DheepaJun 37 minFinding My VoiceWhy, in the moments that authenticity and honesty were most called for, did my voice disappear?
DheepaMar 235 minThe Path of the MonarchSue stood at our door, holding an odd-looking plant with a green stem and a dangling pod. "It's for Raj," she said brightly, extending it...
DheepaDec 31, 20212 minA Year-end MessageThis morning, I was relieved to learn that my friends had marked themselves safe from Colorado's Marshall Fire. As the unthinkable slowly...
DheepaJul 29, 20214 minTwo Lifelines"Want me to read your palm?" On a sofa in a gloomy college lounge, my study partner Nancy immediately stuck out a hand to be examined by...
DheepaApr 15, 20214 minKolam and Country: the art of welcome in modern AmericaFor thousands of years, householders have knelt at entryways and drawn a template of creation — using flour to feed that same creation.
DheepaFeb 23, 20214 minComing to Order: a Mother, a Daughter, and an IllnessI don't like what I'm hearing over Zoom, so I fiddle uncomfortably with my necklace, twisting it between my thumb and forefinger and...
DheepaNov 17, 20204 minBraiding: a Caregiving DetourI was always hesitant to wake her up. After all, she was a night owl — the kind that stayed awake long past midnight, every day. I'd look...
DheepaOct 16, 20205 minI Love You to the Moon and BackA baby macaque leaped onto a man's orange-robed shoulder and twittered to him animatedly. As I watched both monkey and monk, pink...
DheepaAug 20, 20205 minShout, Resist, Witness: the Power of PoetryGeorge Floyd's recent murder has sparked not only demonstrations, but also an explosion of poetry—written, spoken, shouted, screamed
DheepaJul 9, 20203 minBreakage and Beauty: reconciling history and hopeThough our behavior has cracked these ideals profoundly, America doesn't have to shatter, nor does our love for her.
DheepaMay 7, 20204 minHonor thy Mother(hood). . . an ancient knowingness — that the raising and launching of another human being is an awe-inspiriting act and responsibility.
DheepaMar 19, 20204 minEmbracing the VirusWhile I'm terrified at the harm it is wreaking, it has also cleared away much of my internal noise and nonsense.
DheepaFeb 20, 20205 minFinding Clarity: a Tribute to GheeDid I need this traditional aspect of my culture to be re-packaged and re-gifted by the western world in order for me to accept it?
DheepaDec 10, 20195 minMoment by MomentComposed of gleaming pearls and diamonds, it sits in my line of sight whenever I write at my desk. Each jewel represents a failure.
DheepaNov 12, 20192 minTaking NoteWhen my son was seven years old, he left me notes. They were scrawled on multi-colored Post-it notes that he sneaked out of my desk...
DheepaSep 19, 20194 minBy the Book: when the facts obscure the truthThose facts about Europe would have been accurate, yet I would have missed the truth.
DheepaAug 8, 20196 minThe Winter of the Great-Grandmother I have both a heritage and a legacy. And I myself am the thread unfurling in both directions, connecting both.
DheepaJul 11, 20192 minPostcards from the Edge: a delivery from the universeTo replicate the tradition, tourists on the island today write postcards to themselves and leave them in the box
DheepaJun 14, 20193 minAttention in the Kitchena space for us to look at every bit of the life process, to stretch our minds to remember the ones who tend the earth
DheepaMay 22, 20193 minHello, I Am an ArtistWhy did I waste time banging on the door to my own integrity and knowingness when I held the key in my hand all the while?