There is a Buddhist proverb that says “In each loss, there is a gain. As in every gain, there is a loss. And in each ending, there is a new beginning”. The pandemic is teaching us many things about loss, from the loss of life and livelihoods to the loss of freedoms we previously tookRead More…
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Africanize : A Journey of Identity
To my 6-year-old self from a peer in the playground: “You have eyes like a frog.” Is it because my eyes are too bulgy? Is it because they are too big? I squint my eyelids to a halfway closed position in the hope that my eyes appear smaller. “Mom, do I look like aRead More…
Hope Lives On The Horizon
In my early teens, I started writing out other people’s poems in longhand in a scrapbook. I would select images from old magazines, cut them out and paste them alongside the poems. After filling up a few scrapbooks, it wasn’t long before I was writing my own poetry. To be honest, my skill as aRead More…
I am because you are
My maternal grandmother, Sophie, constantly reminds me to find her lost parents. Whenever I am in danger of giving up, I sense her presence tugging on my sleeve, checking in over my shoulder, prodding me to keep searching. The last time I saw Sophie was in a dream. It was one of those dreams thatRead More…
The Whole is Something Other Than A Collection of Parts
Unless you have been hibernating on a remote islet, off-grid and digitally disconnected from social media platforms, you will know there is a global sense of general discontent with our democratically elected leaders across the socio-economic spectrum i.e. public, business, political, international, national, local; as well as a growing contempt and intolerance for diversity andRead More…
