Chris Mooney-Singh
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Australian-born, but based in Singapore I have lived for 20 years in India, Singapore, Malaysia and Melbourne, where I recently completed a PhD in Literary Studies and Creative Writing. Asia impacts in a major way on all my poetry, fiction and plays. Peruse the pages, read and listen to the stories and poems. You might like to also check out the links to my publications. In 2015 my verse novel was commended in the Victorian Premier's Literature Awards (Unpub fiction category).

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PictureSingapore, 2009
Mistaken Identity
Seeing my turban, the Customs Official offers, “Salaam Aleckhum.” 

Jet-lagged, I am caught off balance.  He must be Javanese, on deputation from Jakarta, or a minority Muslim here in Hindu Bali. Perhaps he takes me for a new Western brother, even a zealous cleric with this beard. Actually, I am a Sikh, an explorer of another kind.  My journey would be too strange and labyrinthine to unpack here. 


I respond with “Aleckhum Salaam,” to allay his fears. Squinting harder, he looks me over again.  Power and awkwardness face off.  He chops my passport and I walk into my next story.


from A Little Book of Bali CMS 2013