“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity, there is beauty, and there is strength.”– Dr. Maya Angelou Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.~ Mahatma Gandhi Since the start of this year, I had been listening to music…
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The Lady in the Rickshaw
Dear Fellow Warrior, I wanted to share a poem with you. I think the poet suppressed within me is gradually returning. Perhaps I deprived that part of me through my graduate studies. It had been silenced and it is trying so hard to emerge when I keep telling it to wait, wait, wait, until I…
“AZAADI:” What does it mean to you? – Part 1
“Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.” – Khalil Gibran There are certain Urdu words I mix with my English, which I would love for my non-Urdu speaking friends to know. Urdu words that are special to the Pakistani within me… and one of them is “Azaadi.” Azaadi in Urdu means Freedom. Earlier…
“Climbing Mountains” in Georgia… & A Few Updates!
“The mountains are calling and I must go.” – John Muir. Dear Fellow Warriors, It has been more than a month now since my last piece, and so many things I want to share here! I want to be sure that I at least post here once or twice a month if I am unable…
Women Supporting Women
“Every woman’s success should be an inspiration to another. We’re strongest when we cheer each other on.” – Serena Williams From time to time, I use the hashtag #womensupportingwomen for several of my posts on social media. Currently, on Facebook, approximately 6 million posts have applied this hashtag. Lately, I have been feeling an overwhelming frustration…
Celebrating Your Birth When You Are Suicidal
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” — Aristotle Dear Fellow Warrior, As I noted in my last post, it was my birthday yesterday, as well as the EID holiday for Muslims. I like to take in these moments to reflect and/or to “hit refresh” on…
The Radical Brown “Damsel in Distress”
“Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.” – Archbishop Desmond Tutu Dear Fellow Warrior, Following the previous poem I posted a few weeks earlier, “I wrote a poem on 2020,”in this post I share that specific poem that I wrote in my…
The “Dignity of Work”
“How I wish everyone had decent work! It is essential for human dignity.” – Pope Francis “A lot of jobs don’t allow you to be who you are. There is dignity in work only when it is work freely accepted.” Albert Camus At the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic, there was great anxiety about the…