Bathroom Mirror
A piece I wrote for Pride Week and performed at First Stop Open Mic, Genaro’s Coffee, in St. Petersburg, Florida
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A piece I wrote for Pride Week and performed at First Stop Open Mic, Genaro’s Coffee, in St. Petersburg, Florida
Samira Obeid or Sam as most know her is a writer, multimedia content producer and creative thinker above all. An Indian butch lesbian originally from Chennai, she uses her identity and her pen as a way to create dialogue about the human existence that is often difficult to open up to an audience. She likes to believe she is a advocate of truth and liberty in its rawest forms, and has every intention of proving herself along life's every path. On an honest note, she loves entertaining a unsuspecting audience.
Everything seemed so auspicious. I was bathed in turmeric powder…
Coming out is not a one time thanksgiving dinner table announcement but a recurring repetitive struggle that can be dreadfully frightening for some. We are shedding our skin in baby steps!
Bubbly writes to her parents and sister in Chennai, explaining why she cancelled her engagement.
After the concert when I went to do my pranaams to Ma, her foster son remarked to her in Bangla, Ma! Look at this child! What bhakti! She looked into my eyes while she answered him, No! It is more than Bhakti. I was glad someone understood it and my eyes went watery.
YaliniDream is a New York based queer poet, dancer and performer of SriLankan Tamil origin. MP and its web team at Orinam.net thank her for sharing this video of her acclaimed spoken word performance piece ‘To Catch Just One Tear’.
Podcast of June 20, 2020 panel discussion on gender-sex-sexuality, organised by rYMS and Orinam on Insta Live.
Stirring piece! Thank you for sharing, Sam. We’re waiting for the day you get to perform for us in Chennai ЁЯЩВ