It was a dream that I’d been chasing since I was a child. But sometimes, the dreams we have can’t last forever...

As one of my favorite poems says, “Thursday’s child has far to go.” I was destined to go afar...

My parents taught us to work hard, help our neighbors and be respectful of others. My mum worked in an office and...

Traditionally, Indian families want boys, but as they already had a son, my parents welcomed my birth with all their heart...

My mom had five children to two different men, and I was the second. We were all girls and close in age...

I grew up on a large council estate with high-rise flats as far as the eye could see. It was full of crime, poverty, and drug addicts...

Together, they built a family. I had an unusual childhood as my siblings and I were the only mixed-race children in the town...

...I always said the same thing—I wanted to go to the zoo. Once there, I would head straight for the tiger enclosure...

My parents had a marriage of love. I say this because my dad hails from India where he first had an arranged marriage to a girl he barely...

Coming from a conservative town, no one cared to learn why I didn’t have a dad. They just judged my siblings and me for it...

I was born...in Bulgaria to immigrant parents...I was the oldest daughter, with a Turkish father who was a Muslim and a Jewish mother...

My family got smaller when I was 12 after my dad became suddenly ill. He was rushed to hospital and died four months later...

I had a good early childhood...However, happiness is easy to be interrupted. All that changed when I started secondary school...

I grew up watching over my shoulder and trying to keep the peace in our home. Though I breathed the air of misfortune, it did not affect...