A Good Little Girls Zine

Day 1 Breakfast:

Menu: Idli sambar, coconut chutney; upma; chai; chickoo

I take my first bite of a chickoo since 2003 and I’m home.  It’s summer and I’ve raced my cousin up a tree in my Naynamma’s yard.  All the way back to 1984.  The memories like the taste are crystal clear.  I slurp it down in a hurry gripping it all.  Mom’s Saturday morning upma, Atha’s Idli and coconut chutney. It here just a bite away.

So I eat fast, then slow, then fast again.  Unable to moderate myself, I eat it all, knowing I’ll never have it back in the States.  I savor each bite of nostalgia, the sweet layers mixing on my tongue; eyes blurring.

Day 1, but it feels like I never left.

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Lunch at my cousins!
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Sonia Chintha

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.

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