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Walk with me - The Quran

2019-11-12T20:24:00.001-08:00

Walk with me
I will treat you like a king
Stumble with me
and I won't let you fall
Come read with me
the lessons of life, the method of pray
And you will instill the depth inside
this material world, the eternal side
Let me, hold you
like the hand of a child
so firm, so tight
to just make sure
you reach that point
where trust outflows
And then when you cry
the enlightened heart
will show you the path
of a journey to heaven
- The Quran

Water of Deceive

2016-08-16T05:47:00.000-07:00

I am still not rusty,
But just a little crispy,
From the water of deceive,
I drank from this world

It was all clean and very clear,
as I looked into the round glass,
Reflection so pure, looked so charming
And the touch on the lip very refreshing

Suddenly I found that I have drank it all,
Making me more thirsty, with eyes still sore,
My mind go shut, unable to think,
The H2O worked, completely unnoticed

This is how it usually cheats, looks so sweet, looks so neat,
As a nation, yet, we are deceived with thoughts,
We are deceived with cult, we are deceived with culture
I pray to god, to bring us to senses,
To help us awake from the waters of deceives

Jannat bhara ghar

2015-04-08T23:38:00.001-07:00

جنّت بھرا گھر

میرے چار بچے ایک پیاری سی بیوی
یہ بچے نہیں ہیں ، یہ بیوی نہی ہے
مگر پھر یہ حوروں سے بھی کم نہیں ہیں
کسی کہ یہ آنسو وجہ سے نہیں
کسی کی ہنسی کا بدل بھی نہیں
کبھی یوں ہی اظہار میں چیخ پڑنا
کبھی سر میں انگلی اور بالوں کا ملنا
یہ کپڑے نا ملنا یہ ہوم ورک کی ٹینشن
وہ کھانا پکانے کا مشکل سوال
میرے ہی جوابوں پے مجھ کو سنانا
پھر ماسی کی ٹینشن بہت ہی نرالی
پھر اس کا نہ آنا اور پوچے لگانا
ویکینڈ پر میرے پکے ہوے انڈے
میرے ہی پکے اور جلے سے پراٹھے
یہ سب ہے تو میں ہوں ، یہ سب ہے تو تم ہو
کے اظہار کا وقت ملتا نہیں
تمہیں چاہنے کا وقت ملتا نہیں
مگر یہ سمجھ لو
میری ہر نظر اور میری مسکراہٹ
تمہیں چاہتی ہے ، تمھیں مانتی ہے
کہ دنیا میں جنّت بھرا گھر یہی ہے

My Heart

2014-12-16T12:36:00.001-08:00

My heart went out in the morning, with crying eyes,

The hands that waved at me, the touch that was always magical,

I can feel those little fingers, making waves in my thin white hairs,

These fingers that plucked my pains, erased tiredness,

Is lost in this cruel, relentless world of wild animals......

#PeshawarAttack

Daughters...

2013-07-14T23:33:00.000-07:00

Stars descend to my home in this night,

Moon envied,
Clouds bit shocked,

Sun perplexed,
Sky bit dimmed,

It's all because,
I have the treasure,

Buried in the soil of my heart,

They must have come,
To see it around,

To look how it shines,
To see how it glows

And yes it does glow,
Shinier than stars,
And brighter than sun

It is all priceless,
And no one can pay

The love for me,
That is hidden in her eyes,

It fills up my heart,
With all the wealth of this world,

Can all be seen,
And never can be stolen,

So please go away,
It's not for you,

For their cuddles are brighter than stars!

The Silent World!

2013-06-18T02:04:00.001-07:00

This ocean's quietness,

My heart's emptiness,

That lies with me,

Seems so subtle,

Looks at unease,

These waves all kinetic,

Makes logic mystic,

Yet, I can feel

The water’s depth

And the numbness of my eyes,

Will never go along,

These eyes will need,

Few drops of emotion,

To make me touch,

The base of this ocean,

And then I can sight,

From the ocean’s eyes,

Which find companions,

In this silent world

The Doggy Project Manager

2013-06-10T04:16:00.000-07:00

For a Project Manager human beings do not exists on this planet, rather what they see are dogs. Every stakeholder is ready to take a bite of your flesh, until and unless they are satisfied that they have eaten enough meat and drank enough blood to their satisfaction. And since you see everyone as a dog, you always get treatment like dogs. Wait, sit, drink and go are normal instructions that they have to follow. Don't take stress if you are new project manager, you will soon be accustomed to these traditions.

