Sisterhood of Semolina Cakes
In India, in the 80s, finding something like condensed milk or baking powder was akin to finding water on Mars.
Tag: personal essay
Helena
“You know what’s cool? Our names start with the same letter!”
With my green marker I drew two thick parallel lines and connected them with a neat horizontal line.
“H”, she let the letter linger on her tongue. Her face wrinkled into a child-like smile. She had learnt her first English alphabet at the age of 35.