As the River flows

November 16th, 2009 admin

I know long ago   the river used to speak. But when he realised every drop of pain flows above horizon of words he surrendered to silence. People came to his bosom creating to destroy and named it civilization. People came to his bosom looking for the meaning in destruction and called it history. More the time flows more the time remains still. More the things change more the things remain the same. The drops of pain mounting on the bank – will it overflow… as the River flows? In the India’s state of Assam, during the last 2 decades, over 15,000 lives have been lost to insurgency and an unknown number of people remain traceless till date…   You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream…


Originally posted on Passion For Cinema

 
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