Do these following remarks seem familiar? “I’m always making a fool of myself!” “Mein to hoon hi aisi!” (I am like this!) “Meray saath to hamesha aisa hi hota hai, kiyon keh mein itni bay waqoof hoon!” (This always happens with me, because I’m such a stupid fool!) “Idiot” “Total nut case!” These are a …
Its about my experiences as a published writer of features for newspapers and magazines ….. I always thought that what you read in an article is exactly how the writer planned it. It isn’t. In fact many a times when a writer sees his or her work in print – it comes as a …
These days, I’m making another one of my dreams come true. Attending art classes by the world famous artists of Pakistan: Mansoor Rahi and Hajra Mansoor. Their art classes are like getting a ‘two in one’ deal! The moment I enter the class I feel quite happy to have made the …
An article written in 1996 printed in Dawn’s Sunday Magazine, now I’m sharing it with you after updating it. Only a few years ago, if someone had said I was going to be a writer, I’d say ‘Me, a writer? Never! I am only an artist. And an artist cannot write – she paints!’ But …
Now comes the hard part of life. Learning to forgive those who have harmed you or tried to! All my life, I’ve tried to be a forgiving person. But sometimes, some people really do some very unforgivable things to you, and that too, deliberately, with the desire to inflict pain and hurt. Due to …
(This article was published in Woman’s Own Magazine from Karachi, Pakistan, in June 2011.) I’ve just updated this article while posting it for you. Recently, I met a lovely young girl who mentioned that she was depressed for three years. This inspired me to re-write this article and put it on my blog, just for …
“Take care!” we end most conversations meaning, take care of yourself. You won’t be happy if you don’t ‘take care’ of your loved ones too. But you can’t do that if you don’t put them in your ‘to do’ list. That is what this blog is all about. “Darling, I don’t have time, too much …
We are constantly growing… no matter what age we are. And in the same way every relationship we are in, is also growing. We are constantly in a state of movement. A state of motion or lagging behind in some way or the other. Look closely, your relationship with your father, mother, sisters, brothers, boss, …
OUR FAMILY’S STRENGTHS (This write up was just meant for ourselves, but I want to share it now. This was written in 2009 – two years before he passed away, it was just a family activity which Nataliya asked us all to do. The way Najib wrote it, was just awesome. He summed up our family’s …
