read more
Guns become the primary mode of power when alternatives are absent.
Growing up, I quickly learned to ignore the shadows of my cities Shadows that: lived under the overpasses ran by the railways begged in the traffics. I was taught to lever look the shadows in their eyes. “They prey on innocence,” I was told. “As soon as you look into the shadows they will creep … Read more
On September 2, 2017, I received this message on my facebook page: “….Don’t act so smart. Otherwise, (you will be chopped into so many pieces that) nobody will even find your corpse.” This was categorically different than the threats I often received from fake profile holders and spammers. Because this person was not afraid to … Read more
We live with our impurities Confined by them, defined by them And tell ourselves that we have been refined by them and make our peace with impurities and learn to make them a part of us: apart from us. We live in our impurities Confined by them, defined by them smogs of dark and … Read more
Give ’em a tender lover’s kiss, a mother’s eyes, a father’s arm. Give ’em a sister’s parting words, a brother’s vow, a wet goodbye. Give ’em a radical slogan or a fighting song, a rebellion. Give ’em something strong to love, something to love they may die for. Otherwise, they will die off, they will … Read more
A gloomy thought of death took over his birthday celebrations. He sunk in his bed, lonely and scared. He could feel his body in decay. He could feel death creeping in the silence. He could feel that he won’t feel anymore. Death scared him to death. His claustrophobic heart started pounding in his small single … Read more
What is the task of education? Primarily, it is to teach someone to survive. Friedrich Nietzsche talks about creativity in education but what function does this creativity have? As biological beings, our first impulse is to survive in the condition that we are born into. Should the task of the education then not be to … Read more
Her wings have lost the youth they had Her beak is sharp-as-sword no more Her tears don’t heal no wounds no more Her need to be now is no more She’s old, she’s old, oh! the magical bird Her soul it burns: and it makes her mad She casts, she casts her last great spell Her wings afire the … Read more