I land in Houston, and for once, I am able to clear customs without any problems. René is waiting for me. As we walk to the car, he shares...
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16 Dec, 2014
no city feels like home…
16 Dec, 2014
My first afternoon in Delhi is at the IIC – the Indian International Center – at a lunch hosted by Professor Alok Bhalla and organized by writer Noor Zaheer;...
Read more15 Dec, 2014
spaces in the city…
15 Dec, 2014
My childhood friend Fawzia, who’s now based in Delhi and who started the Big Chill restaurants with her husband Aseem, takes me to Khirki Village to visit Khoj, an art...
Read more12 Dec, 2014
home is where it’s not always a comfortable path…
12 Dec, 2014
I am introduced to artist Masooma Syed by family friend and artist Salima Hashmi, who knows Masooma through Lahore, where Masooma grew up. Currently based in Delhi and married...
Read more05 Dec, 2014
“home” is where you go when you’ve lost everything…
05 Dec, 2014
On a quiet Thursday morning after sharing tea with eL Seed and Asad Ali Jafri – who are visiting Houston as part of the Mitchell Center’s Intersections project at Doshi...
Read more03 Dec, 2014
the space for “home” is moveable…
03 Dec, 2014
My friend Kairn Klieman responds to questions about home: Home is feeling relaxed and free and at ease–hidden from all of life’s demands. It feels cuddly. Home is not...
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“home” is my family…
19 Nov, 2014
In a conversation over coffee at Café Brasil, Maha Khan talks about home: For me, “home” is my family – a sense of belonging that has warmth because of...
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“home” is where you’ve been the happiest…
14 Nov, 2014
Over a snack-lunch of papri-chat, bhel-puri and Bombay roll at Sri Pavan Bhavan on Houston’s Hillcroft Avenue, Zeba Shah – after being away from Houston for several years during...
Read more10 Nov, 2014
documenting the home by the freeway ramp…
10 Nov, 2014
photo by Minal I hand Minal my phone-camera before we enter the freeway ramp, so she can document the temporary “home” she sighted a few weeks ago: a tent...
Read more07 Nov, 2014
it’s taken time for me to be okay with being in-between…
07 Nov, 2014
Shirin Herman, who works with Houston Independent Services’ Refugee Program, talks about her personal journey: At this point in my life, Houston is home; being with my husband at...
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