Somewhere in the world today, a family will find out they’re having a girl, and there will be a feeling of doom in the room. It is not just a thing in Pakistan, or even in South Asia, it’s a pattern that shows up in different countries all around the world. China’s decades of one-child-policy …
There is a strange pride people carry in exhaustion now. You can hear it in school hallways, office elevators, family dinners, even casual conversations between friends. “How have you been?” “Busy.” The answer arrives almost automatically, often followed by a tired laugh that sounds suspiciously close to achievement. Nobody says it plainly anymore, but somewhere…
“If peace is equated simply with the absence of war, it can become abject pacifism that turns the world over to the most ruthless.” Henry Kissinger, former United States Secretary of State, and a political scientist, said this. He was involved in the Vietnam War, for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize, for negotiating…
In today’s world, social media platforms like Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok have changed how we connect with others. While they’ve made it easier to reach people from all over the world, they also create a strange kind of loneliness—a feeling of being “connected” yet increasingly isolated. Through algorithms, the drive for engagement, and the push…
The Feminine Forces of Halloween Imagine a dark hat with a long body, its peak so crooked that it is coiled up, with a purple ribbon at its rim, a head with long dark hair and pale white skin wearing it. The wearer’s eyes glisten with echoes of power. She is the one with a…
‘Imitation may outpace authenticity, but authenticity outlasts imitation.’ In a world where every idea is copy pasted and cultivated into ‘trends’, it’s hard to find a place for your niche while making it worthwhile. The thought of not being successful drives people away from merely trying to put it out in the world. In the confined box that…
Humanity is not inherent in everyone who arrives in this world. A world full of trials, impenetrable thickets, which you get more and more confused about. More and more often, thus worsening your position in the eyes of the public watching you the very expression “A little bit of humanity” has a meaning.. a…