A Letter To Pakistan

A Letter to Pakistan on Independence Day 14 August Dear Pakistan, My story begins with you even before I was born. Mum always used to tell me that when she was pregnant, there was one Pakistani patriotic song “Har Ghari Tayyar Kamran Hain Hum” that would often play on PTV. While listening to it, she … Read more

Time Traveller In Deadhorse

August 23, 2019. Cold Arctic wind stings my face as I navigate the bicycle on a muddy road while looking for familiar faces in an unfamiliar place. My eyes scan the industrial town made up of prefabricated buildings and eventually fixate upon a rusty sign “Welcome to Deadhorse, Alaska. End of the Dalton Highway.” The … Read more

How To Fly

Does a fish ever become afraid of the depth of waters? Be that fish and dive deep inside you! Does an eagle fear of falling when it leaps off the cliff? Be that bird! Who taught a bird to fly and a toddler to walk? He, who catches them before they fall. When you are … Read more