Falak writes

  • Between Shakespeare and Hardy: Navigating Fate and Free Will

    For the longest time in my life, I have mulled over the debate between free will and predestination. As a teenager, I believed strongly in free will. It was empowering to think that my choices alone could shape my path. But then life happened. My belief in free will was… Listen ⇢

  • It is that time of the year again—Back to School.

    Back to school, the harbinger of fall—and fall, the heart of all seasons, is for me a season of gratitude, of letting go, and of new beginnings. Fall is another spring, sometimes even more beautiful and enchanting. So many poems celebrate autumn, or Patjhar as we call it in Urdu.… Listen ⇢

  • Rooted in the In-Between

    The process of immigration places you in a perpetual duality—sometimes even a multiplicity—of existence. You are caught between staying connected to your origins and trying to find belonging by growing new roots in your new home. This duality carries a constant struggle: finding balance between letting go and holding on… Listen ⇢

    Rooted in the In-Between

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