As part of my residency with the Mitchell Center for the Arts, I participate at CounterCurrents 2014 in a panel discussion, Challenging the Boundaries: Collaboration Among the Arts, and...
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10 Mar, 2014
home-cooked puri…
10 Mar, 2014
I wake up late this Sunday morning, and when I wander into the kitchen, I find that my mother Zakia Sarwar and Minal have kneaded whole-wheat flour to create...
Read more27 Feb, 2014
on air with david barsamian…
27 Feb, 2014
David Barsamian from Alternative Radio visits Houston to give a talk, and I manage to pin him down for a live conversation on KPFT Pacifica Radio 90.1 FM. To...
Read more07 Feb, 2014
a frosty morning minal-ism..
07 Feb, 2014
April 2012: Patti Smith visited Houston for a reading with Voices Breaking Boundaries; here, she’s at Hobby Airport saying farewell to Minal We’re listening to Patti Smith’s song, “1959”,...
Read more02 Feb, 2014
year of the horse celebration…
02 Feb, 2014
A lion at Houston’s Chinese Cultural Center’s Year of the Horse celebration.
Read more17 Dec, 2013
bangladesh’s mother language day…
17 Dec, 2013
Rickshaws alongside a mural by students of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, inscribed with lyrics by Abdul Gaffar, and dedicated to Mother Language Day. My piece,...
Read more14 Dec, 2013
finding comfort…
14 Dec, 2013
The temperature is freezing cold as I wander through the roundabout near George Washington University in search of Thai food. As I walk on Pennsylvania Avenue, I walk past...
Read more26 Oct, 2013
what is home?
26 Oct, 2013
In my two-year residency at the University of Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, I have the opportunity to work on a subject, What Is Home?, and...
Read more25 Oct, 2013
getting ready to kick off borderlines…
25 Oct, 2013
We are just a few days away from VBB kickoff production for our Borderlines production series with Marking History, an art and potluck gathering at Moody Park in Houston,...
Read more16 Oct, 2013
eid in houston…
16 Oct, 2013
As part of the Eid celebration, Minal decides to learn the skill of applying mehndi / henna on her own feet and her friend’s palm.
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