For a lot of us, the pandemic is something new. Sure, we were alive during the previous outbreaks — TB, HIV, SARS. But we barely remember them. We might remember bits and pieces, like people draped in Hazmat suits in the news(that’s the only thing I remember), but we’ve forgotten…

It was nighttime and the forest was dark as forests are when the moon is shy. In the middle of this darkness — passing through the trees with great speed — a lady was running. Clad in a long white gown, with her straight black hair down to her hips…

Class had just ended. The students of A-2 were packing their things and leaving. Their teacher, Professor Faisal had subjected them to a 2-hour-long lesson on exposition in script writing, and unlike the other times, this time he didn’t give his students a chance to breathe. He just went on…

Too much introspection can paralyse you. As Nietzsche so famously said, if you look into the abyss long enough, the abyss also looks into you. Seeking attention is not something to be ashamed of. The teachings of religion are the main source of hatred in the world. There’s a difference…

The sun is levitating directly above the two travellers walking across the sand dunes of Arabia. Upon reaching the summit of one particularly high pile, one of the travellers, a jolly bespectacled middle-aged man, came to a halt. The other traveller, a curious brunette girl of 12 years old, followed…