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Exploring Indian and Western Prayer Differences

This Saturday, at our book club meeting of Jab We Booked, Bhavik presented Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead” in great detail, lasting for a full 22 minutes. Among the many things he discussed, one sentence caught my attention: the difference in how Westerners approach prayer compared to Indians. Indian prayers mostly focus on gratitude rather than […]

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"Had I been provided with a choice, I would have chosen to stay. I didn’t know we were poor, and I didn’t feel any of the desperation that dictated our lives. I just remember being loved, safe, and happy. In retrospect, I realize this is a credit to the efforts of my mother and my surrogate family rather than a credit to the island. Nevertheless, leaving Jamaica still felt like a betrayal. I didn’t know then that when you leave someone or something behind not by choice, you never trade your allegiance to them. I assimilated well enough to call America home many years ago, but my longing for Jamaica never fully went away. Assimilation, though necessary, comes with a price. It created an unwelcome wedge between me and my homeland."— Jayma Anne Montgomery

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