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Running

Posted onJanuary 13, 2018January 13, 2018Leave a comment

I’m a perpetual migrant a forever foreigner I run from connections I run from feelings I run from anything that gives life meaning. I’m a perpetual migrant a forever foreigner We make America great And in return for our greatness Read More …

CategoriesPoetryTagsfeelings, migration, poem

Validations

Posted onMay 18, 2015May 20, 2015Leave a comment

I think this is a powerful quote from poet and artist Nayyrihah Waheed completely validates my immigrant experience. We often speak about the contributions of immigrants to the U.S. but not enough is said about how we actually get treated once we Read More …

CategoriesQuote of the WeekTagsmigrant trauma, migration, Nayyrihah Waheed

Is Migration Really Beautiful?

Posted onApril 1, 2015April 1, 20156 Comments

Today is a very special day. It was four years ago, today, that the U.S. government initiated removal proceedings against me. I am not only here–but now I have lawful status, and on an expedited pathway to U.S. citizenship. (This does Read More …

CategoriesImmigrationTagsAssimilation, displacement, Fiji, Fijian people, India, Indians in Fiji, integration, migrant trauma, migration

Freedom

Posted onOctober 6, 2014October 14, 20145 Comments

It’s hard to imagine how a fish can survive without water, how a plant can live without sunlight, how a human can survive without air. Actually, it is rather impossible. And I can no longer do it. I went home Read More …

CategoriesFiji, TravelTagsFiji, freedom, migration, prison, tourism, Travel

Addressing Brain Drain

Posted onSeptember 29, 2009Leave a comment

Commodore Bainimarama’s speech to the UN General Assembly last month: Fiji has suffered more than 20 years of mismanagement, corruption, and nepotism. Our infrastructure, our judicial system, and our systems of accountability have all remained underdeveloped and unproductive. Many of Read More …

CategoriesImmigrationTagsBainimarama, brain drain, migration, United Nations

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