<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Sultan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sultan]]></description><link>https://www.sultans.world/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:23:38 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.sultans.world/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Lessons from Humming Birds]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had just arrived from a warm Bombay to the rainy winters of Sunnyvale, California. There were fewer daylight hours. It was cold, gloomy, and I was alone. I had also fallen in love, swimming in the possibility of what could happen next. But as the days went by, the darkness seemed to consume that light of possibility. I often spend time in my backyard, but during the rains I mostly look out the window. Three lemon trees grow back there. The lemon tree about six feet from my sliding glass...]]></description><link>https://www.sultans.world/post/lessons-from-humming-birds</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9f376333db06c5a2a24510</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 22:15:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e69726_5ccf432e826842bbb52ddabad6d4eab1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sultanali Barodawala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Soul Bowl]]></title><description><![CDATA[I look at the water fountain in my backyard and it feels less like an object and more like a diagram I’m accidentally inside of—water lifting itself into brief individuality before collapsing back into something it never really left. I start to see people that way, including myself, as droplets pulled from a larger, quiet reservoir of mind, each of us given just enough height and light to believe in our separation. We hang there for a second, naming things, building identities, mistaking the...]]></description><link>https://www.sultans.world/post/the-soul-bowl</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e00ea328077450017902b98</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2019 16:24:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e69726_814f8581d9d84bca88b80426865751ee~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sultanali Barodawala</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[After the Dive]]></title><link>https://www.sultans.world/post/after-the-dive</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e00ea328077450017902b99</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2019 16:24:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e69726_9802808d1d23455cac72475fdd5e7e8e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sultanali Barodawala</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>