Independence

Happy birthday India! You’ve come a long way! On August 15th, 1947, India declared its freedom after almost two centuries of British rule. Its Independence movement began during World War I and was led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. A bit of family history — my mother’s father was one of…

Happy independence Pakistan. The struggle continues. — 75 years ago, a man stood against all odds and gave us an independent country. Pakistan — the land of the pure is our pride, home, and haven. 14 August marks the day when Quaid-e-Azam Mummah Ali Jinnah achieved independence for Pakistan and was declared a sovereign nation following the…

Dear Pakistan, I Love you! ❤️ — Dear Pakistan, I am your citizen. Yes, an overseas one, but I love you just as much as those who live in Pakistan. I am from your soil; I can smell you, my beloved land; wherever I go in the world, you are my identity. I am yours, and you…

when good money always follows bad — crazy sad existence if we’d tell the truth has gone to stay nowhere on this burning-drowning-sinking, planetary extinction where volition surrenders to man eats woman eats child eats cow eats grass, it’s ozone layer going, going gone is this land of freedom, in which we just keep cultivating a convoy obsessed crop…

Because, quite frankly, it’s plausible I never will. — I’ve searched for myself my entire life. I’ll be 35 in exactly a month from today and I still haven’t found the answers. I’m not even sure I know what the questions are anymore. I just know I’m pretty tired of looking. I’m tired of seeking. I don’t really care…