W henever someone shoots down an idea by saying, “Oh, that niche is saturated,” I genuinely want to tell them off. This whole aura of...
I have realised that every phase of life comes with its own higher calling. It doesn’t always have to be something grand or visible to the...
I ’ve figured out, as a fact, that we never really grow up. Strange thought, isn’t it? Offensive to some, maybe, but it’s true. I’m...
If I had a penny for every time I said “That’s the one,” I’d probably be retired, sitting on a beach somewhere, sipping iced coffee.It is...
R Remember how, back in school, there was always that one group of ‘cool’ kids we gravitated towards? We were just kids — tiny,...
W hen I asked a dear friend of mine why he was skipping the gym again, his answer made sense, but it was, I might say, a bit too basic. Since...
F rom the time we were little, Eid meant one thing above all else: eidi. It was the shimmering highlight of the year — those crisp, new...
O ne call was all it took to completely change my evening plans from heading to a friend’s place nearby to spontaneously hitting the...
I n the Netflix series The Crown, there’s a scene where two of the most powerful women of their time sit across from each other, engaged in...
An alchemist is someone who practices the art of transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. Alchemy has fascinated me since childhood, thanks...
A h, New Year’s Eve. The glitter, the countdown, the fireworks... and, of course, the overly ambitious resolutions we swear we’ll stick...
T The appearance of Sufis never made sense to me; clad in flowing, earth-toned robes that dance with the wind, their heads crowned with...
I In a world where everyone is rushing to ‘feel secure,’ we often forget that relationships are just as much about getting to know...
L ife has this funny way of balancing itself out. The ups with the downs, the quiet with the noise, and let’s not forget, in relationships,...
C hildhood memories are funny little things; aren’t they? Not all, of course; let’s be real. There’s nothing particularly thought-provoking...
— Illustration by the author A rshad Nadeem’s gold medal was exactly what the country needed, just in time for our 77th Independence Day....
B reakups are strange, aren’t they? How does the person who used to give you butterflies with a single text become a person whose existence in...
D itch the Disney happily for a moment . This is a grown-up conversation about love, not the kind fuelled by singing mice and talking wardrobes....
Late-night chats seem to stir up some unexpected gems, don’t they? It was on one of those cozy late-nighters that I found myself grappling with a...
N Now that wasn’t too bad: Ramazan went off in a jiffy, that too pleasantly. You know, the days of fasting are going to go towards the colder...
