Shaireen's World

The story you are going to read is not light-hearted, it has drama, action broken relationships, and a lot of emotions. It all started at the beginning of high school, I entered a bizarre location, Somaiya University, it has one of the biggest campuses in India but, you can’t find non-veg within a radius of 2 km of the place, it was like a desert for hardcore non-veg eater like me. I had lost all hope when one day I entered the engineering canteen. And it was there… I knew it was love at first smell, there it was. For a few days, I hesitated to order it, I was very scared of trying new things, but one day I collected all my courage went to the counter, and said, “One white sauce pasta please.” In a few minutes there it was, in front of me, nothing was between us anymore, and in the first bite I took, I knew, it was the one, the tastiest thing in the world. The texture was just perfect which just melts in the mouth, and the sauce, it was just so creamy. In a few days, I was addicted to ...

23 June 2020, it was 10am, I was swimming inside the ocean with Percy Jackson, then I was flying in the air, sitting on a dragon with Harry Potter, then I was having a tea party with Annabeth, Hermione, and Willy Wonka. That's when I heard a voice from a distance; my mom was shouting,"Shaireen, Farheen wake up!"  I woke up, while rubbing my eyes I asked, "What happened? Why are you waking me up so early in the morning?" When I finally opened my eyes, I saw the mom's tensed faces. Mom said, "Fuppi called, she said dada tested positive for CoVid-19, doctors are coming here to take the family members to quarantine facility, she told us to send all the children to their maternal home" (Fuppi - Father's sister, Dada- Father's father). I was fully awake now, I had many questions like, 'where did dada catch coronavirus?','where is dad?' but before I could ask anything, I was already on the road with my sister, Farheen trying to cat...

Dear Men, "I wear earphones every time while going everywhere to avoid your comments but still i can't avoid the creepy look on your face and that ugly laugh" "Yes uncle i felt your hand feeling my body in that crowded train, a voice in my head screamed, I wanted to slap you on the spot but i couldn't" "Yes I don't like going to nani's house, do you know why because uncle, I've felt your wrong touches, ignored every time thinking, you are my mama you won't do this. Still thinking about it creeps me out" "Boy, you look like you come from a family with class, staring at my private parts doesn't suit you. And yes I heard you tell your friends to look at me too and I heard what you two comments. I really hope you become mature because you makes me really uncomfortable" Everytime this happens, I feel like screaming, I want to stop you.  I want to put you in your place. But the only thing that screams is the little voice in ...

A LETTER TO 2020 SHAIREEN  FROM 2030 SHAIREEN Dear Shaireen,       I would introduce myself as a mature version of you but that is very questionable since I don't see much difference between you and me. Let's just say that I'm a more experienced version of you, I'm Shaireen from 2030. I know you are obsessed with comparing yourself with your past self, and in 10years that hasn't changed at all. So I'm writing this letter to tell you how much you and your world has changed. And how amazing some changes can be. I would like to start by congratulating you for surviving the last 18years of your life and the last 10 years of my life. I won't say that the last 10 years were tougher or easier than the 18years you've lived because we both know that toughness of our obstacles are directly proportional to experiences we have, where our ability to overcome difficulties remains constant. I remember saying how dramatic teenager's life can be, just wait until you ...