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Quiet Places
There was this bench in the park. Hidden away behind a wisteria tree that was purportedly a hundred years old.
Hina Siddiqui
Oct 28, 20202 min read
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When it rains... Part II
There was a typhoon warning. But there is someone at her door. The second time Nichi finds Ginoza in the rain.
Hina Siddiqui
Oct 23, 20206 min read
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I like you
The coffee today had a tree in winter. Tabi studied the art like he always did. Consternation. Concentration.
Confirmation.
Hina Siddiqui
Oct 21, 20202 min read
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Lists
I used to write down names on the first page of every notebook I owned. Like they hadn’t invented phones to rid you of the responsibility.
Hina Siddiqui
Oct 17, 20202 min read
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When it rains… Part I
The first of three times Nichi finds Ginoza in the rain. A three-part response to the stormy weather we've been having.
Hina Siddiqui
Oct 15, 20206 min read
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Bento 弁当
Amaya’s lunches were a piece of art. Packed in mason jars of three different sizes, full of colour and textures and flavours.
Hina Siddiqui
Oct 8, 20202 min read
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Donuts were made to cuddle with
She didn’t hear the door open. But she did feel the arms curl around her moments later.
Hina Siddiqui
Sep 29, 20202 min read
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Tea
She was making tea in the kitchen. He was asleep in the bedroom. Domestic scenes. Firefly vignettes.
Hina Siddiqui
Sep 18, 20201 min read
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Trantles
The word Trantle is Scottish in origin. (n) small articles of little value, odds and ends, miscellaneous bits of furniture, gear or...
Hina Siddiqui
Sep 18, 20201 min read
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Jugnu
As we travelled down the winding path, a light rain began to fall. The sun set. A jugnu landed on the windowpane.
Hina Siddiqui
Sep 18, 20201 min read
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Kaguya Hime no Monogatari
There were no answers in her life. No easy paths. Just choices. Endless choices. The only thing she couldn’t choose was not to decide.
Hina Siddiqui
Sep 14, 20202 min read
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The Museum of Untold Stories
Bhama is a history teacher. Her students hate history. So, she takes them to a museum. Except the museum is a very weird place.
Hina Siddiqui
Sep 5, 20206 min read
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Narratives of Existence
Community theatre and presenting the everyday and how by the very act of presenting we make the everyday valuable
Hina Siddiqui
Aug 23, 20209 min read
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Vanya: Scenes 4 & 5
Baba Yaga doesn’t help anyone without getting something in return. Where is my gift?
Hina Siddiqui
Aug 22, 20206 min read
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Vanya: Scenes 2 & 3
What is this now? The humans aren’t satisfied with throwing their waste in my lake? Now they've started throwing in their children as well?
Hina Siddiqui
Aug 22, 20206 min read
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Vanya and the Five Elements
Our story begins in Chudovo, a village on the banks of the Volga. Everyone is preparing for the end of winter and the feast of Maslenitsa!
Hina Siddiqui
Aug 22, 20208 min read
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Daddy Issues
Every evening, dad and his friends would pay rummy. Mom would cook. And I would watch.
Hina Siddiqui
Aug 21, 20206 min read
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Greed-eyed Monster: Part I
A witch's apprentice. A doctor's son. A dark forest.
What could go wrong?
Hina Siddiqui
Aug 21, 202020 min read
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Mujhse Shaadi Karoge?
An exercise in catharsis after my embracing-arranged marriage-through-paid-matrimonial-websites phase
Hina Siddiqui
Aug 18, 20207 min read
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White Noise
Rani, a devdasi is in conversation with the Chorus. Trigger warnings: foul language, description of rape and underage sex Rani Bai I...
Hina Siddiqui
Aug 18, 20203 min read
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