Maira was born in and grew up in Lahore. She is an anthropologist, and teaches at a university in the U.S. She makes the best chai. ‘House, Wife’ was in the top 10 for Nimrod International Journal 2022 Francine Ringold Award for New Writers.
She saw the shopper with tomatoes as soon as she opened the kitchen door. There were five tomatoes. She saw them in the bag. Absolutely, she saw five unmistakably round and red tomatoes…