“Question: Have you ever considered winning an award?
Naskar: Not really - I am a misfit - not quite mainstream enough for any of the fields. Besides, I am here to bridge cultures, not win awards.”
Source: Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch
“A stranger is a person in whom we have not yet found a part of ourselves.”
Source: il confine di ghiaccio
“Stop trying to explain yourself. People only understand things from their level of perception; within the parameters of their agreement with reality. Save your energy.”
“English is my work language,
Turkish is my love language,
Spanish is my play language,
Telugu is my leisure language.
This would probably be different for you - perhaps for you, it all happens in one language - English, and that's perfectly fine. Different people are inspired in different ways - it's alright - as long as all our inspirations converge into one result - a better world for all - where there is no interracial dialogue, there is no intercultural communication, there is no interreligious relations - because - there is but one race, humanity - there is but one culture, humanity - there is but one religion, humanity.”
Source: Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn
“Your culture is my culture is world culture.”
Source: Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion
“World unity stems from expansion.”
Source: Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion
“I have but one law - I don't exist. I don't have a homeland, I don't have a native tongue, I don't have an origin culture - for you are my home, your tongue is my tongue, your culture is my culture. Those who still want to learn about my origin, could easily find out where I come from and all that nonsense, but as for me, my existence is rooted in you - that's all you gotta know. Nothing else matters, nothing else must matter. I repeat, nothing else must matter. For an earthbound species, I am native of earth - for an interplanetary species, I am native of Milky Way - for an intergalactic species, I am a native of the cosmos - for a lifeform beyond time and space, I am but a speck of carbon-based electrochemical memory.”
Source: Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion
“Expansion brings unification,
Contraction brings castration.”
Source: Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion
“Call me gypsy, or call me refugee,
This heart of mine is always migrant.
I've got no use for silicon or gold,
World is my bane, world, my ointment.”
Source: Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn
“Exploring our history isn’t about wallowing in shame. We cannot ever own the attitudes and actions of our ancestors. But if we fail to see the legacy of tragic, discriminatory and
inhumane events, we allow their influence to continue.”
Source: Mind the Inclusion Gap: How allies can bridge the divide between talking diversity and taking action