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Column | When Phuphee became a ‘village’

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Six weeks after the birth of my second baby, I was diagnosed with postpartum depression. Even now, after having recovered to a large extent, I can’t think about it without feeling sad and overwhelmed. One of the earliest things that I remember is feeling anxious, and not the low-key ‘I-can-set-it-aside-if-I-want-to’ anxiety but the kind that […]

Column | Gulkhand and a clouded mind

February 15, 2024February 15, 2024cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

A young woman named Haneefa lived in Phuphee’s village. She was a gentle mannered girl who excelled at everything she did. After she started working as a teacher in the local school, a marriage was organised. The groom, too, was a teacher and lived in the same village. Her marriage took place on a beautiful […]

Column | Sugared eggs and hope

December 29, 2023December 29, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

At 15, I had my first real taste of hopelessness. We had moved back to Kashmir after having lived in England for many years. On my first day at school in Kashmir, during an Urdu class, the teacher asked me to read out loud from the textbook. I had spent the last six to seven […]

Column | Beauty and the beasts

September 22, 2023September 22, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

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Column | When spicy potatoes ‘trumped’ Trump

July 28, 2023July 28, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Sometimes in life, you witness events that you are not physically a part of, but they change you in ways that you are no longer who you were before | Photo Credit: Illustration: Zainab Tambawalla In a conflict torn place called Kashmir, a village rests quietly amidst the mountains, the dense forests and the abundant […]

Column | Longing and a side of tehar

June 23, 2023June 23, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

It is a warm July morning. We have a few days off school, and I have been sent to Phuphee’s house. When I stay with her, she always lets me sleep next to her because she knows I am terrified of sleeping on my own. Phuphee’s room has two sets of windows, both on the […]

Column | Chicken broth and some pluck

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

For as long as I had known Phuphee, nothing got under her skin as much as the fact that she had been unable to continue her education after sixth grade — but when her grandfather died there was simply no money. This explained why she came down on me like a ton of bricks whenever […]

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