Therefore as a project manager, your first priority should be PROTECTION. How to protect yourself from external and internal blows? Get things done at the right time. A project manager is always caught if he has not done his homework before the meeting. He needs to understand the audience, and then be prepared on what is going to come to him, and what should be the answers. A lazy project manager is therefore a doggy project manager. He himself is inviting people to treat him like one! Self-protection is one aspect, second is to protect your team. And the second aspect is more dangerous. Because if the customer bites your team member; than the rest of the members, technical lead, CTO and customer will get a good taste of your flesh.

Second and most important, is to understand the requirements of your boss's boss. The message that comes through hierarchy has least reach-ability. And this is common in organizations. So every time you get exposed to management, you start giving a look of a monkey trying to only grab couple of bananas, out of the bunch hanging on the tree. So be smart and play smart. Your CEO is also a monkey; it is just that he wants to see many bananas on the table. The more the bananas the bigger the dollar sign in your CEO eyes, and better you are as a project manager

And then who forgets documentation? You are right, only the doggy project manager forgets to document the commitments. So if you want to live a life of a lion, then document critical decisions during project execution. Humans; be it in business or professional services; are biggest liars. And they would never want to let go any chance to manipulate.

Lastly it is the personal life of project managers. Due to their intense experience on the field, they gradually become skilled liars. They normally put lags, and use delay tactics in their personal life. They know how to manage expectations in some way or the other, so the personal life of project manager is normally balanced, and far better than their technical counterparts.

If only I can try: Vote for yourself

2013-04-30T04:32:00.002-07:00

Don't let it go, don't let the hope die

Please then not blame, and then don't cry

For all that may be done in next few years

It's what we yearned, and never realized

That just one stamp, and just one vote

Could have bought fortune, may have bought luck

And this may not end, if we do not wish

As destiny is in our hands, so please don't hush

Let evil make exit from our lives and home

And let them know, this lands' not for them

Let's hope for a sunshine, without any clouds

Our soul be free, and will be untied,

From fear, from despair of all we have lost

The true essence of a word that is called Freedom

That we once celebrated with harmony and joy

With peace in sand and an affectionate sky

Will soon touch my home, if only I can try

Taken for grrranted...

2013-03-06T03:20:00.004-08:00

Are you one of the kinds of human species, who would always react with a thought "I am always taken for granted"? The term is commonly used when the person on your other side no longer "APPRECIATE" and rather start "EXPECTING" what is not part of your responsibilities.

This is just one simple thing that disables the companies to excel. If the resources are not appreciated and just "taken for granted" for something that they are not even responsible for, it actually creates an element of frustration. Realization and communication are therefore key reactions if one would like to create anti-frustration environment. Imagine a CEO or department head, passing through the corridor and just stopping by one of the resources, to praise and thank for the contribution being done in the last week cut-over activity. I believe praising in public is 10 time more effective then praising in private. On the other hand a public insult is 100 time more destructive and devastating; though the person may have done a mistake, but it will create an element of hatred.

This element has an equally negative impact on relationships. Something that one of the partner may contribute in crucial time for the other, may become a life long expectation for the other. Every relation needs appreciation. Whether it is your spouse, child, parent or a friend. Make a habit of appreciating and thanking others, at times, when some one tries to go beyond the normal actions only to serve or give a helping hand to you. It is just a matter of communicating couple of good gesture sentences, a thank-you SMS or an email.

Small thing matters, and count in a big way in long run!

The War!

2013-01-27T08:11:00.001-08:00

The War!

