Shoes, history and politics on January 23, 2020Human beings, since their beginning on the planet earth, have been covering their bodies in one form or the other. They must have invented some type of a dress to safeguard them from heat and cold. They also must have made some kind of a footwear to protect their feet from injury and bites of […]
All will be lost on January 9, 2020Earlier, there used to be twenty-two rich families in the country, but now there are twenty-two thousand filthy rich families in Pakistan The present state of affairs in the country is mainly because of a race to accumulate as much wealth as possible in the shortest possible time Since our primary school days, we have […]
Musharraf Trial and verdict on December 28, 2019The special court verdict in Gen Pervaiz Musharaf case was shocking for the entire nation in particular and for the whole word in general. Not being an expert on legal matters and am not being directly or indirectly connected to the legal community of the country, I am not in a position to discuss the […]
December 27, a dark day on December 27, 2019This day , the most unfortunate and deplorable day in the history of Pakistan, when we lost twice elected prime minister and the voice of poor and downtrodden people of Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto’s murder was a great set back not only for Pakistan but for the entire world. The voice of reconciliation was silenced forever […]
Letter writing — a lost art on December 21, 2019Mirza Ghalib the greatest Urdu language poet said, “Chand Tasweer r Buttan, Naiz Chand Hasenoon Kay Khatoot, Bas Mernay Kay Meray Ghar Say Yay Saman Nikla (A few photographs of beloveds and letters of beauties, that is all which was found in my house after my death) So the only precious treasure he had was […]
Amar Shonar Bangla on December 13, 2019The arrival of December takes every patriotic Pakistani to the sweet memories of “Sohnari Bengal” (Golden Bengal), which was once a part of Pakistan as East Pakistan. It was on December 16, 1971, when the eastern wing of Pakistan ceased to be a part of the country. It was the darkest morning in the history […]
Lonely sea, religion, art and literature on December 5, 2019Seas are very deep and carry only God knows how many treasures and secrets in their depths. In every language of the world, in poetry and in prose, we find very frequent references to the sea. Similarly, in the paintings of famous artists, sea or sea life is depicted in one form or the other. […]
Hajj — what an experience! on December 1, 2019For Muslims around the globe, three months of the Islamic calendar carries special significance and respect, Ramadan, RabiulAwwal and Zil Hajj. In these three months Muslims from all over the world visit the holiest places in Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah and Hajj, and Umrah and to visit the Masjeed e Nabvi and […]
Thanks, KSA for Hajj on November 28, 2019For Muslims around the globe, three months of the Islamic calendar carry special significance and respect: Ramadan, Rabi-ul-Awwal and Zil Hajj. In these three months, Muslims from all over the world visit the holiest places in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah and Hajj and visit the Masjid-e-Nabvi and the Roza-e-Rasool (PBUH). The […]
Remembering Shamoo Khala (Altaf Fatima) on November 19, 2019On November 19, 2018, I lost my loving Shamoo Khala; ever smiling and caring, her love was for all. By profession she was a teacher and a lecturer, but that was her passion also. Her love for teaching, it was her deep love for education that she made her principle to teach small girls and […]