The Power of Eyes
In two weeks, I will be married in a large Indian wedding. I will be bombarded by eyes: six hundred and sixty eyes, to be exact. Three hundred and thirty pairs. And the thought of that scares me. Don’t...
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Over the past several weeks, I have found myself riveted by the protests in Egypt and across the Middle East, just as I was by the Iranian protests of 2009. I’ve watched the footage of chanting...
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Today, at a full 9 months pregnant, I waddled around our neighborhood running errands in my frumpy maternity clothes. I passed men in designer shades and shoes, women in dresses with cinched belts and...
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