I am having a war with my internal self
Its a war of status; its a fight for stand
It defines my grade; it sets my goals
Since, always for me, it matters the most

My watch should be TAG, but my life is short
It matters when I die, I am wearing such a strap
And people should beware, a great man has died
As even in his last times, he is wearing his TAG

My clothes from designers, and my boots hand made
The perfume always branded, my socks all matched
I walk with a pride, with all I have achieved
And rest all have failed, its me whom succeed

But a time will come, when you will be deprived
The time on your band will stop for you!
And you would think with so much regret
There was something important, I always forget

This war was stupid without any goals
It wasn't my watch and it was not my clothes
Its neither my glasses and nor my boots
The time was all wasted, and I am near to my end

Alas! this war, has come to an end
Its dark in here, as my deeds can only enlighten
For I have always struggled of what can be seen
But it was deeds of the others, the precious unseen!

Honked on a Red light

2012-09-04T03:23:00.002-07:00

So, you have been honked on red light. What was the first thing that you did when someone did that to you. You may have cursed the person, giving a look at him from your back view mirror. This is a normal reaction. You can really wish that you get out of your car and teach that person a good lesson.

A while back I was with one of our African customer in Dubai, whom had been a great person of hospitality. Being customer he took the front seat with the driver. We were going in a cab and the cab driver honked on a car in front of him on red signal light. The African guy stared at him and asked him the reason to honk on the red light. He said, “You should really not do that, this is not good”. Two lessons that I got from that person; first was the lesson of ethics; second was his openness to say wrong to something that is wrong.

He then narrated story to us and cab driver. A woman driver in US honked to a guy on red light. The guy came out of the car, with a gun in his hand. Woman spotted the gun, took out her gun and shot the man first. The Woman was taken to the court; where she said that she shot the man for self-defense. Because if she shouldn’t have killed him; the guy must have killed her. The court released her without any charges.

This is one aspect when we are on road. The other aspect is; how many times we have been honked in our practical life to move even though we cannot move on a red light. People will honk to you even on the no-go lights or road blocks to move ahead of you. People will try to frustrate you, because they don’t see red traffic light stopping them, they actually see only your car blocking there way. There small vision causes problem for everyone around them. So if you are ever honked, the only 3 options are either not to drive, be patient, or give the person a real lesson.

The strength to say a wrong thing wrong is really a matter of courage. Only great people can understand ethics; give respect and criticize on what need to be criticized.

Organizational Leadership

2012-08-29T01:53:00.003-07:00

Trendsetters, visionaries, executive associate or a managerial helper may be the words that can represent leaders. In all the cases the message conveyed is simple and that is thinking collectively rather than working and striving as an individual. An old saying, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish, and you feed him for life time”. My version would be like, “MISSION to serve a necessity of life with a VISION that will move on to the GENERATIONS”. So leadership is to regenerate or stimulate an environment that will facilitate the best among us. Sharing, Inspiring and Facilitating are therefore the core circles where the leaders can be found.

Most of the times people comment on a person being a borne leader. Truly speaking, there is no borne leader, as such. This idea may differ from person to person. I believe that the environment and challenges around; makes a leader out of someone. In this world of high class professionals full of IT and financial gurus, leaders normally foster conditionally on the air of their surroundings. They really want to do right things, rather than trying to do things right. The general industry perception these days is that we as individuals are just bind to do things correctly. These “things” may come to a leader in the form of company norms, processes and procedures. Therefore we are actually depriving a prospect leader to think out of the box. We want them to do things that we want them to do. Rather than trying to create a space for them to do things with a leadership approach.

Depending on what area you are serving, the leader’s behaviors vary. A cricket captain may like an aggressive approach yelling and bucking his team with a supportive attitude. An IT leader may have a separate agenda for his followers, adapting flexibility in the behavior as per the situation and need of time. Whatever be, the followers look towards leaders as teachers and mentors. So, why a follower should be looking at a leader for directions? And why should a follower trust on the guidelines of the leader? The answer to both the questions is in the leader and follower relationship that cannot be formed through a swing of a wand. It does not happen like husband and wife relationship, you sign a legal document and here you go. It actually requires true leadership where your vision is being respected and honored by the followers, as it serves the benefit of an individual, society and an organization. And at times it may need sacrificing your own part (as a leader) for others (followers). Bill gates and Steve jobs can be perfect examples. Both have given this world a technology advancement that has created new opportunities for people all around the globe.

If you take example of our most beloved prophet then you can find leader in him in the form of a servant, a leader, a preacher and a follower. It is not that he was always looked for advice; but he himself has always looked towards his best people to make the best decisions as a true leader.

