UNAPOLOGETIC…

Unapologetic is a word unknown to the girls of my city. We don’t know how to be us without feeling like we need 8-lettered adjectives to be approved by the people especially men of the society. We want to be called goddesses and praised as saints unless our bra straps don’t show.And God forbid if

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

I DECIDE TO UNFOLLOW THE TREND…

Our generation is stuck in a trendy world where hookups are a party away where fake love is all over the place where trust cannot be traced where honesty is only found in books where friends do not exist, only snakes Where followers define your beauty But they don’t know that you are much more

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

THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT YOU…

Is it just in mind? Or does something really exists? I can’t decide there is something about you so addictive, so magnificent I just can’t stop thinking about you But when did this happen? How did it happen? I have no clue I can’t trace it back Could you believe that? A girl like me

O MOTHER, YOUR SCARF SWINGS (TRANSLATION OF AN URDU POEM)

I haven’t lost it against the world But I have lost it to myself One day I will shine the brightest But I will always be your star O Mother, O Mother, I am incomplete without you O Mother, O Mother, My own shadow betrayed me My shadow is your blessings In the air, your

HEALING REQUIRES TIME…

It is a perplexing world yet time is a great healer it takes some time to unleash the chain of wounds to undo the fatal thoughts to endure the pain a little more for some, tyranny is just societal but some struggle with their own self Yet some see giving up as the only option

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL BEING HUMANS ARE!

You are beautiful, fragile, yet sturdy. You are broken by the hardships and difficulties you face every day yet you never give up rather, you collect the shattered pieces of your soul and join them again and make them whole You are a benevolent being possessing a body, mind, heart, and soul what can break

THE FLAWS IN OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM:

THE FLAWS IN OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM:

95% literacy is important, but do you know what is more important than literacy, numeracy, exam results, and A*s? Nowadays, we are building robots rather than students. We teach how to work better to get a 9 to 6 job and impart creativity. In the technology race, we are so lost that we have blurred

THOUGHTS THAT MAKE YOU SMILE…

I believe the thought that brings a broad smile to your face, the one that your facial expressions can’t resist, the one that lights up your face, and the one that uplifts your mode, should not be resisted. It would be unfair to resist it because no matter what that thought is, it holds a

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