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I take the 7:48 bus to work in Dallas. For 3 years I've sat in the same seat. Third row, window, left. It's not a great seat. There's no…

I don't wear a watch and my phone is usually in a drawer at work. Doesn't matter. In Jeddah, the mosque across from our building starts the…

There's a woman on our team, Shalini, who never speaks in meetings. Last Thursday she had to present to the whole department. 40 people,…

Last Tuesday I called my friend Rubina back home. Just a normal call, I thought. I said hi, how are you. She stopped me straight away. She…

For 3 years I made bagara baingan with a recipe video playing on my phone, propped against the oil bottle. Pause, rewind, pause again. My…

I can't eat sweet before noon. Cereal, pancakes, a sheera, doesn't matter, my stomach says no. My mother says it's because I'm stubborn. My…

My grandfather kept a Marie biscuit tin full of coins in his cupboard for about 40 years. When he died, my mother handed me the tin and…

I talk to my dog all day. His name is Bruno, he's 5, and he's some kind of brown. I tell him what's for dinner and which colleague annoyed…

It hadn't rained in Hyderabad since March, and May was brutal. Last Thursday at 5 pm the sky went dark. I was on the terrace with my phone,…

Last week was supposed to be the worst of my year. Month end, an audit visit and a new manager. All of it landed between Sunday and…