Tea and Other Good Things

Of Maiming or Because I said So!

2012-01-05T22:41:00.001+03:00

I got up today. Ready to take on the world.By mid afternoon my head was spinning in multitudinous directions. I started grumbling and bitching in my own head. To get over it I started day dreaming about the next season of Dexter and how would he get out of explaining to his sister (who is in love with him) about the murder she sees him committing and .........and whamI could swear it was someone

Conflict....

2012-01-05T15:17:00.000+03:00

Its Thursday morning and a weekend here in the cold desert that I have come to call home. Was aimlessly wandering in the web of the web and came across another Robert Frost poem; and wondering why haven't come across it till now. It goes like this. Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leafs a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to

WHAT the #$%^$^ is going on?

2012-01-01T22:38:00.003+03:00

What the *bleep* is going on with people? I usually get up bright and early at the crack of dawn, make myself a cup of tea and open google chrome. Check my mails, browse through a couple of newspapers, read the highlights on answers.com and … and ... turn facebook on. I procrastinate going to this ultra ridiculous website. I admit that I am not the biggest fan of facebook. Infact one of the only

After a long sleep

2012-01-01T22:37:00.000+03:00

Its been a long time. I am refraining from checking when I last blogged. Its not that I haven't thought of it. It was just sitting in the corner of my head. When I came up with words, the keyboard wasn't there and when the screen was staring at me, my brain stubbornly stared back. I guess its a party tonight cause they are both here with me....I will start off with posting something I had written

The day I nearly got arrested in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2010-09-08T04:44:00.004+03:00

There are times when things happen, but the mind and body is a mere guest to the scenes played out. And then in the quiet 4 am of an ordinary sleepless night , the mind comes to an utter realization of the profoundness of what had happened months ago.Well the story is something like this...We were 5 people. Myself and my husband Ammar, my friend Umaima and her husband Taha, and good old Ali Bhai.

Money is the Root of All Good

2010-05-21T13:07:00.006+03:00

I was reading Atlas Shrugged this past week. It is a long and difficult journey through the book. But every second of reading it was worth it. When I finished, I was exalted.I am posting an edited excerpt from the book. This was being said by Francisco de Anconia, one of the books' heroes ; addressing a general gathering but directing it towards Hank Rearden."So you think that money is the root

Alarm Clock!!

2010-05-21T13:06:00.001+03:00

I admit I have been sleeping. I knew I had been sleeping.Its so easy to sleep than to be awake in this age and time. My country is sleeping. I see it everyday in the news, I hear it from the people. The country I right now live in, which conjures up the fallacy that to be a woman is a sin let alone let"allow" her to vote or drive a car. The pain is too much. And hence, its easier to not think. To

How Do I Love Thee?

2009-12-15T14:24:00.000+03:00

How Do I Love Thee? How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion

The Miracle of Green Tea

2009-12-05T10:22:00.004+03:00

Better to be deprived of food for three days, than green tea for one dayWhy is Green Tea so Special and What are the Health Benefits of GreenTea? Presence of Anti Oxidants: Green Tea is the store house of epigallocatechin gallate, an antioxidant. This antioxidant effectively protects the cells of your body and helps you get rids of malignant cells without creating any negative side effects.

Vanilla Sky

2009-11-25T09:42:00.000+03:00

Photographed: Ammar Fakhruddin

The First Day of Winter

2009-11-21T14:22:00.004+03:00

Today was the first day of winterIts comingIts on its wayI can smell the crispness in the airThe lazyness of the morningsThe incomprehensible urge to just lie in bed...tucked under the coversThe smell of brewing coffee more heightened than beforeSnuggling into the tunnels of the nostrils... aah winter is here!

The Mystic Sea

2009-11-08T14:03:00.002+03:00

The Mystic SeaThe smell of the sea in my nostrils,The sound of the sea in my ears;The touch of the spray on my burning face,Like the mist of reluctant tears.The blue of the sky above me,The green of the waves beneath;The sun flashing down on a gray-white sailLike a scimitar from its sheath.And ever the breaking billows,And ever the rocks’ disdain;And ever a thrill in mine inmost heartThat my

Weathered Periwinkle

2009-11-05T20:10:00.001+03:00

Photograph by: Shabbir Fakhruddin

A trip to Marjan Island

2009-11-05T09:14:00.005+03:00

Marjan means coral in arabic and various other regional languages.Situated a little away from the hub of Dammam Corniche, the Marjan Island was built by Saudi ARAMCO ....hmmm lets say a lot of years ago. The island is small, consists of patches of green and cement; perfect for a day out for all activities.Families usually crowd around to have a fun time barbecuing, the children playing around and

The Sleeping Muse

2009-11-05T06:54:00.000+03:00

It has been a long time since my last post. Infact about 4 months gone by and the "I" in me has... rather hopefully had disappeared.Stuff happens.... and then for a long time one thinks about getting back on the horse but it just doesnt happen. And the muse inside, starts to ignore you as you had ignored her. She sleeps unperturbed until one day with fresh energy she blooms out and refreshes

Inside the Drawing Block part III

2009-06-26T08:15:00.000+03:00

Green Tea for three

2009-06-21T08:25:00.000+03:00

Inside the Drawing Block part II

2009-06-16T08:12:00.000+03:00

Cinnamon and cardamom

2009-06-11T08:17:00.000+03:00

A bit of sweet Cinnamonand a couple of cardamom split open can transform the drawing room tea to the tea on top of a hill.

Inside the Drawing Block I

2009-06-06T07:43:00.000+03:00

Chinar Cottages- Flipping through Past Pages

2009-06-03T13:49:00.000+03:00

MorningThe mist has left the greening plain,The dew-drops shine like fairy rain,The couquette rose awakes againHer lovely self adorning.The Wind is hiding in the trees,A sighing, soothing, laughing tease,Until the rose says “Kiss me, please,”‘Tis morning, ‘tis morning.With staff in hand and careless-free,The wanderer fares right jauntily,For towns and houses are, thinks he,For scorning, for

Dreams

2009-06-02T14:27:00.000+03:00

Dreams by Langston HughesHold fast to dreamsFor if dreams die Life is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow.

Learning to ride the waves

2009-06-02T13:28:00.000+03:00

I am a little boat.Looking for a big adventureI get tossed in the windI get towed by the currentI get farther and farther away from my homeThe excitement fills meThe fear thrills meI yearn for my comforting bedI long for a warm breadBut I cannot go back nowI am made to ride the oceanI am made to sail the seasBut for now, just this present,I am still learning to ride the waves

Alight! Flipping through past pages

2009-05-31T13:21:00.000+03:00

This chandelier sets the mosque alight... and alive.While flipping through my travels to the northern areas of Pakistan, I selected this beautiful chandelier in a mosque in Rawalpindi.

Reine des Violettes

2009-05-31T13:09:00.000+03:00

Freshly cut from the Garden, beautiful Reine des Violettes