Author: Shiwangee Chandrakar
SEE THE LIGHT
It’s like a dream where you know only the middle and not the beginning. I don’t remember how all of it started. I have spent half of my childhood believing that I can’t have it all or more like I didn’t deserve it. The reason was me being a dark-skinned Indian girl. From the very beginning, this terrible thought was etched into my soul that I was not good enough. My eight-year-old self used to bel...
STARS SHINING THROUGH THE BREAK IN CLOUDS
There are moments when we all feel a little lost, a little alone, a little in dark. We have this feeling that someone will come and rescue us, that someone will be that star shining through the break in clouds and guide us home. What we don’t realise it that no one but ourselves can rescue us and be that star shining through the break in clouds. July night Staring at skies Clouds o’er my head C...
