To all the men out there who get a kick out of making indecent jokes about your married life, this one is for you. I know you want to make people laugh. You want to capture the room with your wit. Lighten the mood during gatherings. Make people’s day with your tremendous humour. But for […]
What do men want in a wife? Or is the better question: what do their mothers want in a daughter-in-law? It seems like the ‘ideal’ desi wife would be: Fair and slim. Tall, but shorter than the guy. Able to cook and take care of the house. Educated, preferably with a doctor’s degree but no […]
Recently I’ve been noticing that whenever my mom asks me to do things for her – like wash the dishes, go out to get some groceries, or even the tiniest favour like get her a glass of water – she always makes it a point to say ‘thank you’ to me. It baffles me when […]
A woman was gang-raped in front of her children at a motorway in Lahore. She called the police for help when her car broke down and while waiting for them to arrive, this horrid incident happened. The rapists forced her and her two children out of the car at gunpoint, and proceeded to rape her […]
I have used several cat boarding services in the past, but this is the first ‘hotel’ I’ve boarded my cat in. Neko Inn Premium Cat Hotel is located in Bayan Baru, Penang and they offer cat boarding, day care and transport. It is the first of its kind on the island so I wanted to […]
Guest post by Drona Dewi My grandma, I call her Budhiama (elderly mother in Nepali), who isn’t old but aging gracefully is actually an epitope of budhi (intelligence in Sanskrit). How many people get the chance of celebrating their birthday having their mother beside them? That one lucky soul is her son, my Tulobau (Big […]
Guest post by Andale Seaworne A few years ago during Quran Tafseer (interpretation) classes in Ramadan, the teacher was going through an ayat (verse) and there was one statement she said that really made me take a step back, “Don’t hate bad people, hate the bad that they did.” This was a new statement that […]
Guest post by Norbert Sari I’ve always found the idea of being on an airplane strangely cozy. I flew for the first time when I was 14. There’s nowhere to go, nobody can enter or leave, you have a chance to disconnect and the excitement of travel and arriving to your destination is enticing. I […]
I came across this movie when I was scrolling through Netflix, trying to find something to watch with dinner. Material is a South African film (my first I think) that revolves around Cassim, a young Muslim working in his father’s fabric shop in Johannesburg. Cassim is also a stand-up comedian (secretly, of course). He knows […]
Guest post by Norbert Sari Spain has fascinated me ever since I set foot in Barcelona in October 2016. In the following year, I visited several cities and regions in the country, but it was not until August 2017 that I completely fell in love when I first visited Andalusia. Two years later, in July […]
