I’ve always dreamed of attending a Hindu wedding. Not in the “bucket list” kind of way, but in the wide-eyed, Bollywood-watching, puja-reciting, childlike wonder sort of way. Hinduism has always fascinated me—majestic, layered, and spiritually magnetic. I’ve felt so close to it, like a language I almost spoke in another life. Growing up, I memorizedContinue reading “Lehengas, Laughter & a Little Culture Shock: A Muslim Girl at a Hindu Wedding”
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What it Feels Like Visiting Pakistan after 20 Years
A few months before the end of our Peace Corps service, Rehan and I were in the middle of planning a multi-continent trip to mark the end of our Peace Corps era. Rehan’s first cousin was getting married in Islamabad in February and we decided to visit Pakistan to join the festivities!
