When negotiating a pay increase, the focus is often productivity and deliverables. There are presentations and excel files to supplement claims of value add, which are then discussed and form Continue Reading
Personal Essays
Short Story: I wish someone loved me the way I love…
Sitting on a rock, watching waves crash at her feet, she wondered about the people she had loved in all of her 42 years of life. They were so lucky, Continue Reading
Why won’t I go to therapy..
So, my booster shot was administered in a neurology and psychiatric clinic. Which got me thinking. But this isn’t the first time I have thought about therapy. I have done Continue Reading
To the kind man on flight QR0605 on 22 Sept 2021..
I didn’t notice you walking behind me until the air hostess offered to take your guitar during boarding. You were surprising quiet in your step despite the number of belongings Continue Reading
Pakistan’s Independence Day 2021 – aap Azaad hain?
I stayed off the celebratory Independence Day posting this year. It felt hypocritical, when every time I close my eyes, I see Noor’s face – a person I didn’t know Continue Reading
Projection. The unfair kind.
I requested a car via Careem to go home from my in-laws. Once I got the notification that the car had arrived, I hurriedly went down the stairs and walked Continue Reading
10 things I did for the first in 2020
I want to take a minute to share all the things that I did for the very first time in year of Corona!
Dealing with mind fog 101
Some days, I can’t figure out where to begin. What to start my day with. My mind is racing in 17 different directions, and the more my mental to-do list Continue Reading
It’s okay to ask for HELP
What you are going through today will make you stronger tomorrow. Just keep going. Don’t give up. Not just yet. You have what it takes to see this through. I Continue Reading
Women’s Day 2021: Blend in, they said.
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