Therefore true organizational leader is one who:

Thinks on a larger perspective, always keeping the VISION of the group in front of his actions and ideas. Shows a direction such that people are compelled to do a task for their own benefit
Takes opinion
Set examples
Innovates and creates new optimized processes
Increases efficiency
Motivates you to work (rather than forcing you)
Thinks collectively
Always find maximum benefits for others and then (rarely) look for himself on leftovers

In short, becoming leader needs true courage and effort. There are lots of other attribute that may have been missed out in order to praise a leader, a person of true INSPIRATION. It’s a matter of creating a purpose out of your life from the valleys of challenges, difficulties and opportunities. To reach a pinnacle you may have to pass through various valleys of despair. It’s a basic A.I. algorithm to reach new heights.

A reason to smile

2012-04-22T09:09:00.012-07:00

"Dedicated to all who were effected from an unfortunate plane crash in ISB on 22 Apr 12"

The world is so beautiful, can’t be without you
And sky yet so blue, cloudless, tear less and still so fearless

Can’t understand, how these tears, fall for you
Seems my eyes, still waiting for you

Yet I know, you were the reason of joy
For all those whom you have left behind

What happened was unfortunate, yes it was sad
But more it left were fearful hearts

Hearts that have hopes, a wish for a morning
Never even knowing of these knockless doors

The doors won't open for these are sealed
But I hope and wish for colourful windows

That will soon open and make you wild
And bring you back in the world that showers
Happiness, love and a reason to smile

Boomerang

2012-02-14T23:26:00.001-08:00

Respect is a boomerang; it always comes back without any doubts. Want respect? Then better give respect? Respect needs to be earned. This is a universal truth that can be seen applicable in our daily life. Whether it is family, friendship or professional matters, our daily dealings with the people revolve around this philosophy. Doesn’t this looks very simple? As a simple five words statement it may look easy, but the practicality to this needs persistent ingredients of love, patience, care and wisdom.

When does a person feel disrespected? When we are forced, ignored, threatened, lied to, mocked, betrayed or being laughed at. In everyday life we coordinate with lots of new faces. But, 90% of your day is spending time with familiar faces. Be it your office space or family; the most common relationships for us are parents, children, wife / husband, brother, sister, close friend, boss and your immediate sub-ordinates. As you grow the importance and connection level with these people vary. Any of the relationship that changes one’s emotional behavior (emotional dis-balance) while interacting with you, is actually in fear relationship with you. FEAR forces us to move out of our comfort zone, thus making us behave abnormally. In comparison, respect is natural. Our amicable behavior and attitude with our relationship forces the person to respect you NATURALLY. It comes from natural inside that is our heart.

There are therefore two kinds of respect modes. First one is respect as an obligation that is also called FEAR. This is a mandatory type of respect that you give to someone within legal, natural, ethical or professional boundaries. Be it your parents, your boss or your customer. You may give them a forceful respect; else you are aware of the consequences. Respect through Fear is short earned. It takes no time to be converted into disrespect, if not handled properly with touch of respect, where needed. Therefore on our relationship (say as a father) scale of 10, we may by on scale 02 as fear and scale 08 as respect. We need to set these scales very carefully in our life, especially with people who are into a long term relationship with us.

The big question, how do you think a respect is earned? When are we respected? When our views are heard? When we get appreciation where needed? When we are asked for options? When we are not dodged or diplomatically handled? Now when do you think that this can actually happen to us? Simple, when we give the same to the other person who deserves it? Be it our parents, our children, wife, husband, colleagues or bosses. The more we practice this behavior the more we will get the same from them. Either you would be loved or respected. It therefore creates a win-win situation with your relations.

Last but not the least, if you respect other, it will never degrade you in the eyes of other people. This is a negative perception that we all normally create out of this behavior. We usually think that if I give respect to the others, they will take advantage out of this behavior of mine. Believe me this is just a perception or an illusion. Practice respect, it will surely open lots of closed avenues of your LIFE.

A Stranger!

2012-01-09T03:37:00.000-08:00

A Stranger!

