Introduction: The Invisible Authors of Reality Imagine two people standing side by side, holding the same phone, opening the same app, at the same moment. Despite sharing the same world, they encounter entirely different realities. One sees a political scandal, the other a dance trend. One sees a crisis, the other a celebration. Who decided […]
Reality
Reality Etched All Over
The snapshot, on the sixtieth day of the USA-Iran war, clearly shows where the focus is and where the priorities lie that are to shape the ceasefire, which already is fragile and at the cusp of triggering another phase of hostilities. What has been happening in Washington and what has been happening in Islamabad has […]
Feminism as a curse; a myth or reality
Feminism is considered a negative word in Pakistan and is often used as a code word for atheism, Western allegiance, or just general systemic threat. I’m not an atheist or a Western agent, but I am a feminist, at least in terms of my own beliefs. I pose a danger to system and the status […]
Storybooks vs Reality
Ever read a good old classic storybook and feel the true satisfaction of the words, “And they lived happily ever after, the end?” Well, as gratifying as it is to read these words and get a break from the everyday worldly problems, if taken too seriously, this feeling can be very misleading. How so, you […]