Arfa Karim Randhawa

All we have to say is this “You Left Unfinished and Yet We Are Proud.”

To Arifa Karim Randhawa from I'm No Superman!!

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 Arifa Karim Randhawa (late) —  The Youngest Legend

100 Words Series – My Waste Basket of Writing!

There are times when I have something to say but that is not enough to make it a hefty post. For this very reason, I started this page to say 100 words. These 100 words should be enough to the kindle the fire or to fuel the existing fire.

For me, this page is kind of waste basket. A ‘wanna be’ writer’s waste basket and serves the purpose of saying what should be said.

The wastebasket is a writer’s best friend. ~Isaac Bashevis

Blog Review – 2011

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,200 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 4 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

Few Signs of PTI Supporter!

You can diagnose any one around you talking politics if he/she is PTI supporter or not. Here are few (of many) symptoms.

1. They blame CIA and US from anarchy to bad Governance.
2. They protest throughout the year.
3. They want a liberal political leader and yet they like to be friends with fundamentalists who like to blow girls’ schools, barber shops and cut the throats of innocent children for bringing حلوہ (halwa) to armed forces.
4. They talk of (arcane) sovereignty violation by US forces and zip their lips on Talibans for doing the same in their beloved country’s territory.
   

Punjab Boards Online System

The new Punjab Boards’ online registration and academic system has cause a lot of stir recently. Newspapers and TV shows have actively criticized and deemed the system as a complete failure.

Out of my shear habit of supporting things pe0ple oppose and opposing things people support, I thought I should have a look into the matter myself. Having a few friends on the development team of the Online System and being an IT person myself, I do have a better idea (than most jerks on Television Shows and Newspapers) of HOW n WHY the system has failed to deliver what it promised in first place.

What is Real Problem? Let’s get to the Roots

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We Pakistanis are in trouble since the creation of this country. Since its creation Pakistan has faced many challenges, which range from financial, infrastructural and political to floods, earthquakes and war on terror. Every thinking or non-thinking brain has his views in Pakistan. As the count of mouths increase conspiracy theories increase. But no one has yet identified the real problem.

Some say it is terrorism, some say it is religiously motivated radicalism, some enlist poor quality of education, lack of leadership and some blame the people of Pakistan in general. I shall try here my bit to unravel what my findings are after the complete autopsy of this country’s history from 1947 onwards. My findings are harsh and hard to swallow. To savvy this point we must first step into neutral zone even by putting off our religious pair of specs.

Tipu Sultan’s Will; A Manifestation by Allama Iqbal

  تو رہ نورد شوق ہے، منزل نہ کر قبول

لیلیٰ بھی ہم نشیں ہو تو محمل نہ کر قبول

If you traverse the road of love, Don’t yearn to seek repose or rest;
If Leila be your companion close, That litter shun with great contempt.

صبح ازل یہ مجھ سے کہا جبرئیل نے

جو عقل کا ہو غلام، وہ دل نہ کر قبول

Gabriel on Creation Early Morning, A piece of useful counsel gave;
He commanded me not accept a heart, Enchained by mind of man like Slave.