Pramana Pramana

She Learned to Measure Love in Milligrams

This poem examines caregiving at the intersection of chronic illness, intimacy, and end-of-life uncertainty. Rather than presenting diabetes solely as a medical condition, it traces how care gradually becomes organized through numbers, routines, restrictions, and vigilance. Gluco...

The Sugar was Never Just Ours: A Poetic Call to Stop Blaming Families for Diabetes

This poetic advocacy piece challenges the tendency to frame diabetes primarily as a consequence of individual or family failure. Through the experiences of a collectivist household, the poem explores how food functions as affection, hospitality, obligation, and cultural belonging...