Mother to Mother-in-law on December 25, 2021“A mother gives you a life, a mother-in-law gives you her life.”?Amit Kalantri (Wealth of Words) There is nothing more precious in the world than the child borne by a mother. The day mothers hold the bundle of joy in their arms is the day all the wealth of this world turns into sand. Nothing […]
Stripped and Abused! on December 18, 2021“Men don’t sexually assault women because they are lustful; they do it because they want to dominate, humiliate and abuse women. They do it because they view women as objects” ?Kirsten Powers Many times, ordinary people have managed to catch hold of men trying to burgle or steal and all they do is beat the […]
State—A Moral Person? on December 11, 2021“When there is a lack of honour in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned”?Herbert Hoover When Joseph Conrad said that the belief in a supernatural source of evil was not necessary as men alone were quite capable of every wickedness, he was not really wrong. Many times culprits and criminals, while admitting […]
Fearful of Fear on December 4, 2021“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light” Plato The physical version of fear is actually an emotion that emerges from an anticipated infliction of pain, harm, or anxiety and can be caused by someone or something. Even […]
Playing Political Yoyo on November 27, 2021“If you choose to put political expediency and politics ahead of the men and women on the ground, for that, you’ll have to answer to yourself. I find it morally reprehensible”?Michael Richard Pompeo Under Article 16 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a fundamental right of the citizens is the freedom to […]
Sports and Sportsmanship on November 20, 2021“Sports inculcate something in you that no institution, family or friendship can. A quality that eventually emanate(s) from you, something called Sportsmanship”?Sandeep Sahajpal If Earth has to be divided on the basis of competition, it would probably be the political world, the knowledgeable world and the world of sports. The former, with all its nation-states, […]
Perpetual Quest for Wealth on November 13, 2021“Imam Hussein Ibn Ali al-Shaheed was once asked: what is affluence? He said: ‘Decreasing your wishes, and being satisfied with what is enough for you”?Allama Majlisi Biharol Anwar Vol. 78 P. 102 Wishes are endless and usually the more these are fulfilled, the more they pile up. A famous story of yesteryears is that of […]
Matrilineal or Patrilineal? on November 6, 2021“Matrilineal succession is the only thing that makes sense as far as I’m concerned, since you always know who the mother is, and the father could be anyone. Most of the royal dynasties of the world didn’t agree with me though, which is why history is filled with idiot kings.”?April White, “Marking Time” While learning […]
Makeup or Mask-up? on October 30, 2021“It’s our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it won’t make your soul pretty”?Kevyn Aucoin One of the basic instincts of human beings, regardless of sex, is to look presentable. For this purpose, they use different kinds of things, including soaps, oils, […]
Playing the Religion Card on October 23, 2021“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful”?Seneca Lucius Seneca Essentially, religion has been defined as the belief in and submission to one superhuman deity or many gods. Great philosophers and thinkers have produced a wealth of literature on the subject of religion […]