This non-fiction I wrote after my Khala passed away earlier this year was published by Citron Review on 06/20/2021.
When my family in India sleeps, I recite Aayat-e-Karima, a verse from the Quran, counting the repetitions on my phalanges—to maintain an unbroken stream of prayer across time zones.
My sister said we must—collectively, with aunts and cousins—repeat the verse 125,000 times for Khala. Our aunt. Our mother’s younger sister.
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