marriage… Pakistani joint family! What we see, what they see…… 25 Oct 202026 Oct 2020 I was speaking with some friends of mine who have never experienced joint family set ups and of course you can imagine! It was like a heavy Q&A about a…
covid… 20 things that we should not say after 2020 24 Oct 202030 Oct 2020 1. Dark skinned women are beautiful: from a dark skinned woman to my light skinned sisters, please stop with these patronizing comments. I'm comfortable in my skin without your benevolent…
burnout… “Are you happy?” 21 Oct 202022 Oct 2020 I cruised through I-81 trying to reach my mother as fast as I could. The fact that she chooses to live in the suburbs of Philadelphia is inconvenient but she's…
Uncategorized Quirky Pakistani 3 21 Oct 202021 Oct 2020 "Honey! Your nipples are showing". "Yes, Mom, it's cold". "Cover them, honey". "How can I cover them?" "Erm... wear a sweatshirt". "Mom! I'm wearing a sweatshirt". "Wear another one. Didn't…
feminism… Pakistani Love and Sex…A tale of two distinct passions 17 Oct 202017 Oct 2020 Pakistanis are blessed with one of those unique attributes that people wish they had. We can easily separate love from sex and sex from love, hence the hugely popular and…
social issue Happiness and its loose relationship to things. 16 Oct 202022 Oct 2020 I was a young bride. I was carefree and happy. Just the prospect of becoming an adult socially three years after legally becoming an adult was enough to keep me…
feminism Fight it all…. Win it all!!! 6 Oct 202020 Oct 2020 The battle of equality is never ending. It's almost like giant rocks need to be moved so smaller stones could be turned. It's exhausting and every day we get farther…
book review The glorification of death… morbid, philosophical and natural. 27 Sep 202015 Oct 2020 Is death morbid? May be to most people. I'm a physician and so I've seen some instances where death is a release from pain. In those cases death becomes the…
social media Popular trends and how to unfollow them….. 27 Sep 20204 Oct 2020 Social media netizens! We subscribe to a lot. We have followed Jennifer Aniston on Instagram just cuz. Have seen a therapist online. Made a Facebook group or two. Got five…
autism… 2020 as how (may be) my nonverbal autistic sees it….. 25 Sep 20209 Oct 2020 Everything I love is soft and silent, My cat, the morning, the end of day, Even the moon in its way Everything I love is soft and silent, The water,…
