Just a reminder to those of you in the "loop."

As you may recall I am currently working in Durham Region. BUT, I am still looking for work back in Toronto in a case management/case management-like capacity. Should you, yes you, come across something that you think would be appropriate, please, PLEASE, e-mail me at zparyani@rogers.com.

You can link to my e-mail by clicking on the appropriate place in the column to the right.

NOW GET BACK TO WORK!!

Don't Disappear

Don't disappear. . . . By disappearing from me,
you will disappear from yourself,
betraying your own self forever,
and that will be the basest dishonesty.

Don't disappear. . . . To disappear is so easy.
It's impossible to resurrect one another.
Death drags down too deep.
Death even for a moment is too long.

Don't disappear. . . . Forget the third shadow.
In love there are only two. There are no thirds.
We both will be pure on Judgment Day,
when the trumpets call us to account.

Don't disappear. . . . We have redeemed sin.
We both are free of the law, we are sinless.
We are worthy together of the forgiveness of those
whom we have unintentionally wounded.

Don't disappear. . . . One can disappear in an instant,
but how could we meet later in the centuries ahead?
Is your double possible in the world,
and my double? Only barely in our children.

Don't disappear. . . . Give me your palm.
I am written on it--this I believe.
What makes one's last love terrible
is that it is not love, but fear of loss.

-- Yevgeny Yevtushenko

1987
Translated by Antonina W. Bouis, Albert C. Todd and Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Jagjit is Coming! Jagjit is Coming!!

Jagjit Singh is indisputably one of the most talented artists of India. He received his musical training from the honorable Ustad Jamal Khan, and gained early recognition from his recordings at HMV and EMI India. In 1976, he and his wife, Chitra Singh, released The Unforgettable Ghazal Collection. This album set new sales records and has been followed by numerous ghazals as well as devotional albums, all of which have become classics.

Jagjitji's work has created a renewed interest in the art of Ghazal poetry and performance and has been heard in films and television releases. He has received several awards from both the music industry and from state governments, attesting to his popularity.
Jagjit Singh recently released his latest album "Soz" with lyrics penned by the legendary Javed Akhtar.

Jagjit Singh will be appearing at Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto on April 30th.

Yikes!

Tell It Like It Is, Abe!

"This country belongs to the people and whenever they shall grow weary of their government they can exercise their constitutional right to amend it, or revolutionary right to dismember it or overthrow it."

-- Abraham Lincoln

Tarah

Quote This!

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"I called to my men:  This is a good day to die." 
-- Lowdog at Little Big Horn 

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"You that judge men by the handle and the sheath,
how can I make you know a good blade?" 
--  J. M. Grant  (Mormon) 

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"In a wider sense it made Nehru alien in his own society...'a queer mixture of the East and West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere."
--  Michael Brecher,  Nehru: A Political Biography

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"How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him."
--   Dune, By Frank Herbert