My grandfather (who has more degrees after his name than years in his calendar) continues to drumroll the same rhetoric every Sunday lunch. Study hard, come first and become a doctor. From a young age, I have heard this often repeated adage being pounded into my head: parho, likoo aur banoo gay nawab. As I […]
Why did Children’s Day come and go without fanfare?
November 20, is Universal Children’s Day. This day is specifically held to celebrate children. Ha! What a joke? Since there were no celebrations of any kind held on this day in Lahore. Not any that I know of. Can you imagine that on a day specifically designated to celebrating children, there was no mention of […]


