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A Glaswegian Weekend

I was so desperate to escape London this summer. The constantly cloudy suffocating weather, the rain and the giant house…

best food, Blair Drummond, Fanny Trollopes, Glasgow, highland gate by marston's inn, holiday blog, Safari, Scotland, Scottish Tablet, Steak Cattle & Roll, Sterling Castle, tourism, UK

Frida Kahlo on being strange

I’ve been obsessed with Frida Kahlo for as long as I can remember and I always want to write about…

art, Frida Kahlo, poem, poetry, strange

Partition, 70 years on

So much reading material is available on the formation of Pakistan that it’s hard for someone as clueless as me…

70 years, Border ceremony, British Raj, Hindus, India, Islam, Lahore, Muslim, Pakistan, partition, partition of india, Sikhs

A Weekend In Madrid

Madrid in August – some people said it was a deathwish, for August is the time of year where those…

Casa de Campo, Casa Lucas, cheap holiday deals, Flamenco, free tour, Gran Via, La Latina, Lamiak, Madrid, madrid reviews, novotel madrid center, Piscina Lagos, Retiro Park, sandemans, Spain, Tinto de Verano, travel blog

F**k Fair & Lovely

Well hi there! I wrote something about being a proud Pakistani recently, and I wanted to share it here, with…

arab, colourism, confidence, diaspora, fair and lovely, identity, pakistani, self loathing, south asian

It’s a London Thing

I wrote something recently about the London Bridge terror attacks for MuslimGirl.com, which you can read now. I won’t expand…

Election, london, London attacks, London Bridge, Oscar Wilde, poetry, quotes, Samuel Johnson, Solidarity, Unity, Yeats

Worrying

Not a blog post, just a reminder!

Zubaida’s 1947

Zubaida and the children left their home to discover a new religious refuge Her husband would catch up with her…

1947, Divide, India, Pakistan, partition, poetry, religion, war, women

Some South Asian Appreciation

I’ve spent my whole life idolising people who don’t look like me, from Britney to Beyoncé. And hey, who wouldn’t?…

Aishwarya Rai, bae doe, Benazir Bhutto, beyonce, Britney, deeyah khan, diaspora, Hate Copy, IISuperwomanII, indian, Lilly Singh, M.I.A, Malala Yousafzai, Maria Qamar, Mathangi, Maya, minahil mahmood, pakistani, Rupi Kaur, sisterhood, south asian, south asian appreciation, women

How’s Your Heart?

Every 3 minutes in the UK, someone dies from heart disease. Every 6 minutes, someone in the UK has a…

british heart foundation, bypass, charity, coronary disease, dechox, detox, diet, fundraising, heart attacks, heart disease, heart health, no sweets, stents, the bhf, UK

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