Turmeric, kumkum, agarbattis, wick are some of the items used in pooja. And then there are the other items like coconut, adike (betel nut), dhoop, Kapur (camphor)… My name is Mohammed Farooq. I am a Muslim man and I run a Hindu pooja store. My grandfather opened this store in 1969 to sell coconuts and…
Even as a child, I was a free bird. I loved singing and dancing and watching movies and acting and reading books. It was only in school that the bullying began, with people telling me I “walk like a lady” and such. I only went to school to study. There was nothing else in it…
I have played far more male roles and my friends tease me to be more feminine. I am an Yakshagana artist and teacher. I grew up on Yakshagana. As a child, we were always either supporting artistes or helping with logistics before a performance. There would be the children of other performers and we would…
2004. I was 17 when I saw a new girl walk past my classroom. I couldn’t stop staring. I had never seen anyone like her. Over time, we became friends but my heart sulked every time I saw her with someone else.
Growing up in gubbi village, my childhood was a struggle. At the age of five, I started helping my mother in household chores and later juggled as a coolie, quarry labourer and a farmer.
When I was in class 5, I read a book “My Early Life” by Mahatma Gandhi and I was fascinated by it. I did not understand it then but much later understood its significance. ‘Harijaan,’ a weekly tabloid run by Mahatma Gandhiji carried news and his views which evoked the sense of freedom.
I was 19, when I got married to Captain Shafeeq Ghori in 1991. It was difficult in thebeginning to accept the fact that he was constantly on the move and had to leave mealone for long periods, but he sat me down and explained what it was like to be an armywife. There were no…
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