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On archiving memories that don't exist
Why I'm obsessed with taking pictures
Dec 8, 2025 • sabrina
It takes a village to protect abusers
Nathacha Appanah’s La Nuit au Coeur confirms that Mauritius isn't ready for its Me Too reckoning.
Oct 3, 2025 • sabrina
On burning out at 17
Navigating high school in Mauritius and our unjust educational system
Feb 7, 2025 • sabrina
On why I can never move back home
Uncomfortable truths about being Indo-Mauritian in Mauritius
Oct 23, 2024 • sabrina
On 'Yellowface', appropriation and how life imitates art
after reading Yellowface, I looked around me and it seemed like everyone was getting their work stolen by white people
Jan 15, 2024 • sabrina
There's an abuser among us
On how I enabled an abuser in my friend group.
Dec 5, 2023 • sabrina
Ghosting myself
Spooky DMs, navigating friendships and travel thoughts
May 19, 2023 • sabrina
On the necessity of violence
Thoughts on R. F. Kuang's novel "Babel", Omar Sy and some book recs
Jan 12, 2023 • sabrina
The Brown Self
The Brown Self
Reviewing books, writing about not being able to write and pieces about my experiences living in Mauritius and France.
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