Following A Dream by Fiza Pathan Journey of the Magi (1902) by James Tissot He looked up and found his handmade sackcloth upon the shelf of his room. He picked it up and stuffed into it a few of his belongings…charts, papyrus, scripts, a reed pen, a small crystal, and a few scrolls. His wife and three sons came into the room with tears in their eyes. “Father, please don’t go,” … [Read more...] about #ShortStory “Following A Dream” by Fiza Pathan
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My Hijra Friend will Live by Fiza Pathan
My Hijra Friend Will Live Today was a regular day overall, except for that one phone call on my landline that made me ecstatic. The friend who I thought was going to die from a gruesome battle with blood cancer (ALL) today after my tuitions called me on my landline from the hospital…he said that the doctors told him that he had got his second chance…he is going … [Read more...] about My Hijra Friend will Live by Fiza Pathan
The Hijra Whom I Love by Fiza Pathan
The Hijra Whom I LoveMy friend Danny Roe is dying and I’m sitting here in my house at this time in the night writing a post for my blog, acting like nothing has happened…but something has happened…Danny Roe is dying from blood cancer (ALL) and I think a part of me is going to die with him.Danny Roe guest blogged for me some days ago when he was in the cancer hospital getting a … [Read more...] about The Hijra Whom I Love by Fiza Pathan
The Sangeeta Library
The Sangeeta LibraryMy name is Danny Roe and I am a eunuch or what we are better known as in India──a Hijra. However, I’m very different from the regular eunuchs of India who beg on the streets and at times enter into prostitution to earn a living. I work on my own. I’m a Hijra who owns a library which deals in second hand books. Therefore one can certainly say that I am a … [Read more...] about The Sangeeta Library
‘Have You Ever Seen The Rain?’ by Fiza Pathan
Have You Ever Seen The Rain? June was parched with a dry throat in many a place in India this year. Word was going around that we would not receive the cool blessings of a thunder shower…but the rain gods have been merciful to our farmers and today saw the advent of rain showers with grey skies, colourful umbrellas, drenched school children heading towards the buses … [Read more...] about ‘Have You Ever Seen The Rain?’ by Fiza Pathan