{"id":5064,"date":"2017-05-26T08:57:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T07:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/?p=5064"},"modified":"2017-08-30T10:01:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T09:01:32","slug":"ode-to-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/ode-to-manchester\/","title":{"rendered":"ODE TO MANCHESTER:  Ani Rinchen Khandro"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5066\" src=\"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/05\/22152403\/peace.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"205\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #003366\">The blood of Irish, Catholic immigrants<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> And Russian, Jewish refugees<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> Flows through the veins of this Buddhist nun,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> A seeker of wisdom, compassion and peace,<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #003366\">Whose path has encircled the world and alights<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> Now in Edinburgh, where it has stayed.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> But my heart cries out for Manchester,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> For Manchester where I was made.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #003366\">And I weep to see your suffering,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> Caused by minds deluded by hate,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> Yet tears of sadness are mixed with pride,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> Seeing what makes my hometown so great.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #003366\">Strength and kindness in adversity,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> That brave, indomitable spirit,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> Bred by love that welcomes diversity,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> All embellished with pithy, street wit.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #003366\">Mancunia, Mancunia!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> That fortress of northern souls,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> Your red brick streets and fields of dreams,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> Bear witness to impossible goals.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #003366\">In grief we stand united,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> United we&#8217;ll rise from the ruins,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> Like so many who&#8217;ve gone before us,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> For in Manchester, that&#8217;s how we do things.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>by Ani Rinchen Khandro, AKA Jackie Glass, Mancunian.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5065\" src=\"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/05\/22152403\/muslim-man.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"419\" height=\"235\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">A Muslim comforts an elderly Jewish woman (<em>Independent News<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The blood of Irish, Catholic immigrants And Russian, Jewish refugees Flows through the veins of this Buddhist nun, A seeker of wisdom, compassion and peace, Whose path has encircled the world and alights Now in Edinburgh, where it has stayed. But my heart cries out for Manchester, For Manchester where I was made. And I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poety","category-the-arts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ODE TO MANCHESTER: Ani Rinchen Khandro - Many Roads<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/ode-to-manchester\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Albert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/ode-to-manchester\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/ode-to-manchester\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Albert\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d65113da84d62fbc945e6ee35f823e2a\"},\"headline\":\"ODE TO MANCHESTER: Ani Rinchen Khandro\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-26T07:57:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-08-30T09:01:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/ode-to-manchester\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":176,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/ode-to-manchester\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/files\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/peace.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Poetry\",\"The Arts\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/ode-to-manchester\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/ode-to-manchester\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/ode-to-manchester\\\/\",\"name\":\"ODE TO MANCHESTER: Ani Rinchen Khandro - Many Roads\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/ode-to-manchester\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/ode-to-manchester\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/files\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/peace.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-26T07:57:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-08-30T09:01:32+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/ode-to-manchester\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/ode-to-manchester\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/22152403\\\/peace.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/22152403\\\/peace.png\",\"width\":246,\"height\":205},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/\",\"name\":\"Many Roads\",\"description\":\"Bodhicharya&#039;s e-magazine\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Many Roads\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/22152403\\\/LOGO.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/22152403\\\/LOGO.png\",\"width\":506,\"height\":136,\"caption\":\"Many Roads\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d65113da84d62fbc945e6ee35f823e2a\",\"name\":\"Albert\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/74f46c48e5feb0182fa876f0c8f77833248d3054dfa77047ad6712e9c0dfa9c2?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/74f46c48e5feb0182fa876f0c8f77833248d3054dfa77047ad6712e9c0dfa9c2?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/74f46c48e5feb0182fa876f0c8f77833248d3054dfa77047ad6712e9c0dfa9c2?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Albert\"},\"description\":\"Came to Buddhism through Judaism, Hinduism atheism and a few other isms. Currently \\\"recovering\\\" from culture shock from having re-entered the UK after travelling for the past year in various countries. Now spending most of my time raising funds for destitute children in the northern part of Nepal - Helambu region - and editing Many Roads for the Bodhicharya website.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/blowthegaff.blogspot.co.uk\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bodhicharya.org\\\/manyroads\\\/author\\\/avrom108\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ODE TO MANCHESTER: Ani Rinchen Khandro - Many Roads","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/ode-to-manchester\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Albert","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/ode-to-manchester\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/ode-to-manchester\/"},"author":{"name":"Albert","@id":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/#\/schema\/person\/d65113da84d62fbc945e6ee35f823e2a"},"headline":"ODE TO MANCHESTER: Ani Rinchen Khandro","datePublished":"2017-05-26T07:57:25+00:00","dateModified":"2017-08-30T09:01:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/ode-to-manchester\/"},"wordCount":176,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/ode-to-manchester\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/files\/2017\/05\/peace.png","articleSection":["Poetry","The Arts"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/ode-to-manchester\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/ode-to-manchester\/","url":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/ode-to-manchester\/","name":"ODE TO MANCHESTER: Ani Rinchen Khandro - Many Roads","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/ode-to-manchester\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/ode-to-manchester\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/files\/2017\/05\/peace.png","datePublished":"2017-05-26T07:57:25+00:00","dateModified":"2017-08-30T09:01:32+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/ode-to-manchester\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/ode-to-manchester\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/05\/22152403\/peace.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/05\/22152403\/peace.png","width":246,"height":205},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/","name":"Many Roads","description":"Bodhicharya&#039;s e-magazine","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/#organization","name":"Many Roads","url":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/05\/22152403\/LOGO.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/05\/22152403\/LOGO.png","width":506,"height":136,"caption":"Many Roads"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/#\/schema\/person\/d65113da84d62fbc945e6ee35f823e2a","name":"Albert","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/74f46c48e5feb0182fa876f0c8f77833248d3054dfa77047ad6712e9c0dfa9c2?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/74f46c48e5feb0182fa876f0c8f77833248d3054dfa77047ad6712e9c0dfa9c2?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/74f46c48e5feb0182fa876f0c8f77833248d3054dfa77047ad6712e9c0dfa9c2?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Albert"},"description":"Came to Buddhism through Judaism, Hinduism atheism and a few other isms. Currently \"recovering\" from culture shock from having re-entered the UK after travelling for the past year in various countries. Now spending most of my time raising funds for destitute children in the northern part of Nepal - Helambu region - and editing Many Roads for the Bodhicharya website.","sameAs":["http:\/\/blowthegaff.blogspot.co.uk"],"url":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/author\/avrom108\/"}]}},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"shareaholic-thumbnail":false,"gform-image-choice-sm":false,"gform-image-choice-md":false,"gform-image-choice-lg":false,"mailchimp":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Albert","author_link":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/author\/avrom108\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The blood of Irish, Catholic immigrants And Russian, Jewish refugees Flows through the veins of this Buddhist nun, A seeker of wisdom, compassion and peace, Whose path has encircled the world and alights Now in Edinburgh, where it has stayed. But my heart cries out for Manchester, For Manchester where I was made. And I&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}