I had spent all of my teenage years surrounded by other females. I knew nothing about men and my ideas of friendship came from my female friendships which were good, supportive. Yes, we gossiped but that made us closer. Gifting...
Today, scrolling through Instagram, I was surprised to see a schoolmate who had started a fund for migrant workers. She was the same age, had engaged in initiatives to help migrant workers, especially Bangladeshi workers in...
Recently, I have had conversations with my friends(both online and offline friends so you, reading this online, feel free to say hi!) regarding their health. I have never portrayed myself as a very caring person, a warm sunshine...
In lieu of my 25th birthday and so my expiry date, my parents have started pressurizing me, sorry brainwashing me into accepting their choices. No, they haven’t told me their choices but there is increasing pressure and...
Why do we dream only in the middle of the night, why not at the beginning or at the end? I had that question too and it seems it’s because we experience longer periods of REM sleep in the middle of the night. I hope...
Yes, I started a podcast. I know everyone seems to have one and yes, it is easy, well parts of it are. Here are 7 things I learnt from starting my podcast and in case you’re thinking about starting your own, listen to the...
We were already late so I turned down the offer to stand in a queue to get popcorn so that I wouldn’t miss more of it. I don’t remember watching a movie in 2020 even before the Covid outbreak, did I catch a movie in...
Have I overshared? Have I been stupid to be vulnerable with my classmates, I wondered as I hurried through my presentation, wanting to end it asap. You see, we had to give a short presentation to our classmates about ourselves or...
I hear of childhood friends who have known each other since kindergarten. On Instagram, I see people out on Fridays, trying new food and new things with their friends, a burst of colours and noise in the background. They say in...
Here’s something extremely personal that I have not written here before. Oh well, let me get into it without wasting more seconds. I have never been called cute. Never. I have been called strong, mature, intelligent, friendly...