Childhood: I hated being a woman from my childhood because I was not allowed to do things that I...
I am seven years old, hiding under the bed with my hands tightly wrapped around my ears, but like...
When Boishakhi’s feet hit the ground, the first thing she notices is how despite the overbearing...
“If you’re going to bunk the class, we have to get out in 15 minutes,” Lamisa says, poking Faiyaz’s...
At six in the morning, Kubra eased herself out of bed, careful not to disturb the man sleeping...
When Ridi was six, she learned that love could hurt. She learned it from the sharp words that flew...
I was raised in the old country, back in the old house where all my siblings had grown up long...
The alarm clock rang for the fourth time. A sleepy hand turned it off. With sleep still reigning in...
The woven ink on her hand is no longer woven Swirled to the ebony stains of kitchen. The turning of...
Blowing away the soot and cobwebs, Amala Flung the doors and windows open. She waited To stop the...
I was born as a lady, never an infant. Never a kid, or never a child. I was born as a woman. A...
Once we danced through youthful days, Barefoot on the earth, beneath the sun’s rays, Carefree...
If you want me to be a woman, treat me like a woman. If you want me to be confined, give me privacy...
They say “From broken seeds, a garden grows” But how broken do you have to be, to fight for the...
Tashrif, my dear little sister, If I told you what I see coming, some night, In some ungodly hour...
I was born a woman, you see Clawing out of my mother's womb with an apology already on the edge of...
Through a tempest swirl of glittery green, she arrives to their hate unheard; unseen But she makes...
They say it's easier to draw women But that's a load of bull Have you seen their intricacies within?...
The night has settled for a long time already, I have found refuge there, in the plight of the...
My mother’s skin is so delicate that even the slightest pressure will leave a startling mark. Anemia...
On days like these where the rice is a tad bit undercooked for the palates, and the lentils in a...
For instance, I went to Kashmir. Smelled the flowers. Watched my face scatter and gather itself in...
I am the land, I am the Earth. Carved with soil, born from birth My river veins, my skin like tree...
She moves in all six directions – wind-borne, unbroken, iridescent. A body of whispered rebellion...
Between my eyes, a zit Makes me a lady all the more Bright and sore Stood real and tall A concave...
When god was moulding my clay, hardening me into shape of a girl He gave me a belly full of blood...
It's a tune that flows A gentle drizzle that glows Like a soft sigh in the summer Like stars in...
It’s quite late; night lost the light Alone, by the tide, I sit low Holding my cards close to heart...
Your eyelids, like petals -are sacred, kiss-worthy You blink, and my world stops For a minute, then...
Our fish-tank was square curtained with seafoam grass, When you swim beside me Leaving a trail of...
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