Intercultural Relations Quotes

“Love never asks you to erase your past,
Love never attempts to erase your identity.
Love accepts your past and expands your present,
Love embraces you as you, and empowers your identity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım

“According to a medival Turkic saying, "a Turk is never without a Persian [Tat, a sedentary Iranian], just as a cap is never without a head." The relationship was mutually beneficial.”
― Peter B. Golden, Central Asia in World History

“To name me is to maim me,
To inflame me is to inhale me.
In a world so native yet foreign,
I am just a Visvadesi (global native).”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“English is my second language,
My first language is love.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“If you love a culture, you gotta do something for that culture. It doesn't matter whether you are born in that culture - the real question is, what have you done for that culture?”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“If you love a culture, you gotta do something for that culture.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat