🇸🇬 Singapore Sep 4, 2026 · Imran Johri

When Becoming a Ninja Felt Easier Than Grieving My Divorce

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When Becoming a Ninja Felt Easier Than Grieving My Divorce
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Imran Johri is a marketing strategist, an editorial veteran, and a father of three. When his first marriage ended, he avoided facing his grief by becoming a martial-arts-obsessed serial dater in Kuala Lumpur. 



In this op-ed for RICE, he writes about the years it took him to recognise the sparring and the dating for what they were: a way to look like he was holding it together as a man.







Top image: Stephanie Lee / RICE file photo



At 31, I was alone in bed, in an upmarket apartmen

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