There once was a Shah,
who brought religions together
to live in peace.
Upon red sandstone
he marked with liberal symbols
unified were they.
Tolerant was he:
Abu’l Fath Jalal Akbar
of my country’s land.
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.
As different as we are As far away as we were You and I came together Two parallel lives Loving the same Loving different, words
For N’s final graduation lunch, we went to Penang (a Malaysian restaurant in Chinatown). Penang is this little gem in Chinatown that no one talks