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Forget Me Not (You Already Have)
Read more: Forget Me Not (You Already Have)Each year, happy mourners lay summer to rest, its body entombed in burning soil, and plan for colder months. How do we forget, year after year, that the sky packs its bags every winter? The smog hides us from the eyes of God and the arms of the sun. And…
Writing, Book Reviews, 3 AM Thoughts
Nayab Malik
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Of Books and Basant in 2026
Read more: Of Books and Basant in 2026Anything dirty sells, they said. Write about the trapped housewife with the vicious mother-in-law, the dirt-poor vegetable seller with the drunkard potbellied husband and the…
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‘Denial.’ def.: She’s Dead and I Can’t Write About it
I want to write about my poor obese grandmother lying on her back with her mouth slack and her hair damp in a shabby government…
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Is Your Man Trynna Go Back in the Way He Came Out? If so, read this
*no desi mamas were harmed during the writing of this piece, though if some of them have read it, they’re probably on their way to…
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I Have Not Forgotten You
Read more: I Have Not Forgotten YouThis is for you, hungrily hunting for anyone/anything that will make your heartbeats sound like festival music and not a funeral march.
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Oh, For The Love of Foundation!
Read more: Oh, For The Love of Foundation!“Lekin, this will make you look daaark!” She whispered the last word as if it was an oath and she was an 8 year old…
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Welcome To My Night of Relentless Horror
Read more: Welcome To My Night of Relentless HorrorI wake up with a jerk just as my door opens and an old woman walks into my room. She looks at me for a…
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Bashing Me(mes)
There’s no future time to accomplish things and get goals done – it’s basically right now. Right now is all we have, so don’t nap.
Nayab Malik 