I don’t know if a day will come when my father feels differently and knows that it is okay for him to be emotionally vulnerable. Until then, I choose …
Tag: family history
History Can Be Comforting
A poem on how a fish bone stuck in the throat made me appreciate slices of family history.
The Neem Tree
The neem tree in my ancestral home's courtyard is more proof of my nationalism than any citizenship documents will ever be.
Letters From My Grandmother
Having virtually grown up inside a library, my grandmother lived her life as if it were a novel.
Ghosts of My Family’s Past: Rage, Endurance and the Fruits of Toxic Masculinity
Just because you come from a fractured past doesn't mean you always have to cling to it.
What My Personal Family History of Migration Taught Me About Identity
We can never truly understand the world around us unless we shed all our identities.