Sunday.
Chirping birds at my window reminds me that it is a warm Sunday morning as I groggily open my eyes, the sunlight filtering through my curtains that are inconspicuously fluttering...
Date.
The warm fog from the bathroom diffused through the room as I stepped out from the toilet, the scent of British Rose shower gel and the chalky smell of nicotine...
House.
”Two dollars, is that enough?” Asked the smaller one with the pigtails. “More than enough, I am supposed to get a can of mushrooms as well, those are a dollar,”...
Cholesterol.
I nearly spat out the food as I surveyed my mother contentedly chewing across the table. Beside me, my father had fear etched on his face as he prodded the...
If Red Threads Can Fix.
I couldn't ignore my phone vibrating any longer. Whipping it out of my bag, I dashed out of the lecture theatre. "When I die, you won't have to answer my...
Unfair and Lovely.
At seven, we had a buddy in class and mine refused to hold my hand, for she was afraid that her fair skin would be tainted by my dark one....
Asifa Bano – the end of humanity.
You do not get to tell me that she was clothed vulgar.That her purple dress did not cover her milky skin full, that her breasts are maturing like mango seeds....
International Women’s Day 2018.
Decades ago when AIDS was still feared as a disease that could be transmitted through mere body contact, Lady Diana shook the hands of an AIDS patient with no gloves...
World Mental Health Day 2017.
There was a certain instance where I had to meet a few of my friends one night for dinner - some of them were old friends. Old friends - we...
The God of Small Things – & other things.
I had been on "The God of Small Things" for about three months now. Never have I took more than a month for a book and I realised that this...