SEEDS OF CHANGE · MEMOIRS
Becoming Me
A story of family, choices, changing paths, and the experiences that made me who I am.
Becoming Me traces a life from childhood through adulthood - family, friendships, education, work, marriage, motherhood, loss, reinvention, and the unexpected turns along the way. Through memories both large and small, it looks back at the people, places, choices, and experiences that shaped who I became.
Family trees, photographs, letters, and other pieces of the past sit alongside the stories, adding context to the memories and the people within them.
Complete Articles from the book
Chosen to give you some glimpses into the pages within
IDENTITY
PERSPECTIVE
REFLECTION
PERSPECTIVE
PERSPECTIVE
Invisible Breadcrumbs
The trail I didn't know I was leaving
Forever Young
Age is truly just a number
My Wife and Mistress
The ecosystem we built
Time Pass
When did doing nothing become so difficult?
Accha
Reading the weather
REFLECTION
By My Hand
Some memories are clearer than photographs
PERSPECTIVE
Grandma Eats Her Tablet
Changing worlds
PERSPECTIVE
Forever Young
Age is truly a number
REFLECTION
The Pink Spoon Finds a Home
Why does saving something have to be so silly?
FAMILY
The Dinosaur on Feather
Evolution. Lightly. With tea.
PERSPECTIVE
Conquering Fear
At a cellular level
Family trees
Father's family tree
On Baba's side of the family, who is who
Mother's family tree
Making the connections on Amma's side
From the family archive
Akhbaar ki kitaab
Handwritten 'newspaper books' through four generations
Wrapping paper
Values that were passed down
The Portal
Throughout Becoming Me, small QR codes invite you off the page — into photographs, recordings, and extended notes that didn't quite fit in print.
She Came With Me Anyways
🎧 Listen
My Crazy Indian Neighbour
Sandy's tribute to me
🎧 Listen
Amma's crafts
📸 Beyond the page
Still Becoming
What does this mean?
🎧 Listen
When the World Burned
🎧 Listen
Early Barbershop recording - Fame
🎥 Watch
10th anniversary blog
🌐 Website
Shaadi
📸 See more
Copies of the book
This book is a part of a very personal memoir and is not for sale. However, articles will be uploaded here once in a way.
Readers Responses
"A quietly powerful act of self-portraiture."
— Rita Scholth
"Honest in a way that does not need to announce itself."
— Anil Kumar
Seeds of Change
A collection of memoirs, reframes, and family archives - kept in the spirit of a well-loved journal.
Wander
Home
Books
Articles and Reframes
Archive & Library
About
Contact
Correspondence
For readers, libraries, and book clubs — write to [email protected]
Contact, social links & newsletter
© 2026 Nikhat Powell · Seeds of Change. All rights reserved.