Random Rambling | 20 Years

    (Un)happy work anniversary 20 years ago, on a pleasant monsoon morning, I joined my first job. It was a Friday. I wore a new salwar kameez that mum had stitched for this very event-white kurta with lavender and cyan flowers paired with solid cyan salwar and dupatta. My heart raced so hard as…

Booṛha aur Laṛka | Hafsa Naaz

Booṛha aur Laṛka Ek gaon mein baar-baar baarish hua karti thi. Ek laṛka chhatri lekar ja raha tha. Usne dekha ke ek booṛha baarish mein tha. Laṛkay ne booṛhay ko chhatri di aur bola, “Tum yahan baarish mein kya kar rahe ho?” Booṛhay ne jawab diya, “Meri jhonpri toot gayi hai.” Laṛka bola, “Tum mere…

बूढ़ा और लड़का | हफ्सा नाज़

बूढ़ा और लड़का एक गाँव में बार-बार बारिश हुआ करती थी। एक लड़का छतरी लेकर जा रहा था। उसने देखा कि एक बूढ़ा बारिश में था। लड़के ने बूढ़े को छतरी दी और बोला, “तुम यहाँ बारिश में क्या कर रहे हो?” बूढ़े ने जवाब दिया, “मेरी झोंपड़ी टूट गई है।” लड़का बोला, “तुम मेरे…

بوڑھا اور لڑکا | حفصہ ناز

بوڑھا اور لڑکا ایک گاؤں میں بار بار بارش ہوا کرتی تھی۔ ایک لڑکا چھتری لے کر جا رہا تھا۔ اس نے دیکھا کہ ایک بوڑھا بارش میں تھا۔ “لڑکے نے بوڑھے کو چھتری دی اور بولا “تم یہاں بارش میں کیا کر رہے ہو؟ “بوڑھے نے جواب دیا “میری جھونپڑی ٹوٹ گئی ہے ۔…

Random Rambling | That’s not how you do it, hon!

  Yesterday morning, I decided to quit tea for good. And it was one of the best decision of my life. And I survived, almost fourteen hours since the sweeping declaration, almost thirty hours without tea. I was feeling quite proud of myself. But then, after dinner, my head started to spin, my eyes were…

Random Rambling | The Reluctant Traveller

    The Lust of Wanderlust When I was little, I ached to travel around. I mean, I heard all these stories from my classmates and neighbourly of how their families would pack up every summer and venture to other neighboring cities for a summer break at their grandparents’ house like it was the most…

Random Rambling | Multitasking

    We had a quarterly meeting today. The contents of that meeting are probably classified and definitely boring, so we’re not delving into that. Towards the end, a comment triggered some people to add their two cents. That comment that started it all: Do not multitask!!!.. Another person: Multitasking is a myth. The third…

Dear Diary | Eid Break 2025 | Day 6

  Why do the vacation days fly by? Why does the clock drag during working days? I mean, time kinda flies either way but while working every second makes its presence felt. Vacation days, not so much. Just the leisure and the fact that there’s no need to login, feels amazing. In the six days…

Dear Diary | Eid Break 2025 | Day 4

  This must be the only Eid that I haven’t slept a wink the whole night. Staying through the night to not miss Suhoor is a norm, for years (I’m paranoid)but not for the last day of Ramzan, not for the first day of Shawwal. I sleep for a couple of hours, wake up for…