feminism… Marriage is a pit stop. 28 May 202130 May 2021 On a women’s only forum I was again reminded of how many women see marriage as the destination that it proves to be so rarely for most of us. Each…
all’s fair… A child born through marital rape…. Nighat and Bilal’s story. 9 May 202128 May 2021 There are so many nuances to Nighat’s character that it would be hard to dissect them all in one blog post. She has lived a life of overt patriarchy and…
feminism… Women physicians in Pakistan will be an extinct species in the years to come. 20 Apr 202122 Apr 2021 I recently had the opportunity to read a blog post by a non-physician. It was about the hardships of a physician's life and how they're perceived to have a great…
feminism… The subtle art of seduction… a Pakistani woman’s dilemma with the society she’s born in. 16 Apr 202118 Apr 2021 My land of pure is finally openly misogynistic. It has come out as rape apologist and takes pride almost in being oppressive. Pakistanis follow their own brand of conservatism that…
fiction… Relationship advice that led to…… 16 Feb 202121 Apr 2021 After yet another heated "discussion" with the man I call my husband I decided that it was time to take some definitive action. We couldn't go on like this. This…
pakistani… Nationalism that masquerades as patriotism! Why Pakistan continues to teeter on the brink of social depravity? Implementation of the Just Culture instead of knee-jerk social media reactions to bring a change. 5 Feb 20217 Feb 2021 Patriotism and nationalism, in my opinion, exist on the two ends of the same spectrum. Conventionally, patriotism is the pretty picture of nationalism. It's more acceptable, celebrated and revered. Nationalism,…
feminism… A fight broke out when I posted…… the dilemma of civil discourse on women-only groups 3 Feb 20215 Jun 2021 Women-only groups have existed on Facebook under different mission statements. Some are for a sisterhood. Some exist for beauty, fashion and the like. Some are literary and scholarly. You name…
marriage… Identifying with my captor! My Stockholm marriage of love and lust. 11 Dec 202012 Dec 2020 "Honey! Do you not think it's a little unbecoming of him to kick his shoes off like that and let them land anywhere? I mean, if your father did that......"…
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…
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…
