Tag: transnational

• The Graph of a Cry

  

  My dissertation is available as a book for academics, libraries, and those who are interested to read more about the phenomenal journey of the American ghazal. This dissertation analyzes the journey of the ancient Arabic poetic form of the ghazal to America to provide insights into transnational poetry and cultural mobility. While the movement of […]

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  13 Aug 2022

  Academic, Art, Awareness, Books, dissertation, diversity, Education, Gender, Personal is Political, phd, Poetry, Read, research, Story, Travel

  Academic, Adrienne Rich, Agha Shahid Ali, american ghazal, amrita das, arabia, Book, borders, cultural mobility, diederik oostdijk, dissertation, erin la cour, form, Gazelle, ghazals, India, intersectionality, ipskamp, jahan ramazani, literary history, literature, love, lyric, male, Marilyn Hacker, melancholy, migration, minorities, Mirza Ghalib, movement, patriarchy, persia, phd, poetic form, Poetry, representation, research, transnational, transnational poetry, Travel, traveling poetry

• My Transcendental Truth

  

  Having recently given a guest lecture in Dr. Laura Rupp’s class on Translanguaging and Transnationalism, my mind kept going back to this old poem I had written: To tell you the truth Upon walking into an airport My body somehow becomes a machine Mechanical with nuts and bolts A system I cyclically follow My head […]

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  29 Apr 2020

  Creative Writing, Poem A Day, Poetry, Story

  Poem, Poetry, transnational

• Hanami: Picnic under the Cherry Blossoms

  

  We had visited the Cherry Blossoms last year, and they left an indelible impression on my mind. So, this year when a dear friend texted to inform me that a picnic was on the cards I jumped at the opportunity. I quote from last year’s post: History is that the trees were a gift from […]

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  24 Mar 2019

  Art, diversity, Photography, Story, Travel

  amstelveen, amstelveen socialites, batata, chai, cherry blossom, chilling, dhokla, grass, indian food, indian food in netherlands, kahwa, kehva, muffins, picnic, pictures, pictures of food, polish, polish pottery, popcorn, see the pictures, transnational, white, women

• I Shall Emerge!

  

  Kawahigashi Hekigoto (1873-1937), Japanese poet and haiku pioneer writes: 初雷や　ふるふが如き　雛の壇 Hatsu-rai ya/ Furuu ga gotoki/ Hina no dan The first thunder Is likely to shake The tiered doll stand. I feel that way about spring. As the heads of the first crocuses crown on my street I want to let out a guttural shriek, a […]

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  18 Feb 2019

  Academic, Art, Creative Writing, diversity, Poem A Day, Poetry, Read, Story

  Academic, amsterdam, crocus, dutch flowers, growing, haiku, hope, in between, japanese, japanese poetry, Kawahigashi Hekigotō, learning, living in amsterdam, my life, not letting go, Poem, Poetry, ready for spring, spring, spring is in the air, transnational, worker ant, working in amsterdam

• English Pronunciation in a Global World: with Dr. Rupp, Futurelearn, and VU

  

  I am absolutely delighted that I will be a mentor and facilitator in this ingenious course that Dr. Laura Rupp has created. What a great way to learn and grow; please do take a look. Details: Join the Futurelearn course ‘English Pronunciation in a Global World‘ developed by the Faculty of Humanities of Vrije Universiteit […]

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  19 Dec 2018

  Academic, Awareness, diversity, Education

  2019, academics, come join us, course, culture, education, english, facilitator, for everyone, futurelearn, global english, global world, grow, incredible journey, join now, language, laura rupp, learn, mentor, never stop learning, pronunciation, sharp minds, transnational, vrije universiteit, vu, what can we do

• My ardas to the ghazal

  

  The ghazal At the university they said, “Oh you should study the ghazal” Perfectly plucked you will understand the nuances of the ghazal My grandfather told me stories that spread beyond words Murdered during partition, the border bled the ghazal I work in corporate communications – I sat with a grant for academics I don’t […]

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  13 Feb 2013

  Poetry

  academia, Ghazal, history, India, integration, love, migration, transnational