Desi parents and dating

There are different levels of strictness/conservative-ness with Bangladeshi parents these days; especially in the realm of dating. Dating in the Bengali community used to work like this- your parents have no concept of your love life until you are ready to tie the knot with someone, if you can muster up the courage to [...]

Here and now

I wait around too much for the ‘right time’. In my mind, I’m not procrastinating because I’m just waiting for the perfect time.
“I’ll pitch that big story after I get a few more clips in that subject area.”
“I’ll start exercising once summer comes and I can go jogging outside.”
“I’ll study for the gres starting next [...]

Networking

I made a somewhat bold move last week. I e-mailed a senior copywriter at my company and asked her to lunch. She’s been with the brand for a long time and before that she worked for two very well-known national women’s magazine (one of them is my favorite publication). I’m hoping to learn more about [...]

Please stop staring at my bald spot

I was born with a full head of blue- black hair. I inherited my dad’s silky, straight, thick hair and I never realized how beautiful it was until I started rapidly losing it about 4 years ago.
My hair had no reason to be mad at me. I colored it once when I was 15, [...]

Dang it, summer!

I’ve ben trying to play catch-up with my writing, freelancing and blogging goals for a while now, but my new job (it’s month three-yipee) and summer weddings have kept me very, very busy. I’ll also admit, I’ve just been lazy–summer’s just not a good time to accomplish anything.
Work, however, is going great. I’m having a [...]