Musings

My thoughts on ‘The Return of the Butterfly’ by Moni Mohsin

By |2024-01-19T12:43:38+00:00January 19th, 2024|Musings|

Do not be fooled by the heels on the cover or the seemingly illiterate, housewife narrator: this is a serious story about politics. Moni Mohsin’s writing is full of translated Urdu expressions, Urdu phrases written in transliteration, and such a beautiful Pakistani butchering of the English language, that I am in awe.

Leaving

By |2023-04-07T20:05:24+00:00March 1st, 2023|Musings|

Leaving is heart wrenching, but then I suppose this is the price we pay for opening our hearts. For falling headfirst, no landing plan, no safety gear. For allowing ourselves to be consumed. For loving.

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