Husband Hunting: seeking a rishta in lockdown
I’ve reached an age where everyone I know is either married, engaged or searching for a partner. I fall into the ‘searching’ category. I don’t know when it was that…
Category: First Person
Complexities of being a minority within a minority during a global pandemic
Are you working twice as hard to get half as far more than usual? For those growing up with this narrative, this notion has only intensified during the Covid-19 pandemic.…
Visiting the motherland: My first trip to India
I had a line prepared for whenever someone asked me about my heritage. Whether it was in person, in my Instagram DMs, or on a dating app, it was always…
One month of MESA
MESA Magazine launched just over one month ago, around the same time that we saw the Coronavirus outbreak take full effect. On a small, yet more positive note, this month…
The fear of losing a loved one, again
My baba (dad), was shot nearly 17 years ago now. The memories I have of receiving the news are somewhat obscure, maybe because of how young I was, or maybe…
Eshaan Akbar: Having MESA parents was great practice for a national lockdown
If you had told me that Friday 13th March would be the last time I’d be performing live stand-up comedy for the foreseeable future, I would have told you that…
Motorways and misogyny in Morocco
I have been confused for many different types of people in my lifetime. I have been confused for sales assistants by awkward, bumbling customers in stores and my racially ambiguous…
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