Minal’s painting dedicated to Nora Nora, our family’s beloved cat, passed away two days ago. Minal, René and I created a collaborative post in memory of her: We miss...
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01 Dec, 2017
my tortoise is trans…
01 Dec, 2017
November 2015: Oskar and René’s wedding “My tortoise is trans,” comments Tina. “She’s female actually,” explains Tina’s brother John. “But even though we’ve had the tortoise for more than...
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13 Oct, 2017
revisiting a home…
13 Oct, 2017
Archive photos from my 2009 installationListening from Within that I created in honor of my father, Dr. Mohammad Sarwar, who passed away in 2009; the larger production was called...
Read more19 Sep, 2017
stepping away from TEDx…
19 Sep, 2017
photo by Gabriel Fuller Over the last few months, I was immersed in preparing for a Pasadena TEDx talk, but last week, I withdrew my participation. I have a...
Read more31 Aug, 2017
torrential rain on a global level…
31 Aug, 2017
2008: Destruction after Hurricane Ike in our old Houston neighborhood In 2005, when Hurricane Rita hit the Gulf Coast, I wasn’t maintaining a blog. But the day we drove...
Read more17 Jul, 2017
how to pray openly…
17 Jul, 2017
While spending time with my sister in Boston, we visited Castle Island, a beach near downtown. Because the beach is so close to the city, the small coast and...
Read more30 Jun, 2017
“fiction is an offering, a prayer, a universe…”
30 Jun, 2017
Arundhati Roy read a passage from her new novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness; image of rock star Patti Smith in the background “Happiness is an act of resistance,”...
Read more25 Jun, 2017
chand raat in little bangladesh…
25 Jun, 2017
My friend’s daughter getting her hand decorated with mehndi/henna on Chand Raat On Chand Raat, I team up with my friend Shaista, and we drive our daughters to Virgil...
Read more22 Jun, 2017
reconnecting circles in a backyard…
22 Jun, 2017
November 2009: Audience members in my Houston backyard at a production I created, Honoring Dissent/Descent, to honor my father Dr. Mohammad Sarwar, and living activist Daniel Bustamante; photo by...
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