“People are the truth of life,
Not some beliefs and biases.
People are the magic of my words,
People are the center of my poetries.”
Source: Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission
“Be the proof of integration,
When prejudice is the tradition.
Devise your own inclusive destiny,
When heritage is rooted in division.”
Source: The Centurion Sermon: Mental Por El Mundo
“Chivalry is alive. Character is alive. Morals are alive.”
“We are supposed to be explorers of infinity, not prisoners of primitivity.”
Source: Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz
“Be a question mark in front of assumption - be an exclamation mark in front of habit - be a full stop in front of discrimination.”
Source: Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz
“When culture is code for division,
You gotta be uncultured to find assimilation.
When hagiographies are passed on as heritage,
To be heretic is the first course of action.”
Source: Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown
“When culture is code for division, you gotta be uncultured to find assimilation.”
Source: Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown
“Neighborhood Humanitarian (The Sonnet)
They ask me, why do I never run out of ideas!
It is because I never dwell in one culture.
Sometimes I'm North American, sometimes Latino,
Sometimes I'm South Indian, sometimes I am Turk.
When I run low on charge, I listen to Español,
When my sight gets foggy, I watch Cary Grant.
Whenever I feel homesick, I listen to some Telugu,
Whenever my heart bleeds, I run straight to Turkey.
It is sort of a perpetual motion engine,
I empower the cultures, the cultures empower me.
If I am the world's not-so-secret hometown human,
The world is my secret to my infinite electricity.
How, do you think, I became the neighborhood
humanitarian to every single person on earth!
It's because I never glorified one culture over another.”
Source: Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission
“Thus Peace Begins (The Sonnet)
Peace begins with society,
Society begins with individuality.
Individuality begins with liberty,
Liberty begins with accountability.
Accountability comes from unity,
Unity comes through community.
Community comes through diversity,
Diversity comes through inclusivity.
Inclusivity comes through nonrigidity,
Nonrigidity comes through curiosity.
Curiosity comes through expansivity,
Expansivity comes through evolvability.
Evolvability comes through taming animality.
Animality is tamed when we prioritize humanity.”
Source: Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission
“Give me ten lovers who value love over tradition, and I shall give you a world without discrimination.”
Source: Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission