Ramadan Prank
Time has become binary for Ammi. When I call her and ask when she will visit her sister or when she will get the doors painted, she says ‘After Ramadan’… Read more »
Monthly Archives: April 2018
I find my marriage
This poem was published in print in the Spring 2018 issue of The Opiate magazine:
How to make mango pickle(my mother’s way)
1. Pray and wait for a stormy night in early summer, around mid May/early June, to give the mango trees a vigorous shake and drop the green mangoes to the… Read more »
After seven labors
“Seven daughters, Ma. Why do you worry?” “Your father should never know.” “What does he want an heir for? He has nothing.” Our bus trudges to our village from the… Read more »