What’s that metal bird in the sky?
TW: emotional abuse I have an aunt, related closely enough that I can’t avoid meeting her at least once a year. Close enough that it was impossible …
Aapko Chahiye?
or ‘Things people are not telling you about kids, so you make more’ a list Babyr- yelled at a neighbor for not inviting her to his wedding, …
On getting by
Look at this photo. Commit to memory its colors, lights, empty spaces; my kaki’s body– 12 chemos, 5 operations, and 4 organs lighter– walking itself out of …
3 AM Brownies for Ruhi
Any occasion that I cook for, I bake brownies. Also, my friends love my brownies. So I bake them all the time. Event in the society – …
A no-share Hummus Bowl for Radhika
I would go to this cute cafe with my friend. I remember the first time we went, she ordered a hummus bowl and I ordered something else. …
Ghar ka Rasiya Muthiya for Dhwani
This is a Gujju home-dish made with left over rice. By ‘home-dish’ I mean I cannot find it at any restaurant, even a Gujju one. I have …
I am Orange
R and I have been going for 5 pm walks every day. It has been a month and now we’ve become a gang of 8. It started …
Workshop
I have decided to do 6 of the ‘Write your feelings’ workshops in 2021. As I do not enjoy the entrepreneurial work of talking about it or …
On deciding to get married, as a woman
Marriage sounds wonderful; the companionship, a person to watch Indian Matchmaking and feel bad for other people with, a person who is your in-group to judge, bully …
2020
I am a serial list maker. I have 3 synchronous ‘to-do’ lists: ‘Do Today’, ‘Get done soon’, and the more liberal ‘Long Term To-Do’ I have been …