by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Dilon Bhana South Africa My Grey Skin Nobody ever told me that when you walk around with your eyes closed, it’s easier to see people. An intonation of their voice or a whiff of their accent. Their language might take you back a generation or two, but you will...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Shannan Browne South Africa We see differently As a woman who has taught in classrooms around the world, I have learned a truth: We see differently. In Taiwan, I was teaching a class in a city and a cockroach decided to venture out and scuttle across my...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Manal Khawar Pakistan Divided By Borders, Connected By Hearts With bundles of nervousness and a pinch of excitement, I hopped on the plane from Pakistan on a scholarship program to the USA. As I landed, the horrifying stories of racism and Islamophobia started...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Anne-Sharlene Murapa Johannesburg, South Africa Never Too Much for Anything I have lost count of the number of times that I have read up on the history of my people (the Shona and Ndebele of Zimbabwe), to further understand what my supposed culture could...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Lalitha AR Bengaluru, India Arzu It was the first time eight-year-old Arzu was on an airplane. She had dreamt about taking her first flight with Baba for a long time, but this journey was nothing as her dream. Her Baba wasn’t with her. He had been killed...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Habiba Gicheru Nairobi, Kenya Through this, together The whole season had been tough and nothing seemed to be looking up for the small family. It was the sixth week since the entire country had gone on a lockdown. Gakenia and her friends had been out of their...
