I pick up my dupatta and am about to step out of the house. I have to send out a package and I have decided to walk to the post Continue Reading
Personal Essays
I got death on my mind.
I am shook. I just learnt that I lost my nana, dadu and mamu all in the same year, the year I got married, and I am beyond astonished as Continue Reading
Buy Pakistani.
Hello folk(ses), kya haal? Been a while (or so it seems). I am now in Karachi, done with quarantine, dyed half my hair white, and fully immersed in all things Continue Reading
Do parents owe children an explanation?
Children are a whole lot smarter and receptive that we give them credit for. They may or may not be able to fully comprehend a situation, but they feel things, Continue Reading
“Dear admin, please post the following anonymously”
If you use Facebook, and are a member of some community groups, you might have seen a few posts that start with the aforementioned sentence. Sometimes, when you are caught Continue Reading
Dress Your Size. Not.
Dress for your size. No. I will dress however I feel my best self. No magazine gets to tell me that I shouldn’t tuck my shirt in or wear high-waisted Continue Reading
Chasing a Rainbow (short story)
There is a rainbow out there, with your name on it. But to get to it, you would have to brave through the storms. You would have to keep your Continue Reading
6 ways to support your favourite bloggers without spending any money
I owe an apology to some of you for having a mini-meltdown yesterday on stories. I only wanted to educate and not guilt any of you into subscribing or watching Continue Reading
Fat shamed in the middle of a road in Berlin, and life hasn’t been the same since
I should have written about this incident sooner, as keeping this story in my head has managed to choke my writing ability (you can’t write anything else until this one Continue Reading
#MeAt20 – measuring my ‘performance’ against my life plans from when I was 20
Digging up pictures for #MeAt20 challenge was a lot of fun. It took me down the memory lane, and then got me thinking – I had some serious plans for Continue Reading