“As immigrants, we always feel an obligation to the opportunities we’re presented with, even if there are glaring red flags staring right at us. Be aware of this irrational gratitude.” – In saying this one thing Jinal Shah made me feel seen in a way I didn’t even know was invisible. This whole piece is […]
You have to write. What if I have nothing to say?What if it’s not good? Or good enough? Or as good as before?What if what I have to say doesn’t matter?No. I don’t want to say something. You don’t write because you want to say something. You write because you have something to say. Yes. […]
Oh the voices in my headThey say You’re not good enoughYou’re not enoughAre you sure? Oh I know youThe judgemental one Oh the voices in my headThey say You’re lazyYou’re arrogantSo slow Oh I know youCriticism personified Oh the voice in my headThey say You don’t work hardYou don’t deserve it Oh I know youDistrustful […]
I could see the sunlight through my closed eyes, I could see it in the warmth that I felt on face, the warm hues taking over my entire body. In the background I could hear my family talking, I do not remember what. It didn’t matter. I was happy just listening to their voices amidst […]
2020.A big year. Meant for big changes.The kind that takes you places. After all, it was the start of a new decade.Right? Personally, I thought I’d have all my answers this year.I’d named this year about knowing. Yet here I am, at the close.More questions than ever before. Questioning it all.From definitions [of productivity and […]
In this time of awakening, the only way for our society to heal and be whole is to face our truths – as they are, not as we’d like them to be.
I could feel it come up. Rise, higher. All I had to do was keep my iPhone aside. Maybe that would create a pause. It did. And it didn’t work. I continued to respond… Only I wasn’t really, responding. I was replying to an emotional reaction. A few weeks ago I wrote about what it […]
A deep breath in. Taking in a deep inhale – you tune out the world and drift into another one , feeling powerful. The first few seconds feel great. You enjoy the rush, it feels relaxing. The next few seconds bring stillness, one you’ve been craving to find. And so you hold it in, this inhale. […]
It was the first time I had killed a man. I did not see how it happened. Only heard the silence, of death. I knew it for certain. It was over. It was over the moment I had said it. It was the first time I had killed a man – with words. It’s years […]
We are here For each other For us What made these women come together and share Not that anyone had anything less to do Nor any fewer holds on their calendars But we were all here In that Zoom call (Otherwise so transactional and scheduled) With our guards down Speaking from our hearts To faces […]
