Maisha Nazifa Kamal

People often use this card without assessing the situation.

Secluded at our homes, we can take this time to reflect upon the things we might have missed thinking about when we were so engrossed in our daily lives.

“Why can’t Eid stay a bit longer, Khala?” Mahira sulked afterwards while Jamila was wiping the table.

It’d been so long since I last walked in this city.

Rehnuma, from her early teens, had absolutely loved cooking. After she got married, and the task became a duty, she loved it more.

A fiction writer must be an Arts student. Period. The fact that you could have a Science background, even excelling in it and simultaneously write stories other than science fiction is just absurd to them.

A sigh escapes my mouth again as I unknowingly get back to looking for you.

“Please cut off half of the hair,” the woman whispered.

I have left out all the details,

Devoid of any action, drama, mystery or a witty screenplay, Mirai, is an anime movie set with quite a plain storyline. However, it has one thing sprawling dexterously in every moment of the story and that is emotion.

A frivolous bite of Hershey's, a handful of chocolate chips, an ample spoon of innocently melting ganache and then one day a stinging, nasty pain in the teeth.

“Meow,” I protested. But my tiny squeal of protest came to no avail as Anika handed me to a sullen-looking, lanky boy whose eyes were as tiny as my paws but certainly not as cute.

As Beyoncé says in her song “Single Ladies”, come my single lads and ladies, as I take you on a journey through the rants you suppress when your sweet friends abandon you and sail with someone else

Pearls scattered on the floor, pictures are taped, My walls are painted blue, my nails are red.

The window itself of the shop is beautiful. Lined by a sliver of golden, the stunning wide glass pane reflects me back.

Sometimes, even for an otaku, a brilliant psycho-thriller or a tearful shoujo anime gets boring. It's like eating the same banquet everyday and you are begging for a much simpler change of food. And the sunny changes might be the following animes:

When did we end up with such radio hearts: A heart that only tunes to what it likes,

There is a variety of languages which even seasoned linguists fail to comprehend. And these languages exist where everything exists. Yes, you guessed it right: the Internet.

At this moment, it feels like I'm watching you from afar. Like through a hollow, dim tunnel that only sheds light over every detail of you.

It has been two years since I, a naive, aspiring soul, had applied for the post of the manager of this famous writer.