How patriarchal system fools women into thinking they are in charge on July 26, 2018We hear a lot about patriarchal domination and women subjugation. It is the law of the day. This order has penetrated the psyche of both Pakistani men and women. Being at the receiving end of this unfair system, it is obvious that women suffer more. The patriarchal system impacts every woman irrespective of their social […]
Is charity a capitalist value? on June 12, 2018I had a horrible dream last night. When I woke up in the morning, the only detail left of the nightmare was a deep sense of loss. The first thing I did after leaving the house was to search for a deserving beggar on the street, as I drove myself to work. All I had […]
Could Rumi be Rumi without Shams? on September 23, 2017I have seen homes blown apart when sensibility trips low on the scale. Sometimes even the small amount of its ebb can suffice the blast of a family life. One partner if drags another into a shameless fight, the disaster to their long companionship may result in a snap. Similarly, cheating a loyal person can […]
Britain honours Jane Austen on August 1, 2017When it comes to a woman holding the centre and shattering the patriarchal economic status quo, one remembers Jane Austen and the likes of her from English history. She began to make money through her books when to earn money from writing and that too a woman choosing this was both unimaginable and ridiculous. Her […]
Pitiful women on July 28, 2017Whenever I see a woman wasting her energies on manipulating domestic situations, befooling people with her strategic “look busy, do nothing”, making conspiracies, watching mindless soaps, backbiting, or spending extravagantly on clothes and cosmetics only to maintain her false pretence, anger wells up inside me triggered by pity and sorrow. Such a waste of life […]
Pitiful women on July 28, 2017Whenever I see a woman wasting her energies on manipulating domestic situations, befooling people with her strategic “look busy, do nothing”, making conspiracies, watching mindless soaps, backbiting, or spending extravagantly on clothes and cosmetics only to maintain her false pretence, anger wells up inside me triggered by pity and sorrow. Such a waste of life […]