Various pieces and conversations on women “having it all”, not having it all, leaning in, stepping back, keep cropping up all over the place since past year. It did start off as an interesting debate with Anne-Marie...
Working in your jammies from your couch – an ideal scenario for many people. For me, it’s been a compromise. A year after we got married, my husband moved back to his hometown Lahore, a place where there just doesn’t seem...
We have been recruiting for a position in our team recently (been a few months now actually). And since it’s that time of the year when students are graduating and are eagerly looking for their first break into the real...
A book written in second person. The writer speaking to the reader. Fiction written as a self-help book. Surely zara hatt kay? The narrative form intrigued me the most as I waited eagerly to get my hands on Mohsin Hamid’s new...
Fries, my unhealthy love. Most who know me can testify to the lengths I can go to for the love of fries. And then, to discover that my love for them is not unrequited, after all. Somewhere near HBL Plaza, you get the most...
“Pakistan would get the status of Least Developed Country (LDC) in 2014 and subsequently get the opportunity to export duty-free textile products to European countries.” So begins a news article that appeared in the Business...
Living abroad can really make you lazy in some ways. For me, shopping from the comfort of my couch is one of the indulgences which I have really grown used to. So much so that going out to stores and trying on stuff is a...
Karachiites are notorious for their apathy, their bayhissi. News of bomb blasts and killings and crime stirs no emotion in us anymore. Some laud our resilience. But honestly, it’s more out of resignation. Our need to get on...
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...