Connecting the Dots across the Indian Ocean
<p>The world is even smaller than we know. Follow the words…</p>
<p>I’ve always loved languages (which does not correlate to being <em>good </em>at languages!). I love the subtle process of discovery. Words are like breadcrumbs, hinting at a culture and a history that help you better understand the people within it.</p>
<p>For example, when I first moved to India, I learned that, in Hindi, the word for “yesterday” is also the word for “tomorrow”: कल (“kal”). Even better, the word for “the day before yesterday” is also the word for “the day after tomorrow”: परसों (“parson” with nasal “o” ;). This simple phrasing, used countless times a day, speaks to something deeper — the cyclical view of life and reincarnation in Hindu faith.*</p>
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