The Night She Kissed and Disappeared — and the Question That Made a U.S....
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON--Before heading back to Los Angeles, I remember the Delhi bazaars vividly. They were alive with color and chaos. I stocked up...
The Sarees They Never Wore: A Return Journey of Grief and Promises to India:...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON— After nearly thirteen hours in the air, my plane landed with a soft jolt at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport. I had...
When a Child Touched My Soul: A Journey from Latin America to the City...
By Upendra Mishra
As I had mentioned earlier, my weekly column in The News had begun to open unexpected doors—each one leading to a path...
When the Indian Embassy Threatened to Impound My Passport: My Journey Without My Mother...
By Upendra Mishra
After the earthquake, life seemed to inch toward normalcy—but only on the surface. Inside, something had shifted, something deep and unsettling. I...
Nude Beaches of Norway and the Earthquake That Shook My World: My Journey Without...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON — While in Costa Rica, I made so many friends from all over Latin America who had come to attend the...
Learning to Break the Imposed Societal and Family Dogma: My Journey Without My Mother...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON — Once I settled into life in Mexico City, I began to rediscover parts of myself long buried under layers of...
“From Caste to Kamasutra: An Indian in 1980s Mexico”: My Journey Without My Mother—A...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON — As life slowly began to settle in Mexico City and my daily commute to El Colegio de México became routine,...
Chapter 11: Breaking the Language Barrier Through Diagrams in Mexico: My Journey Without My...
Mexico City. 1984. When the plane wheels touched down on the tarmac of Mexico City’s Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez, a wave of uncertainty rolled...
Chapter 10: Mexico Chalo and My Professor Who Changed My Life: My Journey Without...
By Upendra Mishra
Boston – As my journey to Mexico finally came into focus at the end of 1983, the emotional whirlwind of JNU gradually...
My Journey Without My Mother, Part 9: Of a Mother’s Necklace, a Spanish Book,...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—I don’t exactly remember what triggered my decision to leave Allahabad University, where I had just enrolled for a Master's in English...