I have been on a lookout for a nice gift for a friend who has just delivered an adorable baby girl. I didnโt know what I wanted, but just that it needs to be for the mom. I think mothers […]
This is something I know a thing or two about – struggling to make friends in a new city (and eventually doing it). Now, I am not the friendliest person or a social butterfly, but this reservation stems more from […]
August is considered the month of friendships, and today we are in conversation with someone who knows a thing or two (million) about them. When we were younger and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was all the rage, I remember making friendship […]
A friend of mine is actively seeking a longterm relationship. โI am ready to settle and have babies,โ she told me one evening. She has been dating left, right and centre, meeting all kinds of men (and boys). She is […]
As a woman (and that too from Pakistan), I have always had battles to fight and territories to conquer in my horizon. Nothing came easy. I have been pushing against the tide for as long as I can remember; it […]
I had a dream last night. It’s all hazy, and I don’t really remember the premise, but its characters stuck. Now, I usually don’t dream, so any night that I do, it is often uncomfortable and I wake up exhausted. […]
I am writing this from predictably gloomy Amsterdam. I landed here a few hours ago and came straight to my favourite restaurant to pen this down. I would like to start by thanking everyone for the response on my previous […]
Flirting is an art, said a friend, over a shared meal of cheesy nachos and quesadillas. I wouldn’t know, for I have never managed to flirt successfully (at least not on purpose or when required). She, however, was as slick […]
We are having some plumbing issues in our apartment building. None of us enjoy a plumbing crisis in the home, and we all hope to be saved by professionals like the people over at https://www.emergencyedinburghplumber.co.uk whenever we encounter a domestic […]
There are about a million writers out there penning 10 million ways to ‘drive your man wild’ and championing ‘play hard to get’ theories. I grew up reading all of that too, but never really followed it. Taurus. Anyway. So […]