Journey – In My Words

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…[…]

A pen(ny) for your thoughts

Jan 24, 2022 adminPersonal

I was once ridiculed for writing notes using pen and paper. I kid you not! I was covering a major national news event with fellow journalists a few years ago and I was captured in[…]

What drives you?

Jan 10, 2022Jan 10, 2022 adminLife in South Africa

No, this isn’t one of those new year, new year posts. In fact, I started thinking about it last week, which was last year, and I haven’t had a chance to put my thoughts into[…]

The school run

Sep 21, 2021Sep 21, 2021 adminLife in South Africa

I did the school run more than four times in the past week. Brave, right? It must be the 5G that made me do it! Yes, I’m finally fully vaxxed and feeling slightly less apprehensive.[…]

Wear your scars

Nov 19, 2020Nov 19, 2020 adminPoetry

I looked at my scars In the mirror today. I didn’t cringe, Or cry, Or feel angry. Even if I don’t see them, I feel them; As my finger slides across The slight ridges On[…]

Bowing out on the blog for 2019

Dec 30, 2019Dec 30, 2019 adminUncategorized

Traditions. That’s what the festive season is all about – traditions that we create or re-create or follow by default. There’s a warmth that traditions bring and they add perspective to your life too. It’s[…]

Know Your Heritage

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 adminLife in South Africa

Many people have asked me or asked those close to me – what exactly does Maya do at the 1860 Heritage Centre? On an emotional level, there’s a piece of my heart at the centre.[…]

My dear students…

Nov 15, 2018Nov 15, 2018 adminPersonal

Hello friends! It’s been a while since my last post. Let’s blame it on the almost year-end busy-ness and somewhat of a writer’s block that I’ve been experiencing. That changed yesterday. Amid all the chaos,[…]

Seek the silence

Oct 14, 2018Oct 14, 2018 adminPoetry

Far away from the voices, Leaving the noise in the distance, I travel to a place of silence. And here, I find myself. In that silence, I am one With my thoughts, And an imagination[…]

Coloured by India – Part 2

Sep 30, 2018Sep 30, 2018 adminPersonal

Sharing a special poem penned for my Know India family. If you haven’t read my first post, check it out here… Coloured by India Our routes were different Our destination the same. India, The land[…]