Category: personal reflection
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Seven Tips for My Seven-Year-Old Self – Part Three
“I hope you’re ready for the last few lessons I have to share…”
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Seven Tips for My Seven-Year-Old Self – Part Two
“Last week, I introduced this miniseries of blog posts in honor of me and my fellow Aries’ birthday season. I hope you’re all ready to continue this reflective journey with me…”
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Everyday Heroes
Successfully steering clear of the typical South Asian travel drama, my husband, sister, and I headed for the airport after a weekend in Boston with my parents, who had left the night before on the leading edge of a Nor’easter. The weather had gotten worse overnight: colder temperatures, gustier winds, rain blowing side-ways, but we…
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Why “The Blind Hijabi”?
If I’m going to be memorable because of my identities, then I may as well leverage those identities to educate, inform, help people think about my identity and theirs – seen and unseen – and ultimately transform.