Humour by Rehana Munir: Rise and shine

Here’s a cliché reversal: You absolutely can speak to me before my morning chai. I won’t growl, swear or whine. It’s a new day, and though there’s a lot of pressure from the cool clan to resist the insistence of the sun, some of us are actually glad that the much-vaunted night-time has ended. That’s perhaps because we, unlike the majority of humanity with an OTT subscription, went off to bed at a refreshingly early hour. No, we’re not monks or contrarians. We possess thriving interior and social lives. It’s just that we’re not in thrall to the dark hours and all the social credit they grant. Daylight suits our fancy just fine.