boundaries — Stories

(No Longer) In Your Arms

You gave me respite from the most difficult of memories. Other times, you were a source of shame…

Boundaries, Black Lives MatterBy Shannon Irby (From Ramstein, Tucson, Okinawa, Adana, D.C., San Antonio & Houston. Living in Okinawa.)30 January 2021TCK, TCA, boundaries, culture, connection, connected, memories, heart, importance, history, togetherComment

A Community of Outsiders and Misfits

Some swore allegiance to Pakistan, others to Australia and others were in an existential crisis. There was a strange sense of community, which was dynamic and syncretic

I Am. We Are.

There will be differences. We are not all the same. Convergence and divergence live in all communities…

BoundariesBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)30 November 2019TCK, TCK TOWN, boundaries, unityComment

My Joint Family Homes

I remember a few instances vividly from my childhood in Pakistan, which would now be looked at with horror in the west, as an invasion of privacy…

BoundariesBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)20 November 2019TCK, TCK TOWN, boundaries, familiy Comment

Drawing Lines in Divided Times

I was never truly accepted by South Asian community as their own because on the outside I look more Indigenous…

BoundariesBy Kish Sofia (From Chittagong, Baghdad, Jeddah, London & Leeds. Living in Toronto)17 November 2019TCK, TCK TOWN, boundaries Comments

Sydney Side And Doing Alright

The truth was that I hadn’t been sleeping well and was exhausted. I was still emotionally fatigued by this big move and was also dealing with family issues on the side…

BoundariesBy Ava Senaratne (From Sri Lanka, Dubai & Melbourne. Living in Sydney)17 November 2019TCK, TCK TOWN, boundaries Comment

Building Toblerone Bridges

Here I stand and there you are. I wave to your response over a chasm of politics and prejudice…

BoundariesBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)17 November 2019TCK, TCK TOWN, boundariesComment

Up In The Air

I can’t fly on this damn plane because, at age 27, I have lost two wonderful people in my life. Two people who had come to define my experience of being free of boundaries, and my freedom to live fearlessly. I feel my mortality more than I ever did before...