by MehreenBaig | Dec 22, 2015 | My Blogs
To The Man on the Victoria Line, Today, you sat opposite me on the train, as we travelled in similar directions to work. It was a typical rush hour commute in London: the train was packed with sweaty, impatient people and as I applied my makeup, you jabbed aimlessly...
by MehreenBaig | Nov 15, 2015 | My Blogs
Yesterday, I was frightened. Today, I am angry. It was yesterday when I woke up and heard the news about France: a scene so tragic that no amount of news coverage or edited Facebook pictures can do it justice. I saw photos of the exact place I had been standing a mere...
by MehreenBaig | Nov 8, 2015 | My Blogs
I went to Waitrose the other day with my mother. It was to buy bread. I was wearing my big fur coat on top of my pyjamas, which I had tucked inconspicuously into my UGG boots. It was not my best moment. Coming up to the bread aisle, we came across the flowers section....
by MehreenBaig | Oct 30, 2015 | My Blogs
I’m getting old. Yes, that is how I’m going to start my new blog. No funny one-liners, no clever metaphors. This blog is real, and I’m about to share with you one of my biggest fears. So don’t laugh, don’t patronise me and comment “you’re still a baby”. Just listen....
by MehreenBaig | Aug 25, 2015 | My Blogs
So I was halfway through writing my next blog (it’s really good, by the way) when it was getting a bit too emotional. So I took a break. And it was during this break, that this blog was born. Because during my break, I decided to visit the hairdressers. It was an...
by MehreenBaig | Aug 16, 2015 | My Blogs
You will blossom. I look back at photos of myself when I was aged between 11 and 15… that awkward age where puberty had caused a spurt of hair growth- on my face. You resemble a baby monkey, with a heavy monobrow and a moustache that Borat would be proud of; your...
