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Samin Sabah Islam

Samin Sabah Islam is on a quest to find the perfect diet while simultaneously swallowing the last slice of pizza. Throw her some tips at

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FABLE FACTORY / Another day, another dollar

The day my feet touch the ground from here, she decided at that instant, is the day I finally become a woman.
23 September 2020, 18:00 PM
23 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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FABLE FACTORY / To you, Bhatu dadu

Bhatu dadu died on a Friday morning, uneventfully and unobtrusively, surprising none in the village.
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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FICTITIOUS / Fireflies

What is it about fireflies?
29 July 2020, 18:00 PM
29 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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You, my favourite things

You’re a work of fine art.
8 July 2020, 18:00 PM
8 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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FABLE FACTORY / Rain Dance

"He'll be here for the next one," he sighed and dropped to the ground too, "That's the good thing about birthdays. There's always more to look forward to, unless you die before the next of course."
1 July 2020, 18:00 PM
1 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Song that speaks half truth

Sing me a song of merrier times.
17 June 2020, 18:00 PM
17 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Burdened Hearts

Burdened Hearts

On the night of my wedding I break the ice with my newly wedded husband by telling him about the first man I loved.
13 November 2019, 18:00 PM
13 November 2019, 18:00 PM
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Women

I store my tears in a jar,
7 August 2019, 18:00 PM
7 August 2019, 18:00 PM
The Beauty Regimen that Costs Nothing

The Beauty Regimen that Costs Nothing

Tired of fairness creams, YouTube tutorials and internet remedies that gets you nowhere to being the lustrous, flawless, model like beings you want to be? Perhaps you've been looking at beauty the wrong way all along.
26 October 2016, 18:00 PM
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Dealing with Best Friend's Break Up

If you are living vicariously through your best friend's relationship, deciding the next text and gobbling down their
5 October 2016, 18:00 PM
PYROMANIAC

PYROMANIAC

The walls were white, too white in fact, almost mocking me. The comatose pastiness challenged me, daring me to add colour to it.
22 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Misfit

Misfit

Ayesha was studying late that night for the quiz the following day. Interrupting her study sessions, her phone rang to life from an unknown caller.
6 April 2016, 18:00 PM
The Cynic

The Cynic

She wouldn't know friendship if it shook her right hand...
23 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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to Love

I remember meeting him for the first time when I was a cheerful third grader. At the tender age of 12, I found a friend in him.
24 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Sacrificing Fools

Sacrificing Fools

Mariah and Aarav, being incredibly close friends since childhood, gave their parents the impression that they would make a perfect married couple.
10 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Sinner

SINNERS

Who are we really, are we angels of the Lord?
27 January 2016, 18:00 PM
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