UTP's Personal Blog

O for Oprah

utp — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:30:32 +0000

I was roaming around one of these malls and saw the magazine stand. It had the latest version of “O”. That is the name of Oprah Winfrey’s magazine. I was just amazed at the concept of how lucky this woman is. The success has come to her like anything. She is pretty much the most...

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A World without Mirrors

utp — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:15:19 +0000

I was inspired by my own post. Yes that can happen and yes that is allowed. I love that post of mine and was reading it again. That led to another thought. What if the world was without mirrors. What if the mirror was never invented. The disadvantage would be that we would not be able [...]

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Attention Wanting

utp — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:07:44 +0000

Why does it feel when I am in the process of writing a blog or tweet or update my status on the gazillion social networking sites that I have accounts… that i want attention. I guess that’s exactly why… I do want attention… But I am not the only one right? That applies for...

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Words of Silence

utp — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:16:20 +0000

Its always amazed me how some great actors can act without saying a word. Take Charlie Chaplin as a first example. We used to roll over laughing seeing his short movies and not many people know that he acted seriously as well making people cry. Now that’s amazing. Take Amitabh Bachan. He has...

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BV

utp — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:15:18 +0000

This particular abbreviation could mean many different things to different people. All depending on the mood, the thought, the mindset, at a particular moment in time. What made me write about this is pretty interesting. One fine day at work, I was about to dial my boss’s number which is set...

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Once upon a Poet… :P

utp — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:06:57 +0000

In the early days when Urdu poetry started making sense and the feeling that the “shayers” (poets) express through words are actually felt, it was natural to start rhyming some words and make out a few couplets here and there. While cleaning up an old carton today, out came of a piece...

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Life goes on, No matter what

utp — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:54:17 +0000

Sometimes when things are going one’s way, he feels he is fully in control of his life. He is the master planner for his destiny. Everything is going to happen as I want. In come the big plans and it seems everything is just sorted out and one just has to live through it. Then things [...]

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Come… Come… Yet Again…

utp — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:10:56 +0000

For Allah who sends down love, unmeasured Come. Come, whoever you are, Wanderer, worshiper, lover of learning, It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, come yet again. Come. Rumi

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UTP – Revamped

utp — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:00:29 +0000

Peekaboo!!! I see you… I am back yes. After quite a longer time than planned. I had left you with one of the best posts I have ever thought off and I see that my feed-readers have gone up instead of going down. Quite a pleasant surprise to say the least while coming back online. 4 months is...

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Beauty-P or Bea-UTP :P

utp — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:08:35 +0000

Creative with the title right? Hehe…I know its lame. But that’s what today’s post is about. Beauty as UTP sees it. I used the same content for a Toastmaster’s speech this last Tuesday so thought I might as well make use of the effort and make a blog post out of it. There is...

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