Went to a place, filled with strangers,

Nobody knows me, and people without words,
Ocean so quiet doesn't even talks,
Winds thou chilled, roads so lost,

I took a walk with a silent street,

My feet’s yet cold and want no walk,

My hands in hairs, making waves inside,

And eyes bit closed, with feelings in hide,

My sight yet travelled making sound of words,
A sound of love; a signal for trust,
That made me a path we together walked,
To the home of love where hearts were locked

Asif

Happy Independence Day

2011-08-14T05:54:00.000-07:00

Its 1:00 at night, and I'm out of my house
To search my soul, to see my own
I find few people chanting some slogans
They want their rights, they want some more
They holded flags, with no green and star
I wait and stood, to see their zeal
But all the time, never got a feel,
That they have least found their soul, and they are not really at foul

I moved few steps and saw some teens
All moved me seems
The rush in blood was clearly seen
with speeding bikes, with loudly crackers
and some were really trouble makers
They had no esteem, to admire today
Alas! I have to move away

I took some steps, can see a fleet
of child and women who sleep on street
I took a seat very near to a child
Who has to weep, who cannot sleep
He has no home, he has no food
and he was cursing all those who stood
I handed him few coins to pay
But he never saw a toy to play

I reached my house with thoughts so blank
The place was clean, the place was neat
My room, my food and lot I have
My house is sweet, but home all messed
I wished I clean and keep it safe
From all people who are self-obsessed
So yet again we all rejoice
And let this nation hear one voice

"Happy Independence day Pakistan"

Where is my patience?

2011-06-27T05:41:00.000-07:00

Living in a city of Karachi, is like living on a time bomb that ticks off your patience level on very quick intervals. Yes, “patience” is the word that seems to be missing from our dictionary. We eat fast, we move fast, and if we have an option we may start sleeping fast.
Ever imagined what are the common things that irritate us most? A slow moving car blocking our way, a lift that stops on every floor, a screaming child who may be in pain, an irritated shopkeeper or your co-worker or a beggar who is continuously knocking on your car window even after your deadly looks? Whatever be; the factors that cause impatience and irritation within us are caused by almost same kind of behavior or action. Have we ever analyzed the possible reason of being impatient as soon as we get out of this phase of temporary abnormality? What has actually caused this? Why I am getting irritated? And what can I gain out of it in my life? Rarely

From an Islamic perspective; Allah has dedicated one complete Surah in Quran on this subject. Surah-e-Asr that teaches success with patience, equally, with good deeds and preaching Rights. So we can say that getting impatient or catching irritation very often is a human deficiency? Answer can be yes! A medical definition of impatience can be a brain's chemical reaction that happens when a body tries to move with the speed of mind, ignoring the environmental constraints. And this applies to everything, starting from daily life pity problems, to lifetime bad experiences. We need to think with our limitations and equally analyze the reactions that may occur if we try to cross our limitations. Making it a habit is difficult but using this trick can do wonders with your personality. The idea is to make this logic part of your unconscious mind, and that surely needs lots of practice. Another factor of impatience is tied up with your level of anger and your level of expectations. Keep both of them low and your life will flow, in a perfect direction. Surely a greatest wrestler is the one who can control anger well.
With this computer age, the mind surely is moving much faster than it was couple of decades back. The age of computer has helped mind take jumps to conclude a problem. Therefore, a kind of complexity enters our mind when the problem is tied up both with your brain and body. Mind reaches to a solution much faster than your body, and while in the course of exceeding our physical limitation we catch irritation.
A good example is a sleeping body and sleeping mind; a state when a person can never get impatient, until and unless one is having a bad dream or a nightmare. May you have a day full of life today and forever!

Childhood - Freedom of thoughts!

2011-06-03T00:26:00.000-07:00

I can say blue color, green. I can even call cat, a cow. I can shit in my pants, and I can even jump on my bed so high that I would want to touch the ceiling. Do I really care about it, no! Do I really care about falling down from my bed! No! And this is what we call, freedom of ideas and actions; “A childhood”.

The message that always comes across is “I am not bounded! And I care least if you care about imposing these bindings and restrictions on me”.

Restrictions that always come in a form of; don’t do this and don’t do that. This is not right and this you should dare not try to do again! How many times I have told you not to do this and that! And so on, the list cannot be exhausted here.

