Nostalgia seems to be pretty big nowadays. Today I was surprised to see an article on nostalgia for Web 1.0 . Er, Web 1.0 , you ask. What...

I recently saw this picture on my Facebook feed along with a caption "What a shame". I decided to push on this. Why is it a ...

On the very same day that Canada's new government took office with a cabinet that was made up of 50% women, the RIS (the Reviving the I...

So on the subway today, as I was preparing to doze off until my stop, an elderly white gentleman seated beside me suddenly turned to me and...

No one really, really tells you how your life will change once you have kids. Every one is like, "aww... how sweet! You are going to ...

So recently at Walmart I suddenly spotted the Lego set 76026 on clearance, and picked one up. This Sunday, with no plans but to stay ...

So it has been a busy summer, and therefore a lack of posts here. Cottage. Now there's a word that has completely flipped its meaning...

This actually happened today at work. C: Hey man, why didn't you meet us for lunch? D: Oh, I didn't know you guys were going. W...

By now it's old news that an US-led investigation has led to Swiss officials arresting seven top FIFA officials in Zurich, and the US f...

I have started to write for Halal Foodie , a website devoted to halal restaurants and food in and around Toronto, as well as restaurant dis...

So I was shopping with my wife for groceries when suddenly she said, "We MUST stop over here." Another man was walking past whe...

So there I was, sitting on the food court of the mall with my son Yusuf. We were waiting for my wife to finish her shopping. I was sitting,...

For so long we South Asians in Canada had to do with a milk jug. White people visiting our house would leave mystified as to why we have a ...

So while perusing through Facebook I saw that one of my friends had posted this. This is not her original post, of course, but a retwe...

I recently moved condos in Toronto. For the first time I was in a position to spend money on professional movers (rather than googling onli...

I love reading, and growing up I had a library of books at home. Unlike many others, I can actually pinpoint the first book that I read whi...

"You guys have such a Hindu culture!" The above was said to me by a Pakistani acquaintance just as we were discussing the 3-0 d...

Note: This article was first published, with minor changes for format, in The Message , the official magazine publication of the Muslim St...

Spring in Canada was supposed to begin on March 20, 2015. The news channels gleefully report the low temperatures as "spring" off...

Finally, after a month and a half, we are on the cusp of crowning a new ODI champion. The World Cup finalists are the two co-hosts, Austral...