End of a Chapter, Beginning Of a Book
I live in a city that is almost an exact replica of the one in my childhood dreams. Ironically, the one thing that is missing is happiness.
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Nidhi Parekh
- Mar 6, 2021
- 10 min
Opinion: We Need To Distinguish Between Vaccine Hesitancy and Anti-Vax
People who are hesitant have doubts that require answers, and scientists are perfectly placed to provide them with these.
Shakira Quiñones-Lebrón
- Sep 11, 2020
- 6 min
How My ADHD Diagnosis Made Me a Better Scientist
We all sneeze from time to time, but if you sneeze 30 times a day, you know you’re sick.
Tahira Anwar
- Jul 2, 2020
- 8 min
Pensavo di aver trovato casa in Finlandia, ma il mio cuore disse no
“Quando è stata l’ultima volta che hai visto un finlandese in televisione per aver fatto qualcosa di grande?”. La mia risposta fu “Mai”.
Tahira Anwar
- Jul 2, 2020
- 7 min
I Thought Finland Was Home, but My Heart Said No
“When was the last time you saw a Finn on the television for doing something big?”.
My answer was “never”.
Luna Zagorac
- Dec 30, 2019
- 5 min
On Cairo, Change, and Staying the Same
No sooner had I landed in Cairo after four long years of absence than I discovered my watch broke.
Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
- Nov 6, 2019
- 7 min
I’m Losing Count
The fellow student couldn’t even tell me what city their Croatian relatives were from. I was disappointed, it’s a small country after all.
Silvia Secchi
- Aug 25, 2019
- 5 min
Across Borders and Seas
I am caught between two generations and two homes. I am an immigrant in a world that does not want to remember.
Rutuja Dhamale
- Jun 20, 2019
- 4 min
Of Places and Colors
I recalled that I too had faced the heat of racism but I had conveniently kept this hidden away in some corner of my mind.
Roisin Conneely
- May 23, 2019
- 4 min
Digging Out a Future
One poem that did strike me and that I do still think about from time to time is ‘Digging’ by Seamus Heaney.
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