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PRAYER TIMES

Sana Altaf, Special to Gulf News

Articles from the author

That stage in my school

It was then that I heard applause behind me. My 3-year-old son silently watching the act
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As I looked around, my school days flashed before my eyes like a movie

That blue steel wardrobe of yore

I laugh at myself as days of my school run through my mind
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'When we moved homes, twice, the wardrobe moved with us.'

How do you call a place home?

I wake up to see myself here, I wish I could go back to my real home
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Sometimes I see myself climbing the forbidden stairs of my home  (Image for illustrative purposes)

On hunt for a photo

I am desperately waiting for the day I have the copy of the picture in my hands
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I would spend long time praying for peace to their soul, visualising my prayers being sent to him through an angel

The story of printed photos

I still enjoy those worn out photos with no editing or filters
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We took turns in taking each other’s photographs (Picture for illustrative purposes only)

Coronavirus: Leaving alone the dead

None of them were able to make their last journey from their homes
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Cemetery workers prepare to bury a casket from McLaughlin & Sons funeral home, without any family present because of coronavirus restrictions, Wednesday May 13, 2020, at Holy Cross Cemetery in the Brooklyn borough of New York.

Living locked down life away from Kashmir

I was nurtured under lockdowns, shutdowns and crackdowns
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Policeman stand guard on a deserted street during the lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Srinagar, Kashmir

Off the cuff: When we became strangers

You are the best part of my life and will always be where ever we will be
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PTI

I am not a superwoman

I remember how I hated my mother to be away from home as a child
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For most mothers, it's a daily battle  --  leaving their baby at home and going to work.

The story of a flower

Five years since, the flower still rests in my favourite book
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As days went by, it grew in size and strength. I took every possible care to see it bloom
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