On our second day in Los Angeles, René, Minal and I wake up early, so we can get to Disneyland before a crowd builds up. However, the battle to...
Read more29 Dec, 2015
03 Jul, 2015
from sydney…
03 Jul, 2015
Dr. Ruqaiya Hasan, Hong Kong, Feb 2015; photo by Lexie Don When our flight lands in Auckland, I turn on my phone to find messages from my sister, who...
Read more25 Jul, 2014
landing on water…
25 Jul, 2014
Minal and I press close to the airplane window as we watch the airplane drop closer toward Lake Ontario’s blue water. In the background is Toronto’s skyline. At customs,...
Read more18 Jul, 2014
beets in boston…
18 Jul, 2014
My sister, Beena Sarwar, has a spate of snack-recipes to share: baked beets, sauteed carrots and baked cauliflowers – to name just a few.
Read more30 Jun, 2014
dubai airport again…
30 Jun, 2014
Dubai airport continues to expand, getting increasingly glamorous with little credit given to men from different parts of Asia who provide hard labor yet live outside the city’s air-conditioned...
Read more21 Aug, 2013
12 Aug, 2013
istanbul airport – again…
12 Aug, 2013
Minal and I experience a five-time security checking in Istanbul airport before we board our flight to Houston. Nonetheless, we are grateful that Turkish Airlines is now flying directly...
Read more20 Jul, 2013
the border…
20 Jul, 2013
The border crossing at Jaflong/Meghalaya In the morning, Pulak and I rent a car for a two-hour drive to Jaflong from Sylhet to reach the border. As we reach closer to...
Read more19 Jul, 2013
going north…
19 Jul, 2013
This July is a month of movement for me. Today, I catch an early morning Green Line bus to Sylhet, Bangladesh’s fourth largest city in the northern region, close...
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