An aircraft cabin is a place that seems to be nowhere, but I find it steeped in the place left behind and the place ahead. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes ahead aircraft cabin
Sri Lanka is an island that everyone loves at some level inside themselves. A very special island that travellers, from Sinbad to Marco Polo, dreamed about. A place where the contours of the land itself forms a kind of sinewy poetry. Romesh Gunesekera contourdreamform share on social
'Commonwealth' is not a word I ever used growing up in Colombo. There, in the late 1950s, it would have meant little more than New Zealand lamb and Anchor butter at the cold stores. Romesh Gunesekera 1950sanchorbutter Change image and share on social
Sri Lanka is a part of my background: it's not where I live, but it's what I want to explore. And I find it works very well to explore through fiction. Romesh Gunesekera backgroundexplorefiction Change image and share on social
I've heard 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' read, and I tell you Mrs. Stowe's pen hasn't begun to paint what slavery is as I have seen it at the Harriet Tubman begincabinhave Change image and share on social
There is only so much negotiating and maneuvering that can be done while the aircraft is under siege in mid-air. Therefore, the best way to put a stop to hijacking is by having high levels of security implemented by qualified and trained personnel both on the ground and in the air. Isaac Yeffet airaircraftgrind share on social
I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light. Mahmoud Darwish aheadglintidentify Change image and share on social