Littering: Our national character on March 20, 2021“I see litter as part of a long continuum of anti-social behaviour”?Bill Bryson An interesting video came up on social groups where one strong person not only thrashed four boys sitting in a vehicle before his own in a traffic jam but also emptied the contents of a rubbish bin into their car. The reason […]
Variety is spice of life on March 13, 2021“The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety”- Felix Mendelssohn If the whole world were to follow the same lifestyle—same language, same clothes, same food, same mannerism, same outlook, same culture—how morbid and mundane it would all appear! Nothing to get impressed with, nothing to make fun of, nothing to bring a smile or […]
Charity via empowerment on March 6, 2021“Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it”-John D Rockefeller When a man came begging to our holy Prophet, Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) for a couple of dirhams, instead of giving him alms he (PBUH) bought him, for the same amount, an axe and a rope. This was providing him with […]
The eternal legacy! on February 28, 2021“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate”?Albert Schweitzer An overwhelming number of people in this world are so engrossed in their own lives that they find little time to attend to others’ needs. Not that humans are a selfish specie but it […]
When empowerment is crime! on February 20, 2021“Unless the issue of the empowerment of women is addressed, the practice of women being unfairly treated will remain unresolved”—Kapil Sibal In addition to scientific and technological advancements, the world today has moved towards better integration of relationship between men and women because of empirically-proven data and irrefutable information for better understanding of each other’s […]
Heroism or thoughtlessness? on February 13, 2021“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost”?Arthur Ashe Starting on a lighter tone with a famous joke, when a person jumped off a passenger liner to save another man from drowning as he accidentally […]
Dependency crisis syndrome on February 5, 2021“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”?Jim Rohn Undoubtedly, human beings are dependent upon nature, animals and of course other human beings to fulfill multitude needs related to their physical and emotional well-being. Where on the […]
The helpless, the powerless! on January 30, 2021“We all hit moments when we feel helpless. The test is how we react to that feeling. We can either learn from it and move forward or let it drag us down”―Travis Bradberry Ms. B is an educated lady, comes from a high class, rich and sophisticated family that played a pivotal role in […]
Consumer protection scene in Pakistan on January 23, 2021In Donoghue v Stevenson (1932) 562 (HL), a famous British case decided in the House of Lords, Lord Atkin established that ‘duty of care’ should be displayed by all those who were engaged in an activity that directly affected other human beings. He expressively observed: “…a manufacturer of products, which he sells in such a […]
Satti and police highhandedness on January 15, 2021“Is adult amusement killing our children, or is killing our children amusing adults”―Marilyn Manson The year 2021 opened with the tragic death of Usama Nadeem Satti, a 21 years old Pakistani civilian youth, resident of the capital city, who was mercilessly killed by the Islamabad police because he allegedly did not stop his vehicle when […]