Written: 8 March 2017 Source: Office Notebook Context: Found in an old office notebook while looking for someone’s passport. Flipped through the pages. There, sitting hidden amidst a sea of technical notes, were these Urdu lines. ہم نے جس جس کو بھی چاہا تیرے ہجراں میں وہ لوگ آتے جاتے ہوئے موسم تھے زمانہ تو…
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Recovered Pages #000
These pages were never meant to be published. Most were written years before this blog existed. Some come from old diaries, notebooks, loose sheets of paper, forgotten files, and half-filled journals that somehow survived moves, cleanups, and the passage of time. I’m sharing them exactly because they belong to a different version of me. Some…
Wordle 1805
Today’s wordle word is: CLANG, 3 attempts. You can play wordle here:
Thought of the Day #004
Some versions of us only exist in certain cities. When I’m in Pune, I’m bold, independent, ruthless and rude because I have to survive there, on my own. When I’m here in my hometown, I’m still bold, I’m still independent and still ruthlessly rude, but I need to look at my parents’ face first before…
Thought of the Day #003
اگر آپ باوجود کوششوں کے چائے کی عادت چھوڑنے میں ناکام رہے ہیں تو ایک بار میری بہن کے ہاتھ کی چائے پی کر دیکھیے، انشاءاللہ دوبارہ چائے پینے کی خواہش کبھی نہیں ہوگی۔ ~~~ Want more of my trademark philosophy daily? Do three things, not necessarily in that order. Subscribe to my…
Moment of the Day #5
My 19 months’ old nephew Abdul Haadi and I were playing. I just wanted him to remember my name… Me: Main Shabana hoon. Him: Haada (which is his way of saying I’m Haadi) And then we did this for fifteen minutes. ~~~ Want more of my trademark philosophy daily? Do three things, not necessarily in…
Shayeri of the Day
یہ کلام ایک مشہور نعت “کملی والے محمد ﷺ توں صدقے میں جاں” ہے، جس کی مکمل اردو تحریر درج ذیل ہے کملی والے محمد ﷺ توں صدقے میں جاں، جینے آ کے غریباں دی باں پھڑ لئی میری بخشش دا وسیلہ محمد ﷺ دا ناں، جینے آ کے غریباں دی باں پھڑ لئی اوہدے…
Wednesday Whimsies | Teohaar Ki Safaayi
This is the fourth day straight of cleaning spree for Eid ul Azha. It’s not like we have a gigantic house or anything, or I’m too slow or lazy. It’s just that what I cleaned three days ago is no longer clean because some other people in the house have a habit of intentionally messing…
Wordle 1803
Today’s wordle word is: STUFF, 6 attempts, didn’t get it, I’m not happy. You can play wordle here:
Tuesday Tantrums | Presidential Alert About Heatwave
It was 5 minutes before 4 o’clock. I was getting ready for my afternoon nap. I had also planned to draft some posts for the week, so I had both my phones and my iPad with me. As I bent down to pick up my bottle of water, I suddenly heard a VERY loud, VERY…