Maryam Murtaza Sadriwala
Meet four individuals who rebuilt their lives after very messy break-ups.
Updated 30 Mar, 2014 06:02pm
I found it fascinating that my mom was left-handed. I would watch in awe as she scribbled with her ‘other’ hand...
Updated 05 Jan, 2014 05:54pm
One of the most vivid memories I have is of combing out my mother’s hair when she was undergoing chemotherapy....
Published 27 Oct, 2013 06:40am
Maryam Murtaza Sadriwala explores the options to help abused children. It started when she was barely seven. Madiha...
Published 09 Mar, 2013 08:03pm
“He vowed to be by my side for better and for worse,” she fumed, “Well, he`s not here now, is he?” spat my ...
Published 17 Oct, 2010 12:00am
I`ve spent the last few years preparing children at the school I teach for the national Spelling Bee which is held...
Published 25 Sep, 2010 12:00am
Hassan was anxious. Butterflies fluttered in his tummy and his knees felt like jelly as he walked into a classroom...
Published 28 Aug, 2010 04:45am
Hassan was anxious. Butterflies fluttered in his tummy and his knees felt like jelly as he walked into a classroom...
Published 28 Aug, 2010 12:00am
The sound of wailing filled my ears as the coffin lay before me. I squeezed my eyes shut, as tears burned in them....
Published 15 Aug, 2010 12:00am
It was an awkward moment. About 10 years ago when a few friends and I had walked into a happening, recently-opened...
Published 13 Jun, 2010 12:00am
Whatever women do they must do it twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, that is not difficult.—...
Published 21 Mar, 2010 12:00am
Gone are the days when wedding functions were organised by the family of the bride and groom; when dholkis were...
Published 06 Dec, 2009 12:00am
Twenty-three-year-old Faiza was fresh from a broken marriage; she had walked out from an abusive relationship; ...
Published 01 Nov, 2009 12:00am
Take any household. Either the husband`s belittling the wife or the mother-in-law`s bad mouthing the daughter-in-law...
Published 11 Oct, 2009 12:00am
Have you ever counted how many times you peer into the mirror everyday? According to a survey carried out in the UK,...
Published 23 Aug, 2009 12:00am
I remember leaning up on my toes and pressing my nose against the transparent glass of the brightly lit aquarium, my...
Published 25 Jul, 2009 12:00am
I`ve always had to wait for the good stuff to happen. When I was in school, I was never the position holder and I...
Published 18 Jul, 2009 12:00am
“We wanted to enjoy a romantic dinner after two years of stressed adjustment to a newly married life, immediate...
Published 12 Jul, 2009 12:00am
“It kills you,” snaps a 54-year-old Chartered Accountant who is, at the moment, relishing the peak of his career, as...
Published 05 Jul, 2009 12:00am
The train hurtles by and a sharp gust of wind hits my face. The fervent buzz of people saying frenzied goodbyes ...
Published 27 Jun, 2009 12:00am
