Every time I visit the Pakistan embassy in Colombo, the first question they ask me is not ‘what’s your purpose of visit?’ But, ‘tea or coffee.’ That’s the only embassy that welcomes me with a smile. Rest of the cricketing world treat me like a criminal or look at me suspiciously.
I like quiet people. Smart as fuck. Zero show-off. No performance. No drama. Just a calm vibe. Who aren't loud just to be noticed. Who read deep books. Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche. Who can sit through a 2-hour documentary about bees and aliens and octopuses and genuinely enjoy it. They find beauty in the ordinary things. Think deeply. Talk less, understand more. The ones who stay low-key and private in a world obsessed with being "seen". These are my people.