In five days, I turn forty. The number sits there like an uninvited guest who has already made itself comfortable on the sofa, feet up, asking for tea. I have spent the last few weeks collecting the scraps of thought that keep floating up half jokes, half grief, half defiance and stringing them into something...
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September 9, 2026September 9, 2026Blogs
Seventeen Years Between Two Open Doors
I still remember the weight of that night in Lahore the way some people remember the first time they realized the world could turn on them without warning. I was in my second year of bachelor’s studies, living in a girls’ hostel, young enough to believe that ordinary plans stayed ordinary. My friend and I...
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August 31, 2026August 31, 2026Blogs
A Survival Guide with Decent Eyeliner
I never thought I’d be the person who drags herself out of bed every morning, pops a couple of painkillers, and spends a solid ten minutes mentally negotiating with the day ahead. For years I listened to Amma do exactly that. Poor thing would say it almost every morning while she was still in service:...