Blood gushed out of my wound as I was lying there, folded in the corner. I was losing consciousness because of the loss of blood. I knew if I lose consciousness, it won’t be all that I will lose. I will lose my life. And with everything that was left…

From my window, I used to watch people carrying on with their lives down the street. Every morning at 10:00 a.m. a young man and a woman kiss each other goodbye on the corner and then go their separate ways for the day. Every day, only one of them turns…

It was a Thursday. I always hated Thursdays. Everyone hates Thursday, I think. My friend Vinay used to hate it. He hated it because his father used to have a night shift on Wednesday, and it meant he had to walk to school every Thursday morning. So yeah, rough morning…

I saw a flower this morning in my backyard. It was a small, little blue flower, growing at the side of the muddy path. And to remind you, it’s dead winter here in Detroit and everything is frozen. The biggest of the biggest trees has shed its leaves. All the…

Last night, someone asked me where I am from. As an immigrant in a foreign country, as a person who lived in various cities throughout their life and as an individual who had unique experiences, I don’t know how to answer that. …

I was living in this slumber, hoping to wake up one day to find it was a dream all along, but alas, that never happened. Life continued to be a brutal teacher trying to put some sense in me while I continued living it, getting none of those clues. It…

When I started learning English, I asked my dad — “Why do I call my Grandmom, Amma and not Grandmom, Granny, or just Dadi?” and “Why do you call her Amma and not ma?”. He replied that she is Amma to everyone. And I grew up seeing how she was…

The Girl With The Pink Hair I see her sitting outside on the porch, looking at the horizon, lost in her thoughts. I have been feeling it for a while that something is weighing on her. She would start saying something and then she would stop. Last night we were…

Gopal had never met Rekha before their wedding day. His uncle Sateesh had seen Rekha at a wedding and finalized the match. Being a clerk at a government office, Gopal was sought out as a groom. The first time he saw her, he couldn’t believe his luck. The black and…