Alif the (Un) Seen! A Book Review

As the second wave of the pandemic surges around me, I finished reading Willow Wilson’s Alif the Unseen with record speed. It was as if I wanted to escape into a fictional world. The book left an indelible mark on my psyche. Already a fan of Willow Wilson’s comics and Butterfly Mosque, I was blown…

The weekend that Biden won …

We visited my parents, ate chicken pot pie and watched the acceptance speeches of Kamala and Joe at a friends’ house, dressed up as princesses for an outdoor birthday party, visited the lake near my house, and finally saw my in-laws. That’s just Saturday and Sunday. Sandwiched between all these activities was a golden moment…