18th November 2017: It was in 2007 that I met Lalla, ‘comrade’ as she called herself, through a discussion on one of the online forums. The initial interaction led to more frequent conversations on her idea of the world and of the world she hailed from rather to say it more precisely, the world she had left behind for a long period of time. She was the first Zimbabwean I ever knew and she had then sought refuge in South Africa. Lalla had her own views on the state of the world and the happenings in her home country. This was way back in 2008 during an extremely tumultuous time in Zimbabwe. Amidst all, it was this fondness for the “political” which made us converse more about how the things were shaping up. It was also my first year away from home for the first time in life, having shifted to the university. The internet globally was slowly expanding so were the networks, leading to far greater and easier interaction. 'Lalla' Those were the days when access to the
It's been long since i've been away from the blogosphere. the purpose that a blog serves are manifold. Over the years Facebook and Instagram have served as good enough platforms to opine and express and to archive as days go by. Hope that this convergence too shall be a good one. Arna v..