Even When the Waves Crash, the Mountain Stands
When looking back at those days, I marvel at how far I have come. Maybe it was luck. Maybe it was desperation. Maybe I will never find out..
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Feb 12, 20207 min read
I Am More Than a Resumé
I grew up in Pune, India, in a middle-class family. My parents had corporate jobs and worked from early morning to late evening to provide..
Feb 7, 20208 min read
To Learn of Freedom
The country of my mother tongue, my family, a great deal of my childhood, and my culture actually isn’t where I was born...
Oct 7, 20197 min read
Where We Land
Growing up, I spent countless hours playing the game, “Operation,” meticulously navigating the clip to avoid touching the metal...
Sep 26, 20197 min read
To Dream of Borders
My childhood was simple, as is most of life in our community. And for many years, it was all I knew, all I needed...
Aug 17, 20198 min read
A Long Walk from Yesterday
In fact, I was 16th in the rankings, including my father’s children from his two older wives, who each had six children before...
Aug 15, 20199 min read
The Sound of Hope
That year, there was a massacre in an eastern village. Nearly 600 were killed with sprays of bullets and machetes...
Aug 2, 20198 min read
Strength in the Journey
My parents were both originally from the northern region of Vietnam but fled south to escape communist rule...
Apr 24, 20198 min read
Someday Soon, Venezuela
My country is destroyed—people have died of hunger, died from a lack of medicine, or simply have been killed. Thanks to a dictatorship...
Dec 10, 20189 min read
Each and Every Journey
My parents—my father especially—were very liberal for the society in which we lived. A retired army officer, my father was well-educated...
Sep 28, 20186 min read
As It Happens
When my mother was pregnant with me, all the family had been expecting a baby girl. Though when the morning came, they were quite shocked...
Jul 6, 201811 min read
Finding True Refuge
At the time, Pablo Escobar, a drug lord and narco-terrorist, was wreaking havoc in Colombia and my parents didn’t feel that living there...
Feb 9, 20187 min read
Darkness Breaks
Everything I had touched in my life had so far become a disappointment, and I wanted to end it all.
My life flashed before my eyes as I...
Feb 1, 20184 min read
The Pursuit of the Better
“Good life is expensive. There is a cheaper one, but it’s not life,” my parents used to say. It might not sound literally correct, but...
Nov 15, 20177 min read
Chasing My Dreams
I was the youngest of the three children in a middle-class family. It was a loving and cheerful setting. Adding to the happiness was that...
Aug 3, 20176 min read
Making a Difference
All my life, I have always wanted to help others. I have seen persecution, racism, and blind hatred for those who are different or deemed...
Jul 20, 20175 min read
It Wasn’t Just Survival
Is the American Dream dead? It seems such a cliché sometimes to even talk about it. Many have a cynical outlook on it. Maybe it depends...
Jul 13, 20175 min read
Family Matters Most
My family is everything to me. I don’t know how to describe our relationship as anything other than that. My whole life, they have always...
Jun 23, 20176 min read
My Journey: from Siberia, Russia to Ohio, US
The revolutions started a few years later, leading to the collapse of the Soviet empire and the rise of the Russian Federation. The early...
Jun 9, 20175 min read
Behind the Counter
Everyone has lived a life of his own, a life that you may never know. I have owned and operated a Chinese restaurant in the United States...
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