its not that i am dramatic, it’s just that when my parents bargained my dowry like it was some tech stock at a Silicon Valley auction, i stood there feeling like a bid that started too high and ended too low. like, i was staring at the dry erase board they used to calculate my worth in gold and household appliances while i sit here with a rent bill that requires a full-on heist to pay. the moment ...
wait, so I just spent four years building this startup, and now my cofounder decided to forge documents and vanish with everything. like, how do you even get over the betrayal? I keep scrolling through my contacts, hoping to find someone who gets it, but all I see are friends I lost touch with or acquaintances who only wanted to network. ever tried to text someone but just... left it in drafts bec...
i walked into my fifteen-year-old's room and found a stash of drugs hidden behind a stack of old video games. suddenly, this stranger who looks like my baby is sitting there, scrolling through TikTok and laughing at something that sounds like it could be from a different planet. i thought parenting was supposed to be about teaching them right from wrong, not playing detective in the real-life episode of "who even is this kid?" i mean, how did we go from learning multiplication tables to worrying about potential drug deals on the corner of Main Street... and don't even get me started on how Spotify has more control over my playlist than i do over my own child.
i walked into my fifteen-year-old's room and found a stash of drugs hidden behind a stack of old video games. suddenly, this stranger who looks like my baby is sitting there, scrolling through TikTok and laughing at something that sounds like it could be from a different planet. i thought parenting was supposed to be about teaching them right from wrong, not playing detective in the real-life episode of "who even is this kid?" i mean, how did we go from learning multiplication tables to worrying about potential drug deals on the corner of Main Street... and don't even get me started on how Spotify has more control over my playlist than i do over my own child.
Balen Shah takes the reins as Nepal's youngest Prime Minister at just 35, proving that the political elite in Nepal had no other option. He may have charisma and a hit music career, but does anyone really believe a rapper turned politician can steer a nation? This isn't a reality show, and we should not be celebrating a landslide win simply because it is fresh. What is needed is experienced leader...