Op-Ed
Afraid of Forgetting; The Hands Pass Tradition
In hopes of keeping the tradition alive, the writer and photographer documents hands, and spaces as a means to keep tradition alive.
Simmering by ask.
Just last night, I was watching the fireworks from my window and that’s how I said it. But my hands were stabbing the air to barter with Their interest because Their eyebrows, from what little I could see, were creasing together to figure out... The triumph of good over evil; their meanings separated by region…
FINDING DEEPAVALI
THE TRADITIONAL DEEPAVALI, WITH ITS EMPHASIS ON FAMILY, COMMUNITY, AND RELIGIOUS RITUALS, OFTEN EXCLUDES THOSE WHO DON’T CONFORM TO SOCIETAL NORMS. FOR ME, THIS FESTIVAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BITTERSWEET AFFAIR.
A Labour of Existence by Shre Maha
Deepavali is two days away. Currently writing this in between some nei urundai making. I can’t feel my fingertips, it feels as though they may have melted off. However, I’d like for you to hear this.
Not Having to Look Over Their Shoulders? Not Today.
This sinking feeling does not escape me. I sit here, unclaimed to an identity, watching this violence enacted upon the women before me. I am filled with disgust. When will it end? When will this stop?
Grey is Okay
"What you choose is what will also choose you, in time.". This is one of a string of crystaline words penned down in her moment of quiet in 2018. Creative Director, Artist, Writer, Photographer & Poet, Binti points us into a direction of understanding where Grey, Is Okay.
In the Light of Now by Wan Adam
Penned down in the aughts of the pandemic, contributor Wan Adam unclogs a stream of conciousness in the wake of loss, isolation and finding a means to make sense of things in the absence of self.
Protecting the Flame
Writer Julia Merican Unleashes a Stream of Conciousness, Reflecting on Her Childhood & What It Means to Find Comfort in Tradition & Family
A Pandemic Deepavali Prayer 2021
This article was written and photographed by Vaneesha Krishnasamy for Mulazine's Deepavali Segment 2021.
