growing gains

What defines our hometowns?

Mountains, rivers, trees and those we leave behind

May 3 • Mariyam Haider

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July 2025

What is Muharram teaching me this year?

Memories from the past and reflections on the future

Jul 6, 2025 • Mariyam Haider

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May 2025

Superboys of Malegaon is a cinematic win for Indian Muslimness

‘Arrey, shauk paal ke kya karega, Malegaon mein tu marega!’

May 18, 2025 • Mariyam Haider

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June 2024

It is time the silent amongst us, speak up

The antidote to fear is not silence, it is creating communities where we share fears and hopes together

Jun 18, 2024 • Mariyam Haider

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April 2024

All that is good for health this summer

घर का खाना, BDS and exercising (your voting right)

Apr 27, 2024 • Mariyam Haider

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Staying in touch with the trees to keep up with the times

And drawing lessons from them to carry along

Apr 7, 2024 • Mariyam Haider

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March 2024

Can simplicity and innocence of love help us survive the real world?

A question I returned to after watching Laapataa Ladies

Mar 12, 2024 • Mariyam Haider

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A letter by a former KNC student

And finding hope through educators who continue to make their voices heard

Mar 10, 2024 • Mariyam Haider

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February 2024

Recognising the many meanings of Shab-e-Barat 🕯️

Observing the night of lights and destinies in a changing world

Feb 25, 2024 • Mariyam Haider

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Can anyone ever be completely fearless?

Thoughts on fears, flowers, freedoms and barbed wires

Feb 12, 2024 • Mariyam Haider

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January 2024

What’s common between a bowl of zarda, a ginger cat and hot jalebis?

Scenes from a Republic Day weekend

Jan 29, 2024 • Mariyam Haider

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Annapoorani depicts the many hurdles a woman has to cross to achieve her career dream, within and outside her family

Too many spoilers, because well the movie has been taken off Netflix

Jan 14, 2024 • Mariyam Haider

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