Someone thought it would be a good idea to write a post about how awesome it is to be a woman in Pakistan. I started reading it, highly expecting it to be sarcastic. It wasn’t. So here’s my take. 1. People Always Compliment You. They will always refer to you as khoobsurat, sexy, kya kamar hai and many other endering terms. They also go the…
Farzana* was checking her Facebook, as usual, from the school’s computer lab and noticed she had a friend request from one of her female colleagues, Daniya Habib*. She accepted the request and went on to check out her friend’s profile. A few moments later, she ran off to find Daniya. The profile contained embarrassing fictitious information about Daniya’s private life, intimate pictures of her…
So, I have to write something for the International Women’s Day (IWD). I think, and then I think some more. I go look at the IWD website for inspiration. It says the theme this year is “Connecting girls, Inspiring futures”. I also find out that the UN theme is different: “Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty.” So, every country and organisation has a…
“Aunty ko dekho zara,” (Look at the Aunty) I hear a spiky headed teenager say to his equally spiky headed friends. “Chor yara, she isn’t even hot,” says his friend, looking at a woman across the road. Having let go of her fluttering dupatta, the woman, hardly in her late thirties, was bent down, trying to retrieve the oranges that had fallen from her…
