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…
feminism… The aluminum foil and other popular themes of her marriage! 31 Aug 20206 Sep 2020 The aluminum foil: Curse be on me that I wasn't taught the basic art of cooking by my mother. I land in my marriage unarmed and without any back up…
fiction… Janu, Jani, Jaan and the Pakistani arranged marriage bride. 27 Aug 202029 Aug 2020 As you sit there fluttering your eye lashes at the man who is going to be your keeper from now, you sense another pair of eyes, unflutteringly looking at you.…
feminism… “She’s just the girl you’re looking for!” 26 Aug 202027 Aug 2020 The arranged marriage process? What else can I write that hasn't already been written about it on this blog but sometimes..... material presents itself. A friend of a friend whose…
feminism… Ten Dicks and a Tom! 30 Jul 20208 Aug 2020 Ladies! Single life is not for people like me. Self-conscious, judgmental, opinionated, introverted, hyper imaginative and hypo perceptive. This life isn't for people like me. But by life's grace my…
covid… 2020….. my reflections on a hallmark half a year so far 25 Jul 20207 Aug 2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/B6wSpkklmbJ/?igshid=fb58pukfptjy The above is my post from December 2019 on my Instagram. We had just come back about three weeks before this from a fantastic vacation in New Orleans and…
fiction… Lost and found (inspired by Everybody Loves Raymond). 25 Jul 2020 "Really I'm very tired", I said, nodding off to sleep as my husband frantically looked around the room. "Don't sleep! Don't sleep", he came shrieking back to bed. "Do you…
humor… Quirky Pakistani 2 30 May 202015 Aug 2020 "Honey I heard some music from your room last night. Were you singing?" "Yes, Mom! I was rapping." "No,no! We are brown people. We don't rap". "But I'm very good.…
humor… F all the folklores and mainstream movies…… they’re a cultural rip-off. 3 May 20204 May 2020 For all the people who have objected to Disney so much, why didn't you ever disagree with other pathetic renditions of love and stereotypy? Like the Southeast Asian folklores or…
humor… Quirky Pakistani 7 Apr 2020 Pakistanis are a rare breed. Genetically linked to the Arab brethren but culturally quite similar to their Indian pals. The irony is that we have inherited the stoicism of Arabs…
