Raihanaty A. Jalil

Category: Humour

  • Eating Humble Chapati

    This piece is part of  my “Rejected Stories” collection. Click here to learn more. ‘That’s not a chapati,’ Rai said to her mother, rolling her eyes. Now an expert, of course, after thirty days ‘watching’ her best friend in Zambia make them for her family. Rai had the technique down pat—not through practice, but still.…

  • The Art of Laziness

    Arguably, living a life of laziness actually takes skill. Seriously! Because to a “lazy person” (the term that I will from here on abbreviate to “LP”, being one myself), every action they take must be worthwhile, otherwise they won’t bother carrying it out. So a lot of time is first spent in thinking and planning…