“Assalamo Alaikum!” My friend Seema had called. “What’s going on?” she asked. “I’m celebrating my Friday.” I told her happily. (Meaning: end of week, weekend, fun-time.) “Celebrating Friday or …..” Her pause made me pause too. She is one of my very religious friends. Actually she is an authority on it. She spent not only one …
(…. you too?) How do we cope with daily challenges in life? – Of course with our ‘to do’ list! My mentor Mahjabeen says “You cannot do anything unless you allocate a time and place for it.” Then she adds, “Even if one of them is missing, it will not get done!” That being …
(The best policy in any relationship: husband and wife, friends, boss and subordinate or any other.) It is a fact that arguments weaken a team. It is best to avoid it. Come to think of it. It never takes you anywhere, except to get even further apart. I don’t know why, but that is …
Aren’t my blogs turning into text books? I hope not! I have to be careful, I’ve been an educationist for too many years. My blog on transitional phases in life is actually all about change. One’s ability to do it well revolves around the skill in change management. As they say, the only constant thing …
“You actually take make-up tips from your teenager?” Asked one of my fellow travelers, we were chilling in Ayun, one starry night in Chitral, in 2004. “Yes.” I said. “What do they know?” I was asked. “Well, they do know a lot – considering the fact that they use present day products, a lot better …
I’m talking to all of us smart phone holders. Our minds have been taken over by forwards, quotes, jokes, pics, and what not. Just like our phone starts ‘crashing’ due to so much useless stuff being stuffed into it – our minds do too! Then there are Whats App groups with their barrage of forwards. …
While driving home in driving rain. Just love driving in the rain…. I am going back home after teaching art to twin girls. It is so much fun. While I was busy with the painting work, this morning, my mother sent me a text that we are having my cousin and his family over for lunch. …
“So, what do you do?” A stranger asked me, at a charity dinner of a mesmerizing classical dance performance of Sheema Kirmani. I sat down, at a vacant chair, next to his wife and her sister. They were visiting from UK, or was it Canada? Well, somewhere abroad. I was distracted, looking around for the …
