“She isn’t black, white or Chinese. She’s different,” said a blonde-haired girl (henceforth referred to as The Blonde One) in my kindergarten class to a new boy who’d just joined. “You have to solemnl… more →
[ Madeeha Syed ]wrote 4 days ago: News of the incident flooded Twitter even before it was reported on television channels. There was a … more →
wrote 1 week ago: It’s been a decade since the hype around the Y2K bug plagued the internet. A decade since almost eve … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: My sister describes going to college as an experience similar to entering a high-security facility i … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: “She isn’t black, white or Chinese. She’s different,” said a blonde-haired girl (henceforth referred … more →
wrote 1 month ago: It was that time of the year again; during which every relative’s house smells oddly of freshly cut … more →
wrote 1 month ago: It happens almost instantaneously. You’re happily walking down the street one minute and the next yo … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Mother do you think they’ll drop the bomb? Mother do you think they’ll like this song? Mother do you … more →
wrote 2 months ago: A grandfather holding his grand daughter during her Aqiqa - Photo by Madeeha Syed There was a time w … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Originally titled “Kiss, kiss, bang, bang” I still remember the first time I hea … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Note: This is the raw version since I haven’t been able to access the edited version from the … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Printed as “Birthday blasts” Growing up is hard to do. As clichéd as it may sound, we … more →
wrote 2 months ago: There are many different kinds of women to be found slogging away at the gym. They include the obese … more →
wrote 3 months ago: My mother had once said: you should know how to use public transportation so if the day ever comes t … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Like most traditional South Asian families, my paternal family happens to be huge. I don’t think my … more →
wrote 3 months ago: I recently tried to get in touch with a person (ms X) I had interacted with briefly during my stint … more →
wrote 3 months ago: The level of secrecy and sense of impending peril could rival that in any spy film. I arrive at the … more →
wrote 4 months ago: So far, it’s been 15 days into that time of the month, nay, year again. For 15 more days, your … more →
wrote 4 months ago: “I had a friend, who lived on the first floor of her parent’s home and her parents hadn’t even been … more →
wrote 4 months ago: “Going out with a boy in school meant sharing a bottle of soda,” reminisced a female friend recently … more →