Newsletter
What is Muharram teaching me this year?
Memories from the past and reflections on the future
Newsletter
Reviews
Superboys of Malegaon is a cinematic win for Indian Muslimness
‘Arrey, shauk paal ke kya karega, Malegaon mein tu marega!’ I’ve rewatched Superboys of Malegaon for many reasons — its larger than life portrayal of small-town characters, storytelling at its finest that roots for the underdogs, but also the fact that it is carried on the shoulders of Muslim characters
Essays
It is time the silent amongst us, speak up
The antidote to fear is not silence, it is creating communities where we share fears and hopes together
Essays
All that is good for health this summer
घर का खाना, BDS and exercising (your voting right)
Roots
Staying in touch with the trees to keep up with the times
And drawing lessons from them to carry along
Reviews
Can simplicity and innocence of love help us survive the real world?
A question I returned to after watching Laapataa Ladies
Roots
A letter by a former KNC student
And finding hope through educators who continue to make their voices heard
Roots
Recognising the many meanings of Shab-e-Barat 🕯️
Observing the night of lights and destinies in a changing world
Roots
Can anyone ever be completely fearless?
Thoughts on fears, flowers, freedoms and barbed wires
Roots
What’s common between a bowl of zarda, a ginger cat and hot jalebis?
Scenes from a Republic Day weekend
Reviews
Annapoorani depicts the many hurdles a woman has to cross to achieve her career dream, within and outside her family
Too many spoilers, because well the movie has been taken off Netflix
Poetry
This poem is not a poem
And other things one sits with on a Monday morning