AND THE COUNTRY CONTINUES TO SUFFER…

Looking at the crazy state of affairs of Pakistan, one is perplexed at how we have reached to this end. People on the streets are fighting for a government in power with the people’s mandate that was ousted by the conflagration of all the other parties. The conflagration continues to rule despite facing harsh conditions

WE ARE EMPTY WITHOUT EMPATHY!

I know,I know that writing on Instagram about saving the world is stupid where there is so much saving to do and yet you can’t. When you see children not coming back from school, people dying of covid, of climate change, of droughts, floods and heatwaves, but most of all of the diseases that can

A WALK DOWN THE MEMORY LANE!!

I never knew I would ever miss the place I once hated so much. Well hated is a strong word with such a negetive conotation. I would rather use “not very much liked”. Like every other akhss pre medical kid, I was once high on the spirit that I wud definitely make it to med

I WANT TO SET FIRE TO YOUR CULTURE AND DANCE AROUND THE PYRES…

Baba thinks love equates to obedience. He knows of the kind of love where you just say yes to whatever is expected of you. you bow in respect like the genie of Alladin ka Chirag who only knows of fulfilling wishes, dreams and expectations. How do i tell him that I have a rebel in

AN OPEN LETTER TO PAKISTAN BY GILGIT BALTISTAN!

Dear Pakistan, Before you label me as an ignorant part of the country, let me tell you how I feel today on my 71st independence day. Today, I have mixed feelings as I write this letter. I am overwhelmingly happy as well as sad. Today was when I became free of Dogra rule and the

WOMEN & HARASSMENT: OUR EVERYDAY LIVES!!

Dear Men, This letter is not to play any victim card here but to actually write what I feel like when I experience social abuse.  If you knock some sense into your head, you may get the point that randomly messaging girls on social media and saying you need help with something is not going

THE UNSOLVED PUZZLE OF LOVE!

Is there a thing called love the mere concept of it in all the other living organisms other than a human being or if there is, it is similar to the one humans talk about the one where you draw boundary lines the one where limits are defined the one where you can unlove a

PERFECT BLEND OF BEAUTY, MODERNITY, AND CULTURE; THE HUNZA VALLEY!

While going through the gallery of my phone, each picture taking me to a different level of nostalgia, I couldn’t resist the mixed feeling of happiness, sadness, patriotism, and longing for a place. A place where patriarchy is a mere word existing in the dictionary only. A place where development in the past 20 years has

IS EDUCATION WORTH ALL THE MONEY, TIME, AND EFFORT?

Is education worth it? Education, as Marium Webster dictionary defines it is a process of receiving instructions or the method of learning mainly in school or university. Now, receiving instruction and learning are two entirely different phenomena. Receiving instructions deals with knowledge about something, while learning deals mainly with skills. While every one of us

STEVE JOBS — MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES OF THE DAY

We all need a push in life. We need something to force us to get out of bed, act, and live. If you are thinking of missing any opportunity just because you are too lazy, socially awkward, or too scared to take risks, you can have this quote from Steve Jobs life and make it

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