Here are the lyrics to Lali Puna’s Crawling by Numbers, a song I just listened to:
You’ll be charged a hundred dollars
if you can’t pay back the debts
Work your soul and work your lifetime
without money you can’t buy
Can’t you see
six feet underground?
Identify the system
Identify the system
Watch your neighbours
and their big dreams
Silent envy on your face
A life [...]

Economics, Music, Politic, Resistance | No Comments »

Admittedly, I’m drawn to stories about South Asian characters and exploring themes that seem to fly with such characters. I was reading the story Our Lady of Paris by Daniyal Mueenuddin and wanted to see what other people thought. If you care to, read the story, and then tell me what you think.
Oh, [...]

Desi, Writing | 2 Comments »

At the edges of the semester, I start to reminisce. A knee-jerk reaction, conditioned through the many times I’ve been forced to cut loose from something old and into something new, more than often unwillingly. Spending spots of time in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Georgia while growing up, times when my father’s job was [...]

Law-ing | 4 Comments »