In this short story, Humayun Malik throws a critical lens on the beauty standards of the society and how deeply it impacts women.
Whenever Mom went to the hospital she used to tell me, I’m going—bye…
But when she left me forever, she told me nothing!
How do I explain her—through surgeries how her mother lost the ability to talk.
She also questions, How my mom stays away without me!
Come on, she then proposes, let’s bring her back digging the soil of her grave.