SHOUT sat down with Zareen to hear about her life, her experiences, and her reaction to winning the award through her undergraduate thesis.

Leo had just finished his painting. He took a few steps away from the canvas to have a better look – a lady standing on a landscape with a pale smile.

The soil, it sings with what was here.

I am writing to you from our barren bed, watching as your shadow moves just outside the room, beyond my reach.

A late summer in June,

Have you ever gotten into an elevator, saw one of your quieter classmates or neighbours, and tried asking them how they were doing?

Are you feeling a burning sensation in your eyes?

Local decorators go on strike after their chairs came back broken from a political event.

On September 13, a woman named Mahsa Amini, 22, from Iran’s Kurdish province was put under arrest for a dress-code violation in the country’s capital Tehran.

Never have I been asked if I enjoy the work I am doing.

Being disappointed with the film adaptation of a book you love is an integral part of a book lover's character arc.

Touted as an antidote to burnouts and key to increased productivity, the work-life balance is an elusive state or the mythical “best of both worlds” that many aspire to.

The idea that citizens owe unquestioned devotion and gratitude to their nation is flawed.

The punishment for a crime should be proportional to the crime itself — no more and no less.