Record and Remembering (Series #2)

‘Dilli Ki Sair’

‘Dilli Ki Sair’ is an audio rendition by Afreen Akhtar of the eponymous Urdu short story written by Rashid Jahan in 1932 for Angarey, an anthology that birthed the Progressive

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A Sisterhood of Women and the Tallest Flying Bird

There are many stories of Indigenous communities and  their relationship with nature and wildlife, reflecting their intellectual and emotional knowledge. Different communities exhibit a range of stories about their interactions

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Celebrate Silver

The Celebrate Silver project began with Peter Butrus Zabaneh.  Nancy wanted her father’s inspiring life documented in a keepsake book for posterity. So, I went over to meet and interview

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Remembrance of Two Men

Yaad-e-maazi azaab hai ya rab Cheen lay mujhse hafiza mera (Lord, the memory of the past is a great torment.  Erase my every memory.) On looking through the window in

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Cleaning the Room

Scatter-brained last night, And astride a dragon, I hoped to never think of cleaning the room, Only take note of the two crows fighting and each moment martyred to the

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From Body To Paper: How and Why Godna

“गोदना पेंटिगं से पहले गोदना जानो, ये हम सब का गहना है, सब पीछे छूट जाएगा, बस ये ही साथ ले जाएंगे हम” [Before knowing about the Godna painting, learn

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Handprint

note for sexual violence    it broke me  when he touched me  on my back – on my bottom  on that lonely street,  at that odd time,  asking,  “shall we

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Ode to the Woman Who Persisted

My life took a deadly beautiful turn to cross paths with Arundhati Roy, and I haven’t come across anything more dangerous or satisfying since. She published  The God of Small

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what do i write about now

trigger warning: for themes of transition, body dysphoria, transphobia notes titled “what do i write about now?”   what do i write about now? about how i have longed  to

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For the Record

Today, I pen this for the records and not for the “Records.”  For I do not comprehend the Records.  How do I make sense of the Records?  I am invisible

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Translations

“Si ri ri ri, haawaa chalchha” / “सिरिरिरी हावा चल्छ” My attempt at translating it: ⁠The wind howls as it blows. ⁠The wind is howling. I look at the words

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Khuded Geet of Garhwal

Women in Uttarakhand perform labor-intensive work throughout their lives. They collect fodder for cattle, take them out for grazing, and collect firewood and drinking water. Along with other household chores

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Recording Refusals

My Dictaphone was a crutch. I was so afraid to lose any piece of information that would allow me to make an “original” contribution that I recorded everything I heard

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