Sabr and Shukr
I don’t remember much from my first funeral. We stood in line, waiting to view…
Author Aleya Kassam
Aleya Kassam
Desi Kenyan. Reading Revolutionary. Distracted by pretty trees & birds. Reader. Writer. Storyteller. Performer. Feminist
Pulling out
I sat cross-legged on the floor under the dangling naked light bulb; three tests arranged…
This is how it ends; Aleya Kassam
This is how it ends. Me wanting to peel back his eyelids, crawl into his…
Mumbai is in Heat
As we sit caged in the tuk tuk, stopped in traffic, I can’t stop watching…
Judge A Man By His Car
You can tell a lot about a man by borrowing his car. Driving his stick.…