Nida A. Hasan

Sep 29, 2024 | browngirlmagazine.com | Nida A. Hasan

4 min read In a particular scene, one of the film’s main characters Farooq (Vineet Kumar Singh), a struggling writer, tells a producer, “if it’s made well, people will watch it!” He says this in response to the producer rejecting his movie pitch because the latter feels the audience-at-large is not interested in watching ordinary people on the big screen. It’s not quite what “sells,” he believes firmly.

Sep 23, 2024 | browngirlmagazine.com | Nida A. Hasan

3 min read Much like the world’s biggest metropolises, Mumbai is India’s ‘City of Dreams’ — a land of opportunities, a symbol of hope. But where a stark class divide peers through its colorful chaos; a city bursting at the seams with a vastly diverse set of small-town migrants who, to an outsider, may seem happily entrapped in the monotony of life. But Mumbai is home to many stories of struggle, of lone survivors battling to belong.

Sep 4, 2024 | browngirlmagazine.com | Nida A. Hasan

3 min read Somewhere in the first couple of chapters of her debut memoir, multi-talented digital creator/blogger Mahvish Ahmed writes,“I didn’t ever want to go back to the person I was in Lahore, and I liked who I was slowly becoming in Karachi…in the crashing waves at French Beach, in the rush-hour traffic at Teen Talwar, and in the vibrancy of the melting pot that is Karachi. I found home.

Jun 5, 2024 | browngirlmagazine.com | Nida A. Hasan

10 min read **Trigger Warning: Mental Health, Suicide**Aisha (Sana Asad) is a high-functioning, Type A individual with a checklist to manage just about everything. She’s a great friend, a supportive girlfriend, a responsible daughter and a good student. Yet it’s her final year thesis that’s somehow become the bane of her existence — she just can’t get herself to work on it. The reality of her struggle though is beyond academics.

Apr 2, 2024 | browngirlmagazine.com | Nida A. Hasan

7 min read If tourists and travel bloggers haven’t said this enough already, I’ll say it again: Pakistan is a country rich in culture and craft that is diverse, distinct, and unique, all at the same time. Yet that richness seldom makes it past the confines of its home. There are obviously multiple factors involved — political instability, limited technological development and access, and a system that severely lacks organization.