PinnedZaithoon Bin AhamedA dozen, Lankan-style, Sunday laughs!They’re called trishaws, three-wheelers, rickshaws, autos, tuk-tuks, etc. — a menacingly common mode of transportation in several Asian…Aug 27, 20232Aug 27, 20232
Zaithoon Bin AhamedBallet Shoes, Never Worn[From Flash Fiction Writing Workshop — we picked topics out of a bowl, and we were given some loose guidelines and 10 minutes to write a…Oct 29, 2023Oct 29, 2023
Zaithoon Bin AhamedFinding ‘Common Ground’ In A Foreign LandDedicated to all my ‘Pataka’ (firecracker/sexy) friends in India!Apr 16, 2023Apr 16, 2023
Zaithoon Bin AhamedLock, Stock and Ready to Roll Into 2023!‘Today is the first day of the rest of my life’ … said John Denver in one of his older hits from the 1960s. It’s very apt during these…Jan 2, 2023Jan 2, 2023
Zaithoon Bin AhamedTo Detach or Attach …As a teenager, I was fascinated with the news — yes, this is true. However, at the time, it was not so much the content of the news I was…Aug 29, 2022Aug 29, 2022
Zaithoon Bin AhamedA Pure Heart, A Fickle Mind …My weekends in Hanoi, Vietnam are relatively chilled out and relaxing because I don’t have the typical distractions or ‘extra-curricular’…Aug 12, 2022Aug 12, 2022
Zaithoon Bin AhamedRoot Cause Alert — Has Sri Lanka Finally Re-Set?When I came to Vietnam about six months ago on a work assignment, one of my challenges was to find food that was pork free. Pork is a very…Apr 4, 2022Apr 4, 2022
Zaithoon Bin AhamedThe Mid-Life Catastrophe — A Catalyst or Crisis?During my daily reading, I often fall prey to clickbait of various articles and reviews that pop up on the channels and forums I frequent…Feb 2, 2022Feb 2, 2022
Zaithoon Bin AhamedWhat The … Frying Pan!I had never been to Vietnam until I took up a two-year assignment in Hanoi about three months ago during the height of the COVID-19…Dec 17, 2021Dec 17, 2021
Zaithoon Bin AhamedThe Antidote to Staying Young — Be ‘Interesting’When you were a child, do you remember older folks asking you what you want to be when you grow up? I find myself doing the same with kids…Nov 8, 2021Nov 8, 2021
