So you’re not a superhero. You get frustrated when you mix up verb tenses. You can’t cross the street without saying a small prayer. You’re not conventionally attractive, by American or Bengali standards. You stall in your writing – and your reading and your half-made plans. You take off your kameez one shoulder at a […]
Saturated image of South Asian woman’s back, in bikini, as she jumps into oncoming ocean waves. I wish sometimes that it were a coffee shop revelation – the camera pans away from me as I enter my favorite spot (probably a bookstore café, probably crowded but with a conveniently placed open table waiting for me), […]
I moved! It’s taken me about a week to feel semi-settled, but I am in love with my new space — I never thought I’d say it, but living alone is actually better for me at this point in my life. Though I don’t have everything figured out in terms of my next steps, having […]
Today was my moving day, and tomorrow I am flying out to Seattle, so posting is on hold until Friday! Peace out, NYC!