Hi! Thank you for visiting my blog. I would like to take this moment to introduce myself. I am Elsa. By day, I am a nerdy PhD student, aiming to become a scholar and practitioner of international development policy. By night, I am Elsa, the Warrior KQueen. I have created this space in part for…
“Speak your mind even if your voice shakes.” – Ruth Bader Ginsberg Perhaps this post should naturally follow the last one, the post I wrote about popularity contests, and whose voices count, and that “power” behind the “like.” It didn’t generate much interest, I didn’t expect much traffic, but I thought there might be some…
“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity, there is beauty, and there is strength.”– Dr. Maya Angelou Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.~ Mahatma Gandhi Since the start of this year, I had been listening to music…
Dear Fellow Warrior, I wanted to share a poem with you. I think the poet suppressed within me is gradually returning. Perhaps I deprived that part of me through my graduate studies. It had been silenced and it is trying so hard to emerge when I keep telling it to wait, wait, wait, until I…
“Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.” – Khalil Gibran There are certain Urdu words I mix with my English, which I would love for my non-Urdu speaking friends to know. Urdu words that are special to the Pakistani within me… and one of them is “Azaadi.” Azaadi in Urdu means Freedom. Earlier…
“The mountains are calling and I must go.” – John Muir. Dear Fellow Warriors, It has been more than a month now since my last piece, and so many things I want to share here! I want to be sure that I at least post here once or twice a month if I am unable…
“Every woman’s success should be an inspiration to another. We’re strongest when we cheer each other on.” – Serena Williams From time to time, I use the hashtag #womensupportingwomen for several of my posts on social media. Currently, on Facebook, approximately 6 million posts have applied this hashtag. Lately, I have been feeling an overwhelming frustration…
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” — Aristotle Dear Fellow Warrior, As I noted in my last post, it was my birthday yesterday, as well as the EID holiday for Muslims. I like to take in these moments to reflect and/or to “hit refresh” on…
Featured photo: NaniSer Village, in District Tharparkar, Sindh, Pakistan. February 7, 2019. Happy July Everyone! I was happy to learn this week, that July is Disability Pride month. I may have missed this all these years. But I am so happy this is the issue that is covered in July. Happy Disability Pride Month! And…
