Snake charmer

Published October 30, 2016

Rabi Pirzada is one brave gal. She is known for speaking her mind and doing whatever she feels like doing.

Here’s the latest on her: the pop singer has got a bunch of snakes, including a cobra, as her pets and is super-excited about it. She has been quoted to have said that every time she returns home from work and enters the room where she has kept the snakes, she can sense that the reptiles feel happy to see her back home.

Hmm… this implies that she can relate to them on some slithering level. Hisss …

Published in Dawn, Sunday Magazine, October 30th, 2016

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