On 14th of August 1947 the British Vice Roy Lord Mountbatten signed the Partition Plan in which the Indian Subcontinent was divided into the Dominion of Pakistan which included East (which in 1971 became Bangladesh) and West Pakistan and the Union of India. During this partition my grandparents were in their early childhoods. They witnessed […]
What is equality? Can we ever achieve it or is it just a figment of our imagination from a utopian society or more so a communist one? Well to answer these pompous questions one must embark on a journey of self realization and more importantly history. Inequality isn’t a recent issue it has been around […]
I initially thought that race, ethnicity, nationality and culture were all but one the same. However; after closer encounters with these terms and the thorough study of their definitions as stated on the website I realized that there were some profound differences among them. According to the website “race” is based on the color of […]
We filed up in front of the African Burial ground on Wednesday March 30th 2016 at 1:47 pm. The weather was quite chilly considering that It was late March. The cold wind slashed through my body as it gushed past me. The security guard let us in the building four at at time. The inside […]
Discrimination is one of the major problems in our society today. This discrimination is not only limited to race but further extends to gender, nationality, education, physical appearance and even social status. According to the article “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Peggy McIntosh the heart of this problem rests in our basic understanding of these […]
What is identity? Is it really necessary if yes then is it correlated to race? These are some of the questions that scurried in my head when I was reading through the articles “Black behind the Ears” and “Racial Formation in the United States”. I began to analyzed them and reached a certain form of […]
If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. Bruce Lee
As I walked up the High line the icy cold wind passed through my body piercing every inch of my insides. Despite the fact that it was 2:13 pm near the Hudson river it was relatively gray because the sky had hints of clouds. The High line is located in an area of the city […]
