fiction… Wait! Let me second guess it. 15 Aug 20192 Oct 2019 Do you envy confident people? I mean not mean-confident people but actually truly strongly confident people who never waiver when it comes to their decisions. Who never second guess themselves.…
fiction… MIL and I boil an egg. 6 Aug 20192 Oct 2019 To say that I’m a bad cook is probably not politically correct. It’s like saying Chanel is fancy. I mean it’s implied. So in recent years I have removed the…
consumerism… MIL and I go shopping Part 2 3 Jul 20192 Oct 2019 I've been standing in her room for the past fifteen minutes. She has a print-out of my invitation in her hands. She is squinting at it and incredulously appraising it…
consumerism… MIL and I go shopping! Part 1 30 Jun 20192 Oct 2019 Shopping......... My guilty pleasure! My idea of escape! My civic duty towards my own well-being! My body's ask of me. My mind's warning to me. To some shopping is buying…
fiction… Me, the dogs and my mother-in-law! 11 Jun 20192 Oct 2019 I love dogs. No! Scratch that! I'm scared of dogs. If they're not mine, I get scared of them. But here's the irony! Every single family member that I have…
feminism… The Pakistani Guide to the Rishta Process…. tips, tricks and strategies. Part 10 1 Jun 201925 Aug 2019 #rishta The cook listens. He is attentive. He can see that as successful as you think your first Rishta party went, it wasn't quite what you expected. He knows that…
feminism… The Pakistani Guide to the Rishta Process…. tips, tricks and strategies. Part 9 1 Jun 201925 Aug 2019 #rishta THE CROSS EXAMINATION: The women stare at you. Your mom has strategically placed you in front of the women so you have to meet their gaze directly. Now this…
feminism… The Pakistani Guide to the Rishta Process…. tips, tricks and strategies. Part 8 29 May 201925 Aug 2019 #rishta I promise they’re here now! You hear shrill laughter and fake pleasantries. Rishta Aunty with Rishta Mom is here. You hear your mom's voice dripping with that ass kissy…
feminism… The Pakistani Guide to the Rishta Process…. tips, tricks and strategies. Part 7 26 May 201925 Aug 2019 #rishta YOUR SISTERS COME FOR MORAL SUPPORT: You thought they'd never come. You thought you'd die waiting for them. You thought that all these years that you waited for a…
feminism… The Pakistani Guide to the Rishta Process…. tips, tricks and strategies. Part 6. 25 May 201925 Aug 2019 #rishta THE BIG DAY! The day is here, the day is here, the day is here! Seriously, your mother cannot emphasize it enough that the day is here. She keeps…
My mind as a woman 