Posted on 13 February 2012 · Categorized in Interests and Hobbies, Religion.
I twas the summer of 1999. We had just moved into our new house, in yet a newcity. After few days, we somehow managed to set our stuff in the house. One day, out of curiosity, I entered the underground hall. At the end of it, there was that tiny little room. Even though it [...]
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Continue ReadingPosted on 30 January 2012 · Categorized in Other.
It is sometime in the month of november, 2008. The day is saturday and it is the last lecture before the final exam. The dial on the wall shows it is 9.25 A.M. and we are waiting for our English class teacher. Yes, being a non-English speaking country, we need English lectures even at Ph.D. [...]
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Continue ReadingPosted on 16 January 2012 · Categorized in Education.
A seven year old child asked his mother, “Mama, are there schools in hell too?” feeling surprised his mother said “NO.” The child said, “Then why do people fear to go to hell?” Surely a joke. Innocent thought of an innocent mind but together provoking for us. Why do children of all ages, fear to [...]
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Continue ReadingPosted on 09 January 2012 · Categorized in Interests and Hobbies, Recreation.
Adiamond is forever. This line was immortalized by De Beers and when we think ofdiamonds, the first image which comes to mind is that of the prospectors of Kimberley, South Africa, or the markets of Belgium or Surat, India. But inLahore when the topic is diamond market, it means only and only one place: ShahiMohalla [...]
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Continue ReadingPosted on 02 January 2012 · Categorized in Interests and Hobbies.
SherlockHolmes is sitting in room number 221 in a five star hotel of Lahore.He along with his friend and colleague, Dr. John Watson, is on vacations. Dr.Watson is reading local news on his iPad while Holmes is busy staring down thewindows observing the people in the street below. The intercom rang and theoperator said that [...]
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Continue ReadingPosted on 19 December 2011 · Categorized in Education.
“So how are you going with the Lambs?”, casually I asked her. “I am not very fond of food”, she replied. I was surprised. I asked again, “I mean the book that I gave you? Charles and Mary Lamb?” “Oh. No, I haven’t started it yet.”, she shot back. Anxious, I persisted, “and the movie [...]
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Continue ReadingPosted on 12 December 2011 · Categorized in Interests and Hobbies, Labor and Work.
Itis said that there is no alternative to experience. I did not agree with thatuntil I learned it the hard way. After years of futile efforts and false hopes,I did not get a job or a scholarship. Asfar as I can remember, I have applied and been rejected for about 20 scholarships.Moreover, I have been [...]
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