Qingquan Lu

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For more than a few and somewhat complicated reasons that I have yet to fully work out, my awakening to Asian cultures happened just recently. And this I am speaking as one who was born and raised in an Asian country, who has visited a number of others (including Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan), and read a modest amount of Asian classical literature. I suspect part of the reason is that, prior to the awakening - if this is an appropriate way to put it - I was one of the actors on the stage, rather than a curious spectator. Having then lived in England for nine consecutive years, and undergone a slow cultural reform of some sort, I found myself, when I came back to my roots in July 2005, in a position quite different from that I was in previously to view and appreciate Asia. Thus far, the experience has been a very refreshing and rewarding one. For the contents of Asian cultures are so rich and diversified. I am currently in Calcutta, India. As I have come to see, this is an endlessly fascinating country. As an amateur writer, I can only be too happy, for the inspiration to write is currently in abundance.