Not Missing.

“You must be missing Pakistan a lot!” Said an acquaintance I bumped into here in Cambridge, when I told her I had recently moved back here. My instinctive response was an emphatic no. “Not at all”, I...

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Beginnings

So we managed it. Moved countries and set up a new home with a 4 month old. All through his fourth leap, which is notorious for being one of the most testing and nerve-wracking leaps for parents (although aren’t they...

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Life Lessons

I love, love, love  this post on PHD comics so much, I just had to repost it. As a reminder to myself, just in case I ever forget.   We don’t realize how kids get many things right. Also, going through the random...

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So liberal, yo!

So I keep telling my husband that Pakistan is a pretty liberal place, in my attempt to convince him that there is still hope for the country. That is, liberal for a Muslim country. Yes, I know, all kinds of atrocious things...

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Two awesome images

I came across two awesome images today. The best thing about them is their ambiguity, that they can be interpreted in multiple ways. Definitely good material for a creative writing class. The first is from here: The first...

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The science of it

And here I was doubting the choices I had made. It’s only after I completed my bachelors, masters and then another qualification to boot which required three exams and close to a thousand hours of studying, did I realize my...

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