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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Arfa Karim Randhawa
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.
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.
- They blame CIA and US from anarchy to bad Governance.
- They protest throughout the year.
- 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.
- 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.
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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.
A Piece of Higher Poetry Which Makes My Heart Flutter!
اج سک متراں دی ودھیری اے
?Why is it that the yearning for the Loved One (i.e., the Holy Prophet) is especially strong today
کیوں دلڑی اداس گھنیری اے
لوں لوں وچ شوق چنگیری اے
?Why is my heart sadder today than even before
?Why does longing penetrate every tissue of mine
اج نیناں لائیاں کیوں جھڑیاں
Pakistan, Sim City or Vice City: Finding Analogy
GTA-Vice City
Often an article I read a couple of years back on DAWN’s bolgosphere strikes in my mind. The article was “P for Pepsi, P for Pakistan”. Then, I hated this idea, the author and even the I left reading DAWN’s blogs. It was a surprise for me and I kept asking myself, How the hell such a daft person managed to make a space on the prestigious newspaper’s site?
Now when I look back and analyze circumstances in the very context of that blogger, I feel he was right, In fact very right. He argued, that pakistan should get a sponsor i.e. pepsi or it even be a Microsoft apple or any other top 100 renowned brands of the world. The central idea was to project the softer image of Pakistan in the world. You may agree or disagree but certainly it the author was desperate.
Recent brutal killing of a civilian youth by a ranger made me desperate too. Killing, firing, suicide bombing, rapes, rule of law, lack of governance, murders, street violence, gangs, gang wars, drones, dhranas, anguish, cries and pseudo-protests reminds me nothing but a video game. Game that almost envisage all the circumstances of Pakistan today. Grand theft auto: Vice City.
But wait………
You Scratch My Back, I’ll Stab Yours!
Flag of the Pakistan Army
Finally, ISI briefed the Parliament. Same parliament who offered Fatiha Khwani for another pseudo-Shaheed few days before. Shuja the ISI chief was put to the test for his name. As the chief rose to the rostrum, taunts from the political classroom (as there was no monitor or teacher in class) started pelting. Shuja stood and hold his ground, he did not only take tirade. He shot back and I imagine he punched leader of opposition right on the nose (which my gut says would have bleed) with a remark. According to a news report Continue reading
Lawrence of Incompetence
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Leadership may have different styles or types but no one can deny the fact that a leader must possess competence. This is exactly what our current pseudo-democratic leadership lacks. I am not asking for super visionary, highly competent, super fit, highly qualified or most capable leadership; but mere competence, just fit, qualified and reasonably capable leadership.
Love or Social Engineering?
Heart Engineering
Every time I write on something, very first step I take is consult the dictionary; this time I didn’t. I felt that I need not to explain to you about Love. I used wikipedia to find the more appropriate definition of Social Engineering, which will be discussed later in the article. To write something you surely do have to read the stuff about it covering more than one angle to get the more holistic view that may be you as an author is missing. I Googled this topic many times but I found nothing close to my point of view. So, I thought It would be worth sharing (what I observed about this) comparison.
First, let me explain to you what is social engineering. According to wikipedia (which is not an authentic source and discouraged to cite as a researcher) Social Engineering is defined from two perspectives.
