Correct me if I’m wrong but, for most people, the concept of summer holidays does not equate to bobbing up and down in a jeep at 6 o’clock in the morning, right? Yeah, me neither. But I learned the hard way that my parents aren’t most people. As far back as I can remember, I […]

Every lunch, all of the students would be playing outside. All minus one. It was fourth grade, and I liked to spend my lunches by myself, in a corner of the classroom, because there would be no one there. Many times I would be “caught” by teachers, and I would be encouraged to engage more […]

The immigration officer checked my passport one more time and asked me a few more questions than he had asked the other passengers, so it took a bit longer than it did with everyone else. He told me to put my veil behind my ears so they would be visible to the camera, and I […]

Note: As this article is going through a publication which is located in India, a teenage Hindu nationalist will be the peer editor for this piece.    Editor’s note: I will keep this piece in check to make sure nothing wrong is portrayed about my nation, Jai Ram, Jai Hind! Thank you, I will try […]

I feel invisible as the crowd pushes and guides me to the staircase where my locker lays. But this crowd is slow, and I can hear almost every laugh in harmony. Almost every conversation floats into my ears. I try to smuggle my way through the large hallway that is decorated with hundreds of backpacks […]