Syed Priom

The Seeker

The Seeker / True learning is experiencing a subject…much like carrying out any daily chore. The process is ideally natural and free flowing, even careless at times, as an individual sets on a journey to pursue subjects of interest; and since the process is natural and very personal, it cannot be confined to predefined rules […]

The Boatman in the Mirror

Once in autumn, the grace of an amazing sunset overwhelmed the heavens, and a boatman, returning home, had momentarily forgotten about the hardships of life. The gentle breeze or nothing else made a sound, except in equal intervals his paddle swaying against water, when suddenly, there appeared another boatman in front of him! The boatman […]

Thoughts on a Bloody Victory

I don’t quite like the idea of Nationalism. It makes us take excessive pride in things we ourselves haven’t done. It makes us think we are right and the other side of the border is wrong. I wish we had no border. Still, my birthplace would have a name. I would grow up within its soil, […]