While tcktown.com will still remain online, I’ve decided to stop running this magazine for a year to focus on my health…
Read MoreShould I leave it there? Another year won’t hurt. Or venture to lift the lid…
Read MoreI didn’t want to accept the change, I didn’t want to let go of family stability, I didn’t know how to build a home somewhere all on my own…
Read MoreMany people didn’t know what Pakistan was. Right after 9/11, they did…
Read MoreMy first relationship started in Costa Rica. Running around the city, beach trips, endless sunny days. It was perfect…
Read MoreThough I may have felt alone at times, I never really was…
Read MoreOne of the neighbours we connected with was a family from the Netherlands. Their lives mirrored our own as they too had recently relocated with a toddler in tow, exactly the same age as ours...
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Maybe not everyone will attain the same goals, but why can’t everyone be given the ability to do so?
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“Sadhu, Sadhu, Sadhu” is how we usually end Buddhist chants, or ‘gatha’s,’ many of which are recited in set groups of verses…
Read MoreI will always be on the move. I will always choose this path no matter how lonely it may get sometimes...
Read MoreWe need to repeat these 5 truths purposefully, intentionally, and repetitively to ensure healthy relationships—both romantic and platonic...
Read MoreEach person is more interesting than any one aspect of their identity too, and everyone owes it to themselves to experiment and discover themselves, instead of just assuming the identity placed upon them by their societies…
Read MoreWe were given one week’s notice to pack our bags and leave the country…
Read MoreChimamanda’s contributions are shaped greatly by her TCK experience, where she champions plurality…
Read MoreAnnouncements in Korean, Chinese, English and Japanese haunt the three-quarter empty passageways that are usually full…
Read MoreI had felt the presence of Jaini high in the mountains of Iran, along the shores of the Caspian…
Read MoreI wanted to claim Tanzania as my home, but how could I? I was not accepted by others as a part of their country…
Read More“Where are you from?” Thrill and dread. That question we all prepare a thirty-second elevator pitch for…
Read MoreShe starred in ‘Shuga’, an MTV/UNICEF-backed series looking at sexual relationships among youth in Nairobi, promoting HIV awareness…
Read MoreWhen planning a party, my go-to is to mix things up. I’ve found that including a flavorful assortment of people has always guaranteed my most memorable events...
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