A child brain is an un-programmed machine with all the open conditions/ statements. All true and false conditions are programmed by the us as adults. When we restrict a child, it would mean that condition is being declared false, and the code within this condition will never get executed. So we are actually binding them with our own ideology and their freedom to think big and unique. On top of it the dumb 30 x 30 inch machine, the only thing that we can listen to (with 100% focus and attention) makes a toping of corrupted programs and bad variables part of their brain algorithm. And the exposure to this talking devices to child is only to get rid of these small, cute creatures for some moments of your day.

I believe lateral thinking, an indirect and creative approach of thought process, is something that happens with the child for the initial 3-4 years. Soon, after we start programming a child, with institutes and devices around us the questions of 4+ year child start to become more logical. It’s the diversion age where the child thought process becomes more of a logic and reasoning based. And we as parents are relieved, “Thanks God! He has now stop asking me weird questions, and now sounds more logical”.

We as adults should start thinking now, where we should start drawing this logical line. There are few things where we as adults should let the child do and not impose our conditional statements; let the child think on this own, let them think big, let them find the answers of weird queries, and most importantly, let them make the most out of their life!

Kay phir may kuch naya dekhoon

2011-05-03T05:28:00.000-07:00

May agar aik pal ko yeah sochon

Kay meray gird ka yeah ghubar

Kub thamay aur kub rukay

Kay meri nazar kay meri sooch

Woh sub dekhay woh sub sochay

Jo mairee raah-e-nazar ko

Wusa'at bayhad day

Jo meray qadam-e-bay jaan ko

Itnee to himmat day

Aur meray jism- bayhis ko

Itnee hararat day

Kay may is gard say uthoon

Usay khair baad to keh doon

Aur phir kuch hee qadam agay

Aisee jagah puhanchu

Kay phir may kuch naya soocho

Kay phir may kuch naya dekhoon

Programming Ourselves

2011-01-03T23:00:00.000-08:00

A human being by nature is short sighted creature. Though we are called “Ashraf-ul-Makhluqaat” but there is nothing exceptional that can really allow us to give such a privilege. Still, there are few of us who do come up to this expectation.

We as software engineers and computer gurus are always in a pursuit to make computer do things what we actually want it to do for us. Starting from creation of robots and clones till the first step on the moon, a human mind has been inventing new machines and exploring new technology with such rapid space that has no comparison.

Still, don’t we feel that we are always short on time, always craving for more time, wealth, food and clothes? We have invented cars and planes, but yet we are not able to create space for us. The truth is that we have created new machines and programmed them to suit us but as a reverse reaction these things have un-programmed the human codes and have disturbed our own wirings. As Newton third law of motion says; “for every action there is an equal but opposite reaction”. So this reaction is bit drastic on human nature. We live for commercial things that always revolve around us. We make an effort to have the new technology part of our lives, but we actually put to stake our own selves in achieving it. We become more restless, more aggressive and more annoyed on our way to these short sighted goals. The ease in turn that the luxury may offer us is much lesser than our efforts to achieve it.

Question; if we can make such an effort to program these machines, then why can’t we make an effort to correctly re-program ourselves. Why can’t we be more disciplined; more organized; more future sighted; and more persistent? In early days our parents used to tell us “Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”. Our inner self knows and can distinguish between the right and wrong for us; then why are we always attracted towards negative short sighted goals, that has least impact on our overall life ideaology. Why aren’t basic principles correctly programmed in our brains, or easily get corrupted? Why don’t we set any long term goals for us that may be for this life and after life? Why do we lack faith? Why?

Think human beings, think!!

Lessons from Sports Day!

2010-12-07T02:15:00.000-08:00

With nation struggling to look for peace, unity and discipline I believe this can be one of the most learned experience for any individual who was attending this event. Surely one of the memorable events for me, I was attending the sports day of my 9 year old child at Habib Girls School. It started off dot on time, and though initially I felt like sitting bored, but very soon I felt the time machine working on me, getting me back to my school days. Soon the event started off and it was simply amazing to see such a presentation from these kids.

