Nida Farid
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Category: Travel
She pulled open the curtains and let the morning light in. The city sprawled ahead below her. Hundreds and thousands of houses, with solar panels installed on their rooftops, and trees lining the streets between them. The houses gave way to the Margalla Hills in the distance, the early morning rays making the backdrop hazy.…
The trawler rumbles across the grey tidal flats, bringing back a group of people and picking up new passengers to take a kilometre out where there are better pickings of shellfish. The passengers getting off all have full bags. Hmm, I wonder what they found? Clams, oysters, conches, crabs, mussels, scallops? They are going to…
The car rolled over the hill, and a hundred shades of green unfolded before her. Her heart and breath stopped. Every part of her body was focused on the view before her. The valley below could be called agricultural land by those without a heart. But there would be very few who could remain unaffected…
A regular dose of awe is good for our mental health, according to experts. Being in nature has always been known to have therapeutic effects, but awe has a separate therapeutic effect from nature itself. It may be because of the humbling effect of awe. We suddenly realize how tiny we are compared to the…
The hermit crab froze. His ivory and orange striped pincers suspended mid-step in the air, as he looked at the crow in front of him. The crow continued poking at the bush in front of her, trying to see if there was a dead branch it could use for her nest. Then she went back…
