New Delhi, June 5 -- James Baldwin's quote, "Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it," is a powerful reminder that transformation is rarely comfortable. Real change does not simply add something new to life; it often breaks old certainties, identities and illusions. The line is traced to Baldwin's essay "Faulkner and Desegregation," first published in Partisan Review in 1956 and later republished in Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son.

"Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it."- James Baldwin

Baldwin's quote matters because it tells the truth about change. People often speak about change as if it is only positive, inspiring or exciting. But Baldwin remi...