On our second last day of spring break, Minal made sure that we woke up early to take LA Metro to Union Station. Once at the station, we joined...
Read more24 Mar, 2018
06 Mar, 2018
revisiting the border…
06 Mar, 2018
the Texas-Mexico fence at Old Hidalgo Pumphouse Last week, I dipped into the Rio Grande Valley for 24-hours to participate in an arts and literature festival. The morning after...
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19 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 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 more05 Apr, 2017
patti smith: use your voice!
05 Apr, 2017
2010: Patti Smith with me at KPFT Pacifica Radio 90.1 FM; photo by Burnell McCray. Listen to interview here “I was on my way to Australia,” Patti Smith tells...
Read more25 Jan, 2017
two days later…
25 Jan, 2017
Woman waiting to catch Metro waves a banner designed by Stephen Fairey for The Amplifier Foundation’s We The People project I wake up to hear the radio spitting stories...
Read more15 Dec, 2016
an alternate planet…
15 Dec, 2016
I’ve spent most of my life protesting. As a teenager, I marched on Karachi streets in support of women’s rights, after which I went on to college to join...
Read more29 Nov, 2016
graffiti in the canyon…
29 Nov, 2016
Pink graffiti on a rock along my path as I hike in Eaton Canyon. 28 Nov 2016 · 06:33:02 PM
Read more26 Oct, 2016
memory: a hatchback transformed…
26 Oct, 2016
I step out to our street today and freeze at the sidewalk. In front of me rests a red Honda Civic Hatchback, identical to the first new car I...
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