“I think God changed His mind right at the end.” My Mom said to me when you were born. While expecting you, I was sure you were a boy, as you were very active. It seems she was right. You grew up to be a real tom boy, your favorite dress was tee-shirt with …
– The synergy factor! Sometimes, you are faced with a situation which feels overwhelming, and quite impossible. But the fun part comes, when you end up doing something even more ‘impossible’ due to it. A synergy takes place, and you come up with an idea, which is completely new and thrilling. That is what happened …
(My overwhelming visit to The National Library of Pakistan, Islamabad.) I have experienced in life, that …. everything really does happen for a reason. You may get to understand it or not. It certainly isn’t all coincidence. A few weeks ago, my mentor turned friend Abbas Husain called up, as he does, when he …
Scenes of places around Seattle, when it got heavy snow during winter of 2008 (An article which I wrote while I was in USA in December 2008). Pakistan. Does the name ring a bell? Does it remind you of something you saw on television? Something which has some other words attached to it like ‘terrorists’, …
A book dedicated to the teachers of Pakistan. By Danish Rahi. Last week, when I received a call from Danish Rahi asking me to speak on the occasion of book launch of The Pakish Identity. I found out the book was 364 pages, and my speech was to be between 3-5 minutes. I …
When you are trying to do what you really want to do! Abbas Husain my mentor and friend often uses this terminology which is so blatantly true about our lives today. How can we focus? “Nothing can be achieved unless you allocate a time and place to it. –even if one of these is …
Just read these verses by Rumi…. . I think reading Rumi’s verses can actually make one a bit dizzy. They really tend to hit home. As life goes on, you realize that there are times where you just have to surrender and trust Him. Many times we do not understand what is happening to us. …
How their ‘coverage’ has exposed the media of the world. Within the last couple of weeks, so much has happened. First, Abdul Sattar Edhi – the greatest philanthropist in Pakistan, passes away on 8th July 2016. We were still reeling from that, and we hear on 12th July that Agha Nasir, the great …
(Spirit of Edhi lives on in each Pakistani from now onwards…) Ever since I heard of Abdul Sattar Edhi’s passing away last night, I couldn’t sleep. In the morning, I didn’t feel like getting up and stepping into a world without Edhi in it. – Just watched his ‘namaz-e-janaza’ in National Stadium, Karachi, on television. …
