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Conspiracies and Corona: Conversations in a Desi Family’s WhatsApp Group
If you live in a desi family, chances are, you’ve been forced into one of those WhatsApp groups where your…
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An Ode To Victims of Parental Abuse
All of them sat quietly in one room, door shut, hoping to drown out the voices from the other room.…
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A Leap
He wouldn’t let me come up for breath, and while I resisted at first, I gave into it soon after and how…
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Reflecting on Mera Jism Meri Marzi and Khalil Ur Rehman’s Recent Verbal Diarrhea
A majority of men have displayed violent reactions to the slogan, “Mera Jism Meri Marzi,” which means to emphasize women’s…
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Time of Death
Twilight quietly crept up on us. I was almost unaware of it, the book in my hand, focused on…
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#WhyIMarch: Aurat March Protesters Don’t Need to Explain Themselves
Just as someone on twitter had a question, so do we; why do women have to offer an explanation and…
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To All the BROWN Boys I’ve Loved Before
Teenage literally has you romanticizing pretty boys with big brown eyes and a smile that makes all the butterflies in…
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Cricket and Education: University Forced to Close As Government Uses Parking Lot
Cricket fans breathe a sigh of relief as they see the progress Pakistani national cricket has made throughout the past…
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One Hour Burn
The change occurred within an hour, akin to the calamity. 7:15 PM. Shumaila aunty was cooking downstairs, biryani by the smell…
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A World Apart Part III
She was quiet during the ride but tried her best to fix her demeanor before going home. Her mother was…
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