I went on to live and work in Mumbai and then Shanghai. The vibrant Indian culture appealed to me and I continue to be enamored by it today (I am often told that I am an Indian born in a French body!)…
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Read MoreThere will be differences. We are not all the same. Convergence and divergence live in all communities…
Read MoreIn 1983, my husband joined me. He was employed at an exclusive Bahraini club and was well-regarded at work. Unfortunately, he died very suddenly in 1994…
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Read MoreI remember a few instances vividly from my childhood in Pakistan, which would now be looked at with horror in the west, as an invasion of privacy…
Read MoreI was never truly accepted by South Asian community as their own because on the outside I look more Indigenous…
Read MoreInitially, I was a labourer and it was grueling work. The long days in the heat were really tough…
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Read MoreHere I stand and there you are. I wave to your response over a chasm of politics and prejudice…
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Read MoreThe exemplifying traits my parents had modeled left me blinded to reality. The lessons they had taught me did not extend to every member on the military base…
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