Belonging, Mostly | Lakshmi G. Iyer | Substack

On the child I did not write about much, a lesson at the stove, and what it means to be seen by the one who watches you most.

Jun 26 • Lakshmi G. Iyer

It's an act of love, taking photos of your loved ones.

Jun 25 • Lakshmi G. Iyer

I Ran Nineteen Years of Myself Through the Matrix

What a script could measure about two decades of my writing, and what it could not.

Jun 23 • Lakshmi G. Iyer

The Mute Button

I named one word at the front of a sentence, and fifty-five thousand people arrived. Most of what I learned came after I muted them.

Jun 22 • Lakshmi G. Iyer

What The Hands Know

I was taught what to touch, what to want, what to recoil from. Now I am the one deciding what to set down in front of my children.

Jun 19 • Lakshmi G. Iyer

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Belonging, Mostly

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