Can an Exhibition Memorialize the 1947 Partition of the Indian Subcontinent?
Arundhati Kalyan reviews ‘Proposals for a Memorial to Partition’ at Dubai’s Jameel Arts Centre, probing the question of whether art, curation, and current conceptions of memorialization can do justice to a tragic historical event of this scale
Butt Waxing: A Cheeky Ass Experience
"Yes – it was my ass. An ass that needed grooming. " In this comedic essay – nearly a standup skit – Gaurav Dewani recounts his first butt-waxing experience
Flee
In this rich personal essay, Augusté Nomekaité feels the weight of history on her Lithuanian identity, family, dating life, and her grappling with the horrors of the present: the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Ladies and Gentleman, Your In-Flight Entertainment for this Evening: Late Capitalistic Nausea
Benjamin Kirby’s humorous essay takes us through the absurdity of a six-and-a-half hour Emirates flight
Soliloquies
Swiveling between memories in Sharjah, Dubai and Cairo, Noor Tannir’s vulnerable personal essay grapples with themes of anxiety, grief, and family illness
Itthon (At Home)
In a series of personal vignettes, Rose Gove traces their evolving relationship with the country of Hungary
Two Auditions
In this memoir piece, Ernestine Whitman looks back on her journey as a young girl to becoming a professional flutist
A Brief History of Tea
“Daddy used to write in my birthday cards, ‘I love you more than all the tea in China.’ That’s a lot of tea and a lot of love.” — new in arts & culture by HLR
Karak Chai
Ghina Athirah Furqan’s recipe-memoir is a soft retelling of family
The Pandemic Radically Altered My Relationship with India. I Don’t Know If I Can Ever Go Back
A personal essay explores navigating the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the surrounding political turmoil, and their effects on identity and belonging
A Gulf Between Me and My Father | અખાત – મારા અને મારા પપ્પા વચ્ચે નો.
In this personal memoir piece, UAE-born writer Bhoomika Ghagada weaves together hers and her father's personal histories in the city of Dubai, into a thread that links up the gulf between parent and child (both English and Gujarati versions available)
Pandemic Weddings Offer A New Happy Ever After
The pandemic, despite its horrors, has rejuvenated an alternative approach to meaningful, beautiful weddings, and made it socially acceptable. How can these changes become permanent?