Lately, I’ve been trying to locate the things for which I am thankful, even in the midst of what is arguably one of the most uncertain moments of my lifetime. The past six months have felt blurred somehow, as though the haze of this pandemic has permeated nearly everything we do; the spaces we inhabit, the people we surround ourselves with, the parts of the world within which we seek refuge. It has felt impossible not to fixate on the enormity of it; the manifold ways in which it can encumber us.
Posts tagged as “Laila Durrani”
My world has been altered seismically in these past six months, as have the ways in which I view my role both as a student…
Lately, I have been thinking extensively about what it means to be bicultural, both within the current sociopolitical climate, as well as at Smith in…
Lately, I have been contemplating the various ways in which we understand democracy and what it might entail, particularly with respect to the turbulent political…
I have been traveling to India since I was born, and my cultural identity has always been twofold. Kashmir for me is inexplicably sacred –…