Get to know... Aisha Ahmed

Aisha Ahmed (@AishaRAhmed) is planning to buy a car, craving mutton biryani, and wishing she had better memory

Get to know... Aisha Ahmed

• High point in life

  Growing up with my grandparents.

• Low point in life

  None, it’s all been pretty good.

• On my playlist

  So Easy, by Olivia Dean; Rung, by HAVI; Aaj Koi Baat Ho Gayee, by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

• On my speed dial

  Mom.

• Today I’m craving

  I’m always craving a good mutton biryani.

• Next big splurge

  Hopefully a car.

• Last thing I ordered online

  A T-shirt that says, Show Me Your bOOks. Haha!

• App I check before going to bed

  All the alarms.

• Advice I’d give my 18-year-old self

  You will figure it out.

• My secret skill

  The ability to forget both bad and good things. Just forgetfulness.

• A superpower I wish I had

  Better memory.

• My favourite Sunday memory while growing up

  Since I grew up in a boarding school, on Sundays we were allowed to wear “home” clothes and would be served biryani for dinner.

• My most star-struck moment so far

  Meeting Natalie Portman.

• My favourite bad habit

  I’m lazy and I love it.

• If I could travel back in time, I’d

  Speak a lot more to my Nani.

• A trait I despise in people

  A lack of civic sense.

• I won’t leave the house without

  A hair tie.

• The best thing about fame

  People’s behaviour definitely changes around you.

• The worst thing about fame

  People’s behaviour definitely changes around you.