“‘In sickness and in health … till death do us part.’ These words echo in my ears since the day my husband left this world. The world came crashing down for us,” is Naheed’s response when asked about healing. “Life has just not been the same ever since — the acute, piercing pain returning at…
a bit of inspiration: Special Needs: Autism
“Autism — when I first heard the word, I felt total despair. For me it seemed as if my child had been taken away from me forever”. This was Ayesha's first reaction when her child was diagnosed with Autism. “At that point I still didn't know what it all meant. I started reading about it,…
Powerful Women – Chivalry Vs Chauvinism
Is chivalry an obsolete concept? “A few thousand years into civilisation and we still haven’t figured out how men and women should relate to each other” is Nighat’s first reaction as she rolls her eyes. A born and bred Pakistani now living independently in Canada, she feels that women really need to be very clear…
Powerful Women – All About Mothers
Mothers — you are messed up without them and you are messed up with them as well!…” So writes a friend of mine when asked to say something about her mother. “I will probably get back to you with more, but don’t expect it to be anything sweet,” she warns me. Single, independent, living…
Powerful Women – On the Wrong Side of the Fence
“Women are not a carton of milk with an expiry date!” says Humaira Saleem, an advertising executive in true advertising style. But open any Women’s Magazine and most of the copy accompanying the luscious and sultry women in the ads is on the lines of “The secret of eternal youth, Fight what ages you most,…
A kaleidoscope of vignettes 