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Nov 17
4 min

Braiding: a Caregiving Detour

I 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...

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Dheepa

Oct 16
5 min

I Love You to the Moon and Back

A baby macaque leaped onto a man's orange-robed shoulder and twittered to him animatedly. As I watched both monkey and monk, pink dayligh...

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Shout, Resist, Witness: the Power of Poetry

Dheepa

Aug 20
5 min

Shout, Resist, Witness: the Power of Poetry

George Floyd's recent murder has sparked not only demonstrations, but also an explosion of poetry—written, spoken, shouted, screamed

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Breakage and Beauty: reconciling history and hope

Dheepa

Jul 9
3 min

Breakage and Beauty: reconciling history and hope

Though our behavior has cracked these ideals profoundly, America doesn't have to shatter, nor does our love for her.

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Dheepa

May 7
4 min

Honor thy Mother(hood)

. . . an ancient knowingness — that the raising and launching of another human being is an awe-inspiriting act and responsibility.

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Mar 19
4 min

Embracing the Virus

While I'm terrified at the harm it is wreaking, it has also cleared away much of my internal noise and nonsense.

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Dheepa

Feb 20
5 min

Finding Clarity: a Tribute to Ghee

Did 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?

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Dheepa

Dec 10, 2019
5 min

Moment by Moment

Composed of gleaming pearls and diamonds, it sits in my line of sight whenever I write at my desk. Each jewel represents a failure.

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Dheepa

Nov 12, 2019
2 min

Taking Note

When 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 drawe...

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By the Book: when the facts obscure the truth

Dheepa

Sep 19, 2019
4 min

By the Book: when the facts obscure the truth

Those facts about Europe would have been accurate, yet I would have missed the truth.

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Dheepa

Aug 8, 2019
6 min

The 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.

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Postcards from the Edge: a delivery from the universe

Dheepa

Jul 11, 2019
2 min

Postcards from the Edge: a delivery from the universe

To replicate the tradition, tourists on the island today write postcards to themselves and leave them in the box

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Dheepa

Jun 14, 2019
3 min

Attention in the Kitchen

a space for us to look at every bit of the life process, to stretch our minds to remember the ones who tend the earth

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Dheepa

May 22, 2019
3 min

Hello, I Am an Artist

Why 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?

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Pieces of Light: finding meaning & humanity in a complicated world

Dheepa

May 3, 2019
2 min

Pieces of Light: finding meaning & humanity in a complicated world

A thousand tiny needles relentlessly pierced my skin over the course of what seemed like hours. After climbing back onto the Zodiac raft ...

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