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Kamla K. Kapur

Kamla K. Kapur

My Heart Belongs to Daddy

Your ghost visited me, Daddy, in yet another recurring nightmare.

18 min readJun 18, 2022

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My Heart Belongs to Daddy

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Kamla K. Kapur

Mummy, My Mummy

Kamla K Kapur

20 min readMay 8, 2022

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Kamla K. Kapur

Musings on Suicide: Part II

I consider myself a survivor.

9 min readFeb 18, 2020

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Musings on Suicide: Part II

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Kamla K. Kapur

Musings on Suicide: Part I

On a much-needed outing to a National Park, as we sat on boulders by a seasonal stream sunning ourselves like lizards after a week of rain…

9 min readFeb 11, 2020

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Kamla K. Kapur

Adventures in Aging: Death is Wonderfully Renewing

Last night, on the verge of getting uprooted in a vortex of worry, I reach for the Indica gummy that the sweet young man at the Cannabis…

4 min readJan 14, 2020

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Adventures in Aging: Death is Wonderfully Renewing

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Kamla K. Kapur

Kamla’s Adventures in Aging

Your Solo Journey Begins

5 min readJan 7, 2020

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The Color of the Name

The villagers of Sirdang, a mix of Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, Bonpo, Pagans and Animists, with antecedents from India, China, Tibet, and…

26 min readNov 12, 2019

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The Color of the Name

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Kamla K. Kapur

Walt Whitman’s Sister in Several Suites

Suite One: Owning Our Power

10 min readJul 9, 2019

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Walt Whitman’s Sister in Several Suites

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The Phoenix in a Coffin of Light: Agha Shahid Ali (1949–2001)

As I give this essay a final edit, Shahid looms large in my consciousness. He has come alive, far more palpable than in just memory. I…

10 min readMay 30, 2019

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The Phoenix in a Coffin of Light: Agha Shahid Ali (1949–2001)

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Kamla K. Kapur

The Prison of Doubt

In one of Rumi’s stories, Mark, whose friend Joseph has been ‘killed” by his brothers, wanders aimlessly over the face of the earth…

3 min readMay 24, 2019

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The Prison of Doubt

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Kamla K. Kapur

Kamla K. Kapur

Writer. Playwright. Poet. Author of Rumi: Tales of the Spirit (Mandala, March 2019), and critically acclaimed, Ganesha Goes to Lunch. www.kamlakkapur.com

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