While what I am about to say won’t apply to quite a few different types of writings, it addresses an issue we often face with reader submissions. A lot of us have this misconception that wordier write-ups mean that they are good.

Most of us reading this are fortunate enough to grow up in a taken for granted, hyper-connected world where news from across the world often gets to us before even local news.

It’s hot out there. Considering you live in an apartment that’s cramped between other apartments on every side, you probably don’t get much sunlight inside your room.

I always found it amazing how Eid-ul-Azha has a way of bringing the entire family together no matter what. It would always be exciting

I was raised mostly by women at my household. My two sisters and mother have been supporting me from my childhood to this day. However, regarding one issue, everyone in the house would always be aloof. I remember once asking one of my sisters what a period is

The USA holds a special place in my heart. I have never been there, but like everyone else I know, I have family there. But that’s not it,

I don’t usually care for cricket. My understanding of the game is limited to a surface level understanding of the rules and a Hasan Minhaj bit about the BCCI.

The year after the FIFA World Cup and before the Olympics may not mean much to most of the world, but in this neck of the woods, it’s party time (or hold your breath and don’t move from the couch time, depending on how superstitious you are).

Eid, religiously marked by unity, family, and togetherness, has for many, lost its true meaning and the sheen of the occasion has been replaced by crazy discounts and rampant consumerism.

I’ve been with SHOUT from the very beginning as a contributor the past six years.

Bubbles used to be fun things. It’s a fun word to say, blowing bubbles and chasing them around was one of the things almost everyone remembers doing in their childhood.

Public transportation happens to be one of those things I’m somewhat of a ‘nerd’ about the way some people love learning about the various flavours of coffee or loan interest repayment schemes.

It’s fun to scroll through your newsfeed and see thirty-somethings and forty-somethings blame your generation for most societal problems.

Eating is a biological process for a lot of people, but for a fair few, eating brings around moments of spiritual elevation.

Animation is a medium that is often considered childish and is overlooked compared to live action.

I remember doing an internship at a radio company.

We often lead ourselves to dangerous precipices by letting our expectations get the better of us.

When I took the decision to major in the arts, many people asked me, “Why bother?” They wanted to know how I would put food on the table and warned me of the job insecurity. And often times, some enlightened individual would tell me, “Arts are for girls.”

I think we have all seen upsets in sports where a star-studded team shows up to only be defeated by a ragtag bunch of minnows.

I have a slight stutter. It comes and goes. It's worse if I'm talking to new people, or if I really know what I'm talking about and get overexcited.