Two beautiful characters…

Mameha in Memoirs of a Geisha. The book, a historical fiction novel by Arthur Golden, is about achieving a goal, and how one has to struggle to achieve that goal. A geisha symbolizes the beauty and elegance of Japan, and Nitta Sayuri learns her art with great skill under the tutelage of Mameha, a geisha whose gentle smile hides a will of steel. 

And,

Lily Casey in Half Broke Horses, a book by Jeannette Walls. Lily, a straight-talking girl of the wild west tames wild horses, beats ranch hands at poker, and saves lives with equal ease. 

Both girls, Nitta Sayuri and Lily Casey handle everything Life throws at them with immense courage, determination, composure, and….a smile…

A man with great integrity…

Nadav Lapid, Israeli filmmaker. 

I admire the way he sunmed up and spoke about the film The Kashmir Files. In spite of the huge backlash both from the Indian Film Festival of India and the criticism he received from the Israeli diplomats in India, Lapid did not back down.

Every word he has spoken is from the depths of truth. One sentence that jumped out at me was this:

‘…in countries that are increasingly losing the ability to speak the truth, “someone needs to speak up.”’ And he has spoken up. He has spoken in the context of the Film Festival. 

This article is an absolute must-read…

https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/kashmir-files-row-israel-filmmaker-nadav-lapid-stands-by-his-comments-on-film/cid/1901209

(So very grateful to know that there are some fearless people of great integrity who are not afraid to speak out…who can tell it as it is….who will not hide/ignore or sugarcoat the truth…I had written about Gianni Infantino, who was one such person, and now here is Nadav Lapid).