MyUgandan Daughter

Rotterdam, Sep, 2019

My Ugandan daughter- “I wish someone could capture that moment in images. Neither is an audio attempt nor a medium experimented with, in the hope of communication of the several elements that had constituted our combined experience of a mother and a child, a justice to that shared ecstasy- It was just about the experience and any attempt to recollect the emotion with the aim of its re-communication at channels that were not part of it when it has happened, is a waste.”

Kampala, 24th April, 2019 

Shami- That baby girl Shami was playing in my lap today. It’s a wonderful experience to have a pure pristine child play in your lap and call you mama. Its lovely to see those tiny ones to touch your stuff and exercise full authority on it. That age is so curious and so innocent. There is no ‘dirt’ yet in their minds. Any other elder kid if it bothers you it pinches like a disturbance but those tiny creatures11, you cannot escape their magic on you. They would have all the audacity to roll in your lap, they wouldn’t let you do your work, but you would forget everything else in the world and be absorbed in their love and the innocent authority with which they exercise it. Their soft plump bums and tummy touches your arm and thighs between which they make their space and swear not to return before all their queries, their concerns, their needs are addressed.