A poem on nurturing bonds while coping with our personal losses during the pandemic.
Tag: grief
We Have All Lost Someone
'We will be alright too, but never whole again.'
Intellectual Exceptionalism of Academics: Another Brick in The Wall
There is no essence of empathy and compassion, the only thing that we are forced to comply with is the ‘logic of production’.
Grief, Fossils and Biryani
Grief wanders through your fingertips and out onto keyboards, as it is now. Grief is a victim to time, and only time can heal.
A Letter on Grief to My Thatha
Growing up in a conservative South Indian family as averse to displays of affection as ours, I never got to tell you that I loved you.
Empathy Is Fragile
For too long we have been told to be strong and ‘move on’. But the key to healing is to embrace sorrow and joy in equal measure.
Lest We Forget
'Let's make a collage of all the suffering and sorrow, and affix it safely in a corner of our hearts'.
The Trouble With Comparisons in Grief
In the hierarchy of human suffering during the pandemic, a lost goal or missing out on precious time with family may rank low, but all loss needs to be …