A few months after my little boy turned three, we went to stay with Phuphee for a few weeks. He loved playing in her garden and we would go on all sorts of adventures in the apple orchard that sprawled behind the house. It was a wonderful time, or so it seemed until he would […]
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I had just finished my first year at medical school, and was visiting Phuphee for the summer holidays. The days were hot but a constant breeze made the heat tolerable, even pleasurable at times. One such hot, breezy afternoon, an elderly gentleman and his wife arrived. When it was hot, Phuphee usually made ice cream. […]
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One balmy July afternoon, a few weeks before I got married, two families from the village arrived at Phuphee’s house. We were sitting on the verandah, tumbling in and out of a light sleep after a heavy lunch of riste te paalak (meatballs with spinach) when we saw them walking towards us. The families were […]
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‘Power is balanced when repair is attempted at every rupture’ | Photo Credit: Illustration: Zainab Tambawalla I was in my early twenties when I got married. People often say that teenage years are difficult, but for me, most of my ludicrous ideas blossomed in my twenties. When I got married, I went in all hearts […]
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‘We are mostly the sum total of all the people we love and cherish, and some of us have more ingredients than others.’ | Photo Credit: Illustration by Zainab Tambawalla Ever since I can remember, I have struggled to make sense of relationships. All relationships. I feel there ought to be a rule book that […]
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