It was all so strange. Our family, full of intrigue and deception, backbiting and backstabbing, was a microcosm of Pakistani society. The rule was simple: Do whatever you want to do, just blanket it.

It is a strategy used by negotiators to wear down hijackers and other terrorists; buy enough time, and the target will eventually succumb.

He picked up my own words and hurled them back at me until I lost the thread of logic.

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In the past, my tears, my arguments, my pleadings had been like applause to his great acts of misplaced masculinity. Now my composure upset him; my silence weakened him.

I fantasized about our house in Lahore and, in my mind, planned how I would redecorate it. This was metaphorical; the house was my country and its interior design my politics.

These are abstracts of someone's life to which we can relate.

When a woman with brains and beauty from a wealthy background decides to take her fate into her own hands and challenge the restrictions of a male-oriented, conservative society, the consequences can be devastating.Born into one of Pakistan's most influ

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