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Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1970 to Pakistani diplomats, grew up in 8 different countries as a dip brat. Bachelor of Arts from Smith College, USA, Masters of Arts from the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. Worked for 8 years in the poverty alleviation/development sector in Pakistan, before moving first to Sydney- Australia and then on to Doha- Qatar, accompanying her husband. Mother to three boys, trying desperately to write between school runs, rugby practice and through all the mayhem and chaos.
Articles by Zahra Romana
Splinter
Zahra Romana May 23, 2007 interacts: 29 Views: 3418They were the couple, everyone said so, back in those days. The lightness of him, the gold hair and blue eyes around her dusky skin, like the demarcation of borders of countries in an atlas, setting her aglow.
The Fall
Zahra Romana Jan 8, 2007 interacts: 14 Views: 2349I used to have such a round full face as a child. Plump red cheeks, the sort of face that aunties kiss and uncles pinch. So why is it that in every picture I see of myself I am frowning deeply, so very serious?
Zahra Romana
- Articles on Chowk: 2
- First article: Jan 8, 2007
- Latest article: May 23, 2007
- Times read on Chowk: 5767


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