It started off with the national anthem, and we were asked to rise on this occasion. The rise was random and it seemed that few people found difficult to give such pride to the anthem. It started off with great enthusiasm but only from the kids. Most of the parents were struggling with the right recitation that was surely a sign of pity for us. If one can call back the words of our national anthem and its meanings then these are simply amazing. It has really great depth. The first line says “Blessed be the sacred land” and it ends with “Symbol of Almighty’s protection”. And between these two lines, all praises for such united, disciplined and brotherly nation. I wished we can invent a device to transfer true meaning of our anthem into our brains and hearts forever.

Qirat of Surah-e-Fatiha both in Arabic and English was then performed. The English version really made me realized if we really seek for such mercy and guidance from Allah 5 time a day. And still it never seems to work on us; surely a sign of dooms day.

The initial parade and drum presentation were simply amazing. The effort of two months of practice was really showing off in the form of huge applauds that student’s received after this part. The timing and synchronization was excellent. I thought if we as a nation can be so synchronized in our thoughts, then we can really change the complete outlook of this nation.

It was then the ground presentation and kids ranging from 9-11 years displayed a unique show of aligning into different shapes. The first one was of unity, being the theme of the day. Second it was school’s name, and then it was a smiley face to greet and face all the difficulties with smile. Last presentation was stopping one at red light of traffic signal; the message being that we at school teach children where to stop and where to sprint in this road of life. It was simply an amazing exhibition of basic level concepts with such simplicity.

The sprint, relay and skipping races then started and it was a real display of true spirit and enthusiasm from kids. In sack and skipping race I can see children falling down on the ground, gathering themselves again, running again, and struggling hard to cross the finish line. It was really a good lesson for us as adults. There are only three persons whom can come first second and third, but all that matters for others was getting to the finish line. And we never want to get to the finish line, until we are one of the three people.

The end was very unique and an expected one. Just when the last speech was started by the special guest, people started leaving there seats, creating a complete commotion on the ground. Ah! That was expected.

I really hope that we as adults go back in past, and extract some basics learning methods, that can help us in serving a much better individual, contributing positively for our dear homeland.

Godspeed Pakistan!

Dreamless Night

2010-11-30T21:21:00.000-08:00

A dream is your path for future. It webs you ambitions to reach new limits. It depicts your emotions. There is no finding that Venus dream more than Mars, so it remains gender-free activity. It is something in your mind, a neural process that occurs in your sub-conscious mind. People get transformations out of their dreams to make conclusions. Prophets have dreams that always carry some message for them. In all the cases dreaming is a method of communicating with your sub-conscious mind.

In 2010 Pakistan faced toughest challenge in the form of flood that swept across the complete country. It shattered everything that can come in its way. Water currents can be the most disastrous thing that could happen when it comes to calamities and force majeure. So did it really shattered houses, canals, roads and crops only? Not really, it actually shattered our dreams for a better Pakistan. It didn’t swept houses; it swept Pakistan back by almost 50 years. Can one imagine that at certain point almost one fifth of total pakistan area was under water, effecting 20 million people. It was worst monsoon rainfall in last 80 yeas. The statistics goes on, but one can see that after effects would be more of a concern for us as a nation.

Most importantly what has been shattered is priceless? The dream of our coming generations. They need a sleep with dreams not nightmares. Hands that played with toys are now playing with stones of every size in cruel blue sky, surely waiting for miracle that can transform their lives, and make them capable of tangling themsleves in web of their dreams.

Have we ever thought why us? God wants to test our patience in the method of these calamities and accidents. Or He really want to check our cold bloodedness? Are we really concerned for this state of our nation? Are we really concerned with the state of Muslims throughout the world? Have any one of us contributed in minimizing this negative influence of Muslims across the globe?

The bottomline is "Do we really dream?" Dream for our betterment, or dream to progress a step forward? Even if not for others, but we ourselves as mankind has always taken a step backwards when it comes to the contirbution to make progress towards a better and improved mankind. We should now seriously doubt the invention of the word "MAN-KIND".

With the hope that we all contribute in revival of our dreams and kindness in the word mankind. Few lines that will end this short essay from my diary:

The water in your eye,

Is a raindrop of this cloud

That flew with the wind,

And dropped on my hand

I wish I can hold it,

And close to make a fist

And give away the kisses

And love that lits

The candles of bonding

The light of trust

Godspeed PAKISTAN!

May Allah give us strength to become source of happiness for others. Your dream is always a first step towards hope and happiness!