-

We often think we need to be better to be loved. More successful. More confident. More sorted. Less emotional. Less complicated. Almost perfect. But strangely, perfection is rarely what makes us feel close to someone. We may admire a person who seems to have everything figured out. We may respect them, look up to them,…
-

Somewhere between love and devotion lies a bittersweet feeling of longing. Maybe it happens when you love someone so deeply that their presence becomes a part of your everyday life. Their voice, their habits, their little ways—you don’t realise how much they mean until they are no longer around. But love doesn’t disappear with their…
-

Today, India celebrates its 80th Independence Day. Flags will rise, the anthem will play, and our screens will fill with messages of patriotism. But somewhere between all the celebration, there is a question worth asking: What does it actually mean to love your country? Does loving India mean agreeing with its government? Does patriotism require…
-

Maybe optimism has always been a little delusional. We make plans knowing life can interrupt them.We trust people knowing they can disappoint us.We fall in love knowing people can leave.We start again knowing we might fail again. And somehow, every morning, we continue. We tell ourselves: Things will get better.This difficult phase will pass.Something good…
-

There are people who spend years waiting for life to sound perfect. They wait for the right job, the right relationship, the right moment, or the right version of themselves. They believe happiness begins when everything finally falls into place. But life doesn’t work that way. We are the music of our own life. Every…
-

Not every friendship ends with an argument. Some friendships simply grow quieter. The conversations become less frequent, replies take longer, and without either person saying goodbye, the bond slowly begins to fade. At first, you tell yourself they’re just busy. Life changes, responsibilities increase, and everyone has less time than they once did. But as…
-

The Partition of 1947 divided more than a country. It divided homes, families, memories and identities. Punjab was divided. Bengal was divided. But Sindh had a different story. Sindh was not divided — the entire province became part of Pakistan. A large number of Hindu Sindhis left the land where their families had lived for…




