Wordle 1658 | PROOF

  Today’s wordle word is: PROOF. 5 attemps, but no mistakes this time. Yayy me! You can play wordle here:

Thursday Thrills | Party to Banti Hai

This week was crazy. This year was crazier. Maybe, someday, when I have the time and patience, I’ll write all about it (I have notes, y’know) but not today, not for a foreseeable future. The Invitation So, I was racing against time to finish things, last day and all (for the deliverable, nothing to do…

Welcome 2026 | New Year Resolutions

Happy New Year!!! To Those who believe in that kinda stuff. I don’t, but then new year marks a fresh quota of many things (Like casual leaves are credited to the Timeoff calendar and what not). See, new year is important. As I said a few years ago, I am not a “New Year Resolutions”…

Kehna Yeh Thha Ki…

وہ کہنا یہ تھا کہ۔۔۔ اگر آپ نے آٹھ دس ہزار کی فلائٹ کی ٹکٹ بک کر لی ہے تو سفر کے لیے ۱۰۰-۲۰۰ کے ہیڈ فونز بھی خرید لیے ہوتے۔ آپ کو فارورڈ آئے ہوئے واہیات ویڈیوز کو فل والیوم میں سننے کا باقی مسافروں کو کوئی شوق نہیں ہے۔ ویسے بھی عموماً ڈومیسٹک…

The Year That Was 2025

Yearly recap of 2025, because why not? Wrote Almost Nothing One novel and two short stories under my  name, nothing under any other pen names. That’s all wrote this year. Reasons not to be disclosed. So Out of My League After the Bell Rain Because I wrote very little, I earned very little as royalty….

Roundup | December 2025

Intro Three months in a row. Am I awesome of what? December 2025 Reading Roundup I planned to read all Indian authors from my shelf. Of course, that would be too much, so I picked the pile from the back of the shelf. A nice mix, isn’t it? 1. The Most Eligible Bachelor — Satyapal…

Wednesday Whimsies | My 2025 with ChatGPT

What fun things we can do with AI, no? Today, when I logged in, ChatGPT suggested that I check out “My year with ChatGPT”. I did and was impressed. Go ahead, check out your year with ChatGPT here: https://www.chatgpt.com/?q=YourYearWithChatGPT Regards, Shabana

Tuesday Tantrums | The Candy Crush Fiasco

I’ve had a very long relationship with candy crush. If I remember correctly, I started playing the game in 2013 sometime, back when life was simpler, my thumbs were innocent, and match-three games hadn’t yet wrapped themselves around my soul like a clingy situationship. From the beginning, ours was a classic love-hate relationship: I loved…

Wordle 1655 | DECOR

  Today’s wordle word is: DECOR. I used all attempts but got it right. I’m so out of touch of playing this, that I end up using the alphabets I KNOW aren’t in the word. Silly me! You can play wordle here:

Wordle 1654 | FRUIT

  Today’s wordle word is: FRUIT. I used all attempts because I was half-asleep I guess? Made many mistakes before getting it right. You can play wordle here: