by Rohana Edalur | Jul 14, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Lavanya Krishna Bangalore, India Afraid of the Dark I didn’t know what a skort was when I first walked into the homeroom. I didn’t know what homeroom was, either. My teacher said, “a skort is in between a skirt and shorts. Both and neither....
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 14, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Shivani Raj Urs L India Sight Sitting across the corner was an old man with tattered clothes. On the other side of the hospital room separated by a black thick curtain was another man aged towards his mid-thirties. The two men could not see each other’s...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 14, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Gal Markovitz People you meet I used to travel a lot across the world. It was mine as I traveled alone. The only problem was that I am from Israel. I don’t think it’s really an issue for everyone, but you hear enough scary stories, and you know your...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 14, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Linda Uchegbu Nigeria The Decision “I needed to grow. The thought made me scared because I knew everything would have to change.” Alphonsus had never shared his story before. The worried look on his granddaughter’s face prompted the flow of a story long...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 14, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Elizabeth Oluwayemisi Idudhe Lagos, Nigeria Lost in translation I had just resumed at my new office. Henk, the Head of Department was Dutch and a Bachelor, while the Travels Coordinator Sasha, a woman, was Russian. A few days later, another Russian woman, Olga,...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 14, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Preetima Das Assam, India From Darkness to Light I opened my eyes, catching my head due to pain while sitting up from the ground and told myself: “How dark the sky is!” Then I stood up, and while walking through the street, suddenly I bumped into...
