I draw the curtain
Close and open my eyes to
the crisp blue skies–still.
I draw the curtain
Close and open my eyes to
the crisp blue skies–still.
Sonia Chintha is an Indian American writer who lives in the Washington DC area. She blogs, writes poetry, and fiction. She is also an English teacher who believes that our experiences teach us more than any test. She is the founder and co-editor of Good Little Girls.




When I was about six or seven years old, I had my first sip of coffee in my father’s hometown: Narasapur, India. It was summer

Illustration by Scout Mayo My body is a temple of fool’s gold, ornamented with masterpieces of my children’s making, which are hastily taped or glue-stuck
Last week a friend reminded me that I am not a mother and she is. Initially, it stung, sending me into a spiral of I’ll-never-be-good-enough’s