Eid Mubarak!

It was time of the year again, when kids swarm every cow,  goat and camel in the street, and no matter how hard you try, you ultimately fall to one of the ‘cow dung’ traps strategically placed enroute to the masjid
But, today is Eid and over the next few days the animals will [...]

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A Word of Advice.

I’m kind of busy these days with a lot of things, so time to update the blog is hard to come by. So, apologies to anyone who visits and doesn’t find anything new that’s worthwhile here!
Anyway, so as I’m stuffed up with things to do right now, I thought it would be best to offer [...]

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Complex Problems – Simple Solutions

I’d like to share this article, which discusses the de-merits of the education system in Pakistan, and why it’s so important to bring about a change in the minds of the young. Creativity, Innovation, Imagination- forgotten words in the vocabulary of Pakistani students, who learn to see the world only as they are taught, without [...]

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The desire for oblivion

Oblivion is defined as “the state of being unaware or unconscious”
Oblivion is a desire of the weak. For those who can’t stand the test of time, or are too afraid to face the reality.
The desire for oblivion is seen in many forms around us- some are rather obvious, like when the poor fellow who has [...]

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Long lost poetry :P

I wrote some poems a long time ago, but for some reason they just stayed in my personal folder on my pc and never found their way out of it
So, here they are.. admittedly, the work of an amateur

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Fairness

I was just wondering the other day- what exactly does the concept of fairness imply? Can we ever expect fairness from this world?
The answer that popped up in my mind immediately was in the negative. In this world, a single criteria is set for success- regardless of what a person has to go through, what [...]

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The Greedy Altruist

In my opinion, altruism can never exist in man, and the most altruistic of men are in fact, the most greedy. For those who don’t know, altruism, according to the oxford dictionary, refers to :
“The belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others”
Hence, by looking at the definition of [...]

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Who am I?

I am fast, I am furious, I am unrelenting, and unbelievably cold. I wait for no one- and every man is exposed to my trial. You can run, you can hide- but you can not escape me. I can not be bribed or [...]

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Reality Check

Wrote this a long time back- or what seems to be a long time back now. 03/11/2005.
Time flies, the clock cries
Yet you indulge in your brainless lies
You arent even aware of what logic implies-
Is that the reason behind your demise?

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