Blog | Tonye

Apr 16, 20213 min read

Everybody needs one of these...

There is a funny little ditty by comedian Chigul about an oft disregarded item - the wire in an underwired bra. Basically it says that...

Apr 7, 20213 min read

Enough

The urban dictionary describes somebodiness as a “deep belief in your own dignity and worth. In your own somebody, your own self or...

Apr 4, 20215 min read

Unless I had believed

A piercing scream rent the uneasy calm that had fallen on Jerusalem. This was no ordinary Sabbath. Mary sank to her knees, her agony too...

Mar 24, 20214 min read

Not your mum, she's mine!

Yesterday, I sent my mother a message wishing her a Happy Mothering Sunday. Okay so maybe yesterday was Monday and certainly not...

Mar 13, 20215 min read

When Tomorrow Calls (contd)

It has to be a sin. To love so strongly and to cut so deeply. Soyayya, ruwan zuma. Love and honey. It must be a sage who thought up the...

Mar 11, 20212 min read

When Tomorrow Calls

Words swirl around my head, like a twitter of birds I can’t control. It is morning but I remain prone, on my bed. I sink deeper into the...

Feb 4, 20211 min read

I’ll bet you think...

His face used to light up when I walked into the room. Smile so wide, his face could hardly contain it. A soft glow would radiate from...

Dec 28, 20204 min read

After The Promise

The soft sound of purposeful footsteps reaches into my trance and brings me firmly back to the present. I don’t look up from my spot on the