Personal – In My Words

In My Eyes

Mar 7, 2026Mar 9, 2026 adminPersonal

March is Autoimmune Awareness Month. And it’s made me realise that I have been failing myself and many others. I don’t write about it enough, talk about it enough or show up enough, especially recently.[…]

To being brave

Dec 30, 2025Dec 30, 2025 adminPersonal

I started off 2025 with big plans for my blog. In fact, I captured this picture in January while working on this dream project of mine at a coffee shop, with my creative juices flowing[…]

Channelling my anger

Nov 28, 2025Nov 28, 2025 adminLife in South Africa

I have been so angry for so long. Angry at the horrific cases of murder, rape and abuse of women and children daily in our country.Angry at how structures that are supposed to protect and[…]

ASAP

Jul 6, 2025Jul 6, 2025 adminPersonal

Deadlines Targets Urgent I have always associated these words with ASAP. After all it’s an acronym for as soon as possible, right? Well, not necessarily. A few months ago, I came across a different take[…]

Sabr and Shukr continued…

Apr 30, 2025Apr 30, 2025 adminPersonal

It’s the last day of the fourth month of 2025, and this is my first blog post for the year. Definitely an anomaly. Definitely not according to “algorithms” of my life. Yes, I write in[…]

Trust the process

Dec 30, 2024Dec 31, 2024 adminLife in South Africa

Picture this: You fully immerse yourself into something you’re doing. You thrive on the adrenaline and deadline of accomplishing the said task. There are challenges. You stress, but you get it done. Mission accomplished. And[…]

Somehow We Survive

Oct 19, 2024 adminLife in South Africa

When I saw the theme for Poetry Africa 2024, my immediate reaction was, “This is it! I have to be there!” Dennis Brutus’ poem Somehow We Survive resonates deeply with me as my poems speak[…]

In Her Honour

Aug 13, 2024Aug 13, 2024 adminLife in South Africa

It’s a trend I didn’t give much thought to until Women’s Day. The unveiling of a memorial bust of an iconic woman, Dr Kesavaloo Goonam, stirred this question in my heart – What would I[…]

Seven: The Bigger Picture

Jul 20, 2024Jul 25, 2024 adminPersonal

I have been extremely quiet here, I know. Oh! I have missed it, truly, madly, deeply. This is the space where I am unashamedly myself, tend to share a bit too much and then wonder…[…]

For The Love of History

Mar 3, 2024Aug 13, 2024 adminEducation

I had to fight to take history as a subject at high school until matric. The course I initially wanted to take, which included history, was not available. When I opted for another course with[…]