I have been reading too many contemporary romance novels these days. I read the reviews by friends on Goodreads. then I read the book. The idea is to understand what people like and dislike in a book. If I have to become an author in this genre, I must have that background. I have read…
Category: Just Saying
I am a fairly opinionated person, but people request me to not be honest. I still need a place to voice my opinions, don’t I? These posts are primarily for venting out the frustration. Occasionally, I may share joyous and pleasant news, too.
Overcoming Self Doubt
After publishing the post, I kept pondering. After a couple of hours of sulking, I realized that maybe I am not as good as I had hoped. However, I will not get better unless I keep on trying, would I? If I quit, my dreams will forever be buried in my heart. I reopened the…
Self Doubt Week
I just realized that writing fiction in English is more difficult than writing it in Urdu. And writing fiction in English, is not quite the same as writing cynic posts about my opinions and feelings. As I continue with my reading challenge on goodreads, I become more and more apprehended that my content is not…
Writers’ Overdose
Continuing on my May reading spree, I finished a few books that I had marked “to read” on Goodreads. Incidentally, most of the ones I completed, were by Umera Ahmad. The stories I finished were: Man o Salwa Band Kiwaro Ke Aage Hum KahaN Kke Sachhe Thhey Koi Baat Hai Teri Baat Mein Kis Jahan…
A Different Monday
Have you ever so consumed by a story or character that you don’t want to come out of that ‘zone’? I am reading Mann-o-Salwa by Umaira Ahmad, and I do not want to interact with real people. I just want to live with those characters. I feel a little dizzy, as if what I see…
Deadly discrimination
Have any of you ever faced a discrimination at workplace? I am sure you have. Some will accept, some will deny, and some will keep quiet. But we all have gone through it. Discrimination comes in so many forms. Oh so many! First there is obvious discrimination based on race, cast, and religion. Then there is…
68 hours
Ah, what a week it has been! I was out for a short vacation last week. I started from here to my hometown on last Wednesday. My phone was making noise for incoming and outgoing calls. I tried restarting it, hoping it would fix the problem. It didn’t. After a few attempts, it started giving…
No room for honesty
Yep. That’s what I gathered from my yesterday’s “talk”. And a few more. There is no need to be honest (because people can’t tolerate honesty). If you want to be honest, do that with your family (but don’t we say that workplace is like our second home and colleagues are like our extended family? So…
The little girl in me
The little girl in me likes to live in a world of fantasy. This started when I really was a little girl. I used to daydream about having a lot of money. So much, that I could buy anything without worrying about the price. That fantasy seems natural now. It is obvious actually. Given that…
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