ARCHIVE
The accidental refugee and the crisis of accepting who you are: a short essay on belonging.
15 March 2018
0 comments
Identity is thick with social contructs. What does it mean for someone whose struggle with identity was defined even before birth? Is there a resolution?
Call to sacrifice
16 March 20180 comments
Go forth and bring peace to the world they told us Yours are the voices Your hearts will set things straight (as if in its crookedness we are falling off the planet, us unsung heroines)
Here’s to you
04 November 20180 comments
I’d like you to grow a beard so that when you whisper in my ear the bristles chafe against my cheek
An ode to my son – part 1
11 November 20180 comments
A two part letter to my teenage son who lives several countries away from me. A meaningful look into a grieving mother’s heart for her child that’s growing up and away from her.
An ode to my son – part 2
16 November 20180 comments
A two part letter to my teenage son who lives several countries away from me. A meaningful look into a grieving mother’s heart for her child that’s growing up and away from her.
Any kind of love
14 December 20180 comments
Does it matter how I know you To love you Does it make a difference to Love To flow only down a certain path
The brilliance of grief – for a role model
16 December 20180 comments
A two part look into Grief with the first part dedicated to the sorrow of losing my grandfather.
The brilliance of grief – to all the men I’ve loved before
27 December 20180 comments
A two part look into Grief with the second part dedicated to all the men I've loved, and lost, before.
The preservation of a Parsi upbringing
01 April 20170 comments
Growing up with a stupendous cook for a grandmother whose preservatives leant themselves to mini mouth orgies – sweet, sour, explosive, eye watering, fantastic.
Finding Nemo
01 May 20170 comments
Why I love water, why water is one of the most important elements I need around me, why its expansiveness affects every part of my life.
Living in moments
20 June 20170 comments
Wander the world, pace yourself, stop and smell the roses, and before you know it, they’ll think you’re local enough to ask directions.
Daddy’s girl
01 March 20160 comments
I did not tell her For I did not know how I once was pretty But I don’t feel that now
Because I’m all about me
30 January 20150 comments
Big butts are a thing these days. A decade ago Jennifer Lopez made that abundantly desirable and recently Nicki Minaj sang to the world that Sir Mix-a-lot was not lying, packing much back, like Kim Kardashian, is attractive.
Under 120 so still alive
01 March 20150 comments
Why driving in the fastest lane in the gazillion lane highway cutting through Dubai is a death wish and why the city’s streets are no place for fastidious fools.
Paws for thought
01 April 20150 comments
New cat on the block in Dubai, does his coolness allow him to cope well with his crazy family or is he the crazy cat?
