Spring- The Message of Diversity and Hope

The Moon is staring upon me like a frenzied lover, stars blush as the rose blooms in the cheek of a young fair maiden. The night is ticking by- tick tock tick tock- but sleep is far away from these swollen eyes. My beginner’s mind is like the brook drinking in its first drop from [...]

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Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy ‘I Salute You

In today’s society a country is valued by its women’s progress. Developing support to progress doesn’t occur naturally, it’s a concept that must be nurtured every day. It is necessary to replace  fear with hope and I think it is probably the single most powerful trampoline of progress; thence, it is a moral responsibility of [...]

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Shedding Silent Tears

Winter has finally arrived. The end of the year is approaching; very soon we will enter into another year of this century with bundle of hopes. As usual, I’m standing at balcony gazing at the  sky, observing th calm sea, listening to heartwarming melodies that drive me crazy while, the mildness of breeze and the [...]

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Charlie Chaplin’s Famous Speech

Charlie Chaplin has left something awe-inspiring  to the world, to ponder. He was  famous for his comedic monologues actually pulled off astounding powerful speech of all the time. On Facebook hub – where so many stories in so many frames and sizes, hues and tones are coming together, suddenly my gaze happened to drift up [...]

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Pin-drop Moments!!!

The moments that have made history and leave us speechless are scripted here, which are taken from various sources. The  sheer pin drop silence during meeting, interview or personal debate. Few incidents are: A story is told that one public challenge to Rumi came from a Muslim dignitary, Qonavi, who confronted Rumi before an audience. [...]

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Social Networking- A boon or a curse!

First published in Chitraltimes on 6th April, 2011 With time we humans are able to build mega projects; huge highways, bridges and finally we reached the moon but our thinking becomes increasingly shallower each day. Our foresightedness becomes vagrant possibly because we are being enslaved by the secret societies. We are able to make bombs [...]

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Family Fun Fest!

“ Religion  is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, and it is to be humble.” Ralph Waldo Emerson   I’m always entangled and influenced by my surroundings. The people who endure me say that I’m a sufferer of wanderlust in the desert of thoughts because I deeply [...]

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Be Volunteer Not Valentine

I awoke early in the morning and noticed the lovely blue sky, saw the beauty of the river. “How peaceful it is”, my sister said. I was having a cup of tea reading Sunday newspapers and finished reading with many questions in my mind. It is too depressing to read newspapers. The headlines reek of mass [...]

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Democracy-A Revenge From Whom?

My friends call me fortunate when I tell them that I live in Clifton, Karachi. I live in Karachi’s most secure area, close to Bilawal House. They think I live in peace, serenity and placidity yet hardships are faced daily. When  the infamous President is in town, especially traveling from university, my life gets more hugger-mugger [...]

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People Who Have Influenced Me The Most

“When we seek to discover the best in others,we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.” (William Arthur Ward) My influences are not bounded one, it’s all around me, all I have to do is to look and pay attention.  I believe that to have an influential character in life is very important; it gives [...]

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