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Fiction

The Canal
A man returns to the village he fled eleven years ago, to face the person…
The World is Cleaner after a Storm
It is pouring outside. The sky is also black with the occasional silver and gold…
His First Crime
They’d worked there long enough to not mistake the pulsing in their chests for fearful…

Life

SAT and an Intermediate student—an unexpectedly rocky affair
SAT stands for Scholastic Aptitude Test which is a standardized test given primarily by all…
Muniba and I are not friends
And we don’t have to be to stand up or represent a cause together. Just…
A Little Hope
At times in your life you are scared of all of the voices inside your…

Poetry

The Poor Pen
Sometimes, even after trying hard, even after pushing your mind, you do not get the…
A Song For You If You Don’t Like The Color Of My Skin
  You say that we can stay forever The color of our skin don’t…
Some I Love Who Are Gone
Time, is the only shackle we can never free ourselves from. We are prisoners…

Taboo

The time of the month
Scrolling through my Facebook home page today, I saw an infamous, horribly vindictive piece of…
It’s All A Lie
I was sexually abused by my father’s best friend’s son, who often came to our…
From Shrieks to Shine
April 2009, “God is not unbiased. He scarcely favors the poor. A middle class…

Culture and Arts

The Canal
A man returns to the village he fled eleven years ago, to face the person…
Pakistan: A Radiant Blur
“My one hand caged within my father's hold I walked the streets of Lahore at…
Pakistan ki Aurtain
The life of a woman in Pakistan is difficult. She has to navigate through a…

Politics

Have we disowned our identity, our past?
Whenever I think of Europe, I see the ancient Greeks, the Roman empire, the Dark…
Pakistan ki Aurtain
The life of a woman in Pakistan is difficult. She has to navigate through a…
The Price of Freedom
The historic division of British India into two countries in 1947 was assumed to finally…