Tag: Identity


  • The Death of Identity

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    โ€œI am a citizen of the world.โ€โ€•ย Sylvia Beach In a recent interview, I had put down โ€˜identityโ€™ as an intrinsic part of me, an identity that is devoid of law and religion or other statuses that have the power to affect my identity. I was asked to explain how my identity is bound to law;…

  • โ€œGo back to your country! We donโ€™t want you here!โ€ The words still echoed in my mind as I crossed through the carpeted lobby of the Student Union building. Students sat in huddles on the floor, others sitting lazily on the arms of couches occasionally laughing at something someone said. When I walked by, the…

  • Thereโ€™s a strange dynamic to the architecture of hotels in Kashmir that have existed during these times of siege since the last few decades. Today, as I walked through the barbed wires boldly glistening in the faint sunlight of an unbecoming winter, I noticed that most of them, or least of all the ones I…