I think, I think, that spending the Chand raat doing dusting and cleaning and whatnot is a must. عید کی تیاری یہ نہیں ہوتی کہ علی العشاء نماز پڑھ کر مہندی لگا کر سو گئے اور علی الفجر تیار ہو گئے۔ عید کی تیاری یہ ہوتی ہے کہ اماں کو خوشُ کیا جائے۔ اگر…
Category: Creative Writing
Creative writing not published in book form
Dear Diary | Eid Break 2025 | Day 0
Day 0 Let’s begin with day 0 to be honest. It is not day 1 because being a computer engineer, I start my indexing from zero, not one. Day One would be tomorrow . Today is just the beginning of the Eid break. And it went like this. The Madness This day was a…
Saturday Shenanigans | Cinderella Retelling #3
For the uninitiated, we’re talking about fairytale retellings. Retellings are my thing, and I’m sharing the Cinderella stories generated by AI with my indigenius elaborate prompt. If you haven’t already read the previous posts, here you go: My Love for Fairytale Retellings Cinderella in 1000 words Cinderella is So Last Season And now, this. Cinderella…
Saturday Shenanigans | Cinderella Retelling #2
For the uninitiated, we’re talking about fairytale retellings. Retellings are my thing, and I’m sharing the Cinderella stories generated by AI with my indigenius elaborate prompt. Recap Two weeks ago, on Tuesday and Wednesday, I attended AWS workshop on prompt engineering. One of the exercises was to make Claude write a story at least 800…
Saturday Shenanigans | Cinderella Retelling #1
Okay, so after an unofficial, unannounced hiatus from reviewing dramas, I’m back. Even if I’m not reviewing or even watching dramas, it’s hard NOT to notice the upcoming dramas because my feed is filled with it. My Dear Cinderella and Dil Wali Gali Mein being two of them. “My Dear Cinderella” triggered a thought-process and…
Saturday Shenanigans | My Love for Fairytale Retellings
Okay, so after an unofficial, unannounced hiatus from reviewing dramas, I’m back. Even if I’m not reviewing or even watching dramas, it’s hard NOT to notice the upcoming dramas because my feed is filled with it; Ramzan special dramas being one of the many recommendations. The poster of “My Dear Cinderella” triggered a…
Free Hindi Novel #3 | सो लास्ट सीज़न | Shabana Mukhtar
सो लास्ट सीज़न कज़िन मैरिज रोमांस शबाना मुख़्तार To read So Last Season in English, click here. Shabana Mukhtar
Free Hindi Novel #2 | दूरियों के पार | Shabana Mukhtar
दूरियों के पार मोहब्बत कोई मंज़िल नहीं, एक सफ़र है। शबाना मुख़्तार To read in English, click here. Shabana Mukhtar
Free Roman Urdu Novel | Peer-e-Kaamil The Perfect Mentor | Umera Ahmed
Disclaimer This book is transliteration of Umera Ahmed’s masterpiece Peer-e-Kaamil WITHOUT HER PERMISSION. This is only for those readers who understand Urdu but can’t read it. On Goodreads, some people asked meabout Roman transliteration of Peer-e-Kamil. I couldn’t find it, so I made a mental note to try and make it available to others for…