Scattered Wide
Jawahara Saidullah
Scattered Wide will focus on all aspects of theDiaspora of the subcontinent. We are scattered across the globe, in every continent and almost every country.
From Nobel prize winners to laborers and taxi drivers, the people of the Diaspora are misunderstood and are often seen as a monolithic group.
This column will delve into the complex realities of being a member of this group. We are ultimately individuals
with a distinct identity even if we are scattered wide across the world.
Jawahara Saidullah has been on chowk since 1999 during which time she wrote fiction and some non-fiction pieces and was a featured writer for a few years. She was a weekly columnist, writing about Indian issues abroad, for Mid-Day newspaper in Mumbai. Her first
novel, The Burden of Foreknowledge, is forthcoming in March/April 2006 from Roli Books. Her fiction and essays have been published in anthologies, journals
and magazines.
Column Articles
In the Company of Women Jun 27, 2006
For I knew that across the North American landscape, in large cities and small towns, there were others.
The Invisible Aliens May 28, 2006
These illegals live sometimes invisible lives. They work in sweat-shops, labor under the hot sun picking fruit and lettuce, mow our lawns, clean our houses and look after our children
First, Honor Thyself May 1, 2006
Her virginity and her body is not hers alone. They are symbols of her family’s honor, whether it is her birth family or that of her husband
A Thousand Cuts Apr 3, 2006
Female genital mutilation is actually on the rise, as those who practice it, bring it with them as they make their Diasporic journeys to other lands
Give Us this Day our Tandoori Chicken Feb 27, 2006
Apart from the usual news, there were accounts of the latest breed of terrorists. They need no bombs, they are small and undetectable and they are constantly on the move
Conduits Feb 1, 2006
This is the reality, for most of us who live outside our countries. We’re always looking for that door… the conduit that connects our new home to the real home we long for
Ch-ch-changes Jan 10, 2006
Change, is after all, the only true constant in life. The way we look changes, from our waistlines to our skin to our thinning hair
In Praise (and Defence) of Blasphemy Dec 21, 2005
Blasphemy to me is the domain of a different mind, of a brave person (or a foolish one) but someone who definitely swims against the tide
Diasporic Indian Nov 30, 2005
I realized that the strange unease within me, the missing piece was the overlapping, messy Jawahara of the Diaspora.
- All
- Twenty-First Century Woman
- Chowk FOMC
- Particle Politics
- Djinn and Tonic
- Zehra Crossing
- Personal Political
- Scattered Wide
- Delhi Calling
- Fly In The Soup
- Reel Chakkar
- Science and Sciencibility
- Free for All
- The Headless Chicken
- Cafe Black
- On Record
- Roving Eye
- Chowk Guest
- Mind Space
- Its a Square World
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