I square dance inside
my home, our home, and in each
step I search for hope.
I square dance inside
my home, our home, and in each
step I search for hope.
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.




INT. Industrial building. Public Gym. Virginia. Two females have placed mats in the free weight area. The plan: pilates with weights. They stagger the mats,
I am supposed to not care or not be bothered by it, but I am. I am supposed to be able to balance work and

My first memory of scarves is of a dupatta that you wear around your neck over a salvar or chudidar. I loved wearing them and
thirty on paper in truth, it’s twenty it’s all I have yours, ours, mine 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and then– twenty to eat, rest, talk–