AfshanmirzaWhen writing no longer interests you, and disenchantment ensues, you realize the beauty of solitude…And that’s the time when patience comes into play, or maybe, that’s when we need it to pay. Be it a demand or a gift bestowed, the fact…Jun 27Jun 27
AfshanmirzaWhen wisdom takes the form of cliches and ends up becoming slogans, wisdom loses its essence and…Let us take the example of the cliché, ‘I don’t give a damn’. What does not giving a damn mean? Does it mean that I am too selfish to even…Nov 10, 2022Nov 10, 2022
AfshanmirzaStayed long, unusually long with the questions my mind raised.I embraced them like a mother hugging her anxious and traumatised child. Clung to me quite often, these questions, as if I were their only…Jul 3, 2022Jul 3, 2022
AfshanmirzaEverything that has happened to us so far has reasons.Should a person blame himself for the choices he or she makes despite having the right intentions at heart and indulge in self-loathing for…May 30, 2022May 30, 2022
AfshanmirzaWhat is absence if not presence?How dull this world would have been if there was no possibility of evil? How monotonous life would have been if there was no struggle? What…Jan 23, 2022Jan 23, 2022
AfshanmirzaDon’t run after happiness, those doses of dopamine all time.I know but should this be the reason to stop oneself from experiencing happy moments? she asked.Dec 26, 2021Dec 26, 2021
AfshanmirzaNoiseWith too much voice this body has become a storehouse of noise. The noise of the kitchen, the noise of the bedroom, the noise of the…Aug 31, 2021Aug 31, 2021
AfshanmirzaAmidst full moon night, her eyelids couldn’t veil the silvery shine surpassing the darkness of the…Some of you might be sleeping at this late hour in presence of a beloved or maybe waking up in longing for a lost one or in search of peace…Jul 14, 2021Jul 14, 2021
AfshanmirzaPalestine and SilenceJustifying and dismissing the ongoing oppression in Palestine on the grounds of politics is easy. And maybe easiest for manipulated minds…May 19, 2021May 19, 2021
