Thursday, 24 September 2015

The hoof that tramples my rights

Lo and behold, it is that time of the year again. When bells and bleats can be heard in the streets, heralding the return of another Eid-ul-Azha.  Members of prestigious herds, in all their glory can be seen filing into the homes and hearts of many. But hang on for a second, there is something rather unpleasant that accompanies this Holy Holiday every single time it comes around. Unpleasant though is a light word. Stronger words like ‘utterly revolting’,’ undeniably criminal’ and ‘perfectly blasphemous against the laws of social propriety’,...

Sunday, 20 September 2015

Love Stories

So this was prompted by the loads of junk also referred to as chick flick novels that have become the rage these days. To be honest, I couldn’t stand another minute before writing on this because apart from a chosen few, cliché love stories are seriously starting to get on my nerves. Each starts off with a bad boy and a timid goody two shoes who’s never let loose, never gotten drunk, never skipped class. But then she falls in love with the ever popular and everyone’s desired bad boy and voila there’s a connection! (If life were that easy for...