Mamuji is a term of respect in Urdu for the maternal uncle. When I visited my Uncle Jim in Pakistan in 1993, that’s what people told me I should call him. Two weeks ago, Mamuji died in Pakistan after taking ill a few months ago. I don’t know how to describe what kind of person [...]

I think this may be the first time I’ve posted without some kind of picture. But truth is, I got nothing to show, but I am all excited because I got to come home tonight and watch the Celtics beat the Lakers in Game 1 of the NBA finals. Oh yeah! In the third quarter [...]

I thought I might post once or twice during my trip to Boston to visit the fam, but I never did find the time. It was a very immersive experience. Immersed in my big family, immersed in the familiarity of old neighborhoods, of friends, the landscapes of various former lives. So different from my life [...]