I wonder why they brought me here, leaving me to rot in this odious jail My biggest crime: wanting justice and basic human rights India’s freedom was stolen, while the British rule prevails And then, through the bars, I see my broken child His face painted the colors of the flag: orange, green, and white […]
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This story is one of the April Writing Challenge entries that was chosen to be a featured story. “What do you think you’re doing?” Sarah’s voice brought me back down to earth. I blinked, and looked at the mess I’d collected in front of me. Grass, sticky weeds, dandelions ripped from their roots. I […]
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There were so many words. She could feel them thick in the air, fluttering over her skin and getting tangled in her hair People passing by were throwing catching exchanging an endless torrent of words, as they strode through the city streets Caught amongst a crush of bodies and caught within a dozen strangers’ worlds, […]
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I didn’t begin piano for pleasure. In fifth grade, math was my nemesis, an unremitting struggle. I felt myself a free spirit, not to be contained by the postulates and rigidity that marked mathematical thinking. My father mentioned studies correlating piano study with improved math skills, suggesting that they work similar parts of the brain. […]
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when she was a child, she used to draw pictures of bodyless women, stacked on the page like books stacked on a shelf. neat and clean, she’d say. her mother would smile and ask her, why don’t these women have bodies? and she’d smile back in her innocent way, and say because they’re free […]
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Growing up as someone who belongs to the female gender — specifically one who is part of a tight-knit and old-fashioned culture — I was simply raised to believe that having a boyfriend/husband/someone to hold my bags while I shop was and is something that I should not only thrive for but should specifically focus on. I’m fully […]
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The following was written for Germ’s May Writing Challenge. While I sit here the only thing I can think of is how much it is hard to find time for yourself. I’m currently in the midst of the exam storm and it is really hard to keep everything together , but you have to, or […]
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The guilt is on the rocks, I’m washing up to shore, so sure the impact will crush my bones and I’ll be asleep once more. But I’m struggling, I’m paddling, pushing past some anger, as my frail legs kick indignantly at the waiting water. My soul is screeching soundlessly that everything is make believe, and […]
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“What if we gave the average woman the opportunity to partner with women who have been rescued from human trafficking?” — Free the Girls Co-Founder Dave Terpstra I recently read a staggering statistic that nearly 35 million people are enslaved in the world today — not just women, but men and children as well. This modern day […]
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