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نسوار کی حقیقت

Posted on 23 February 2012 by Tea Server


نسوار زمینمیں اگنے والی تمباکو کی پتیوں سے بنی مصنوعات ہے، یہ Smokeless کی ایک مثال ہے۔ نسوار ابتدائی طور پر امریکہسے شروع ہوا اور یورپ میں 17 ویں صدی سے عام استعمال ہوا۔ یورپی ممالک میں سگریٹنوشی پر پابندی کے باعث حالیہ برسوں میں اضافہ ہوا ہے۔ عام طور پر اس کا استعمالناک، سانس یا انگلی کےذریعے کیا جاتا ہے۔ ریاست ہائے متحدہ امریکا اور کینڈا میںہونٹ کے نیچے رکھ کر استعمال کرنے سے ہوئی۔ ہٹی کے مقامی لوگوں کی جانب سے 1496ء-1493ءمیں کولمبس کی جانب سے امریکہ دریافت کے سفر کے دوران Ramon Pane نامی راہب نے اسے  ایجاد کیا۔1561ء میں پرتگال میں  Lisbon،فرانسیسی سفیر اور ان کے بیٹے  Jean Nicot،کے بیماری کی وجہ جواز سے اس وقت یہ طبقہاشرافیہ میں نہایت مقبول ہوا۔

17 ویں صدیمیں اس مصنوعات کے خلاف کچھ حلقوں کی جانب سے تحریک اٹھی اور پوپ اربن VII کی جانب سے خریداری پر دھمکیاں دیں گئیں۔ روس میں اس کا استعمال1643ءمیں Tsar Michealکی جانب سے کیا گیا۔ ناک سے استعمال کی وجہ سے اس پر سزا مقرر کیگئی۔فرانس میں بادشاہ لوئیس XIIIنے اس پر حد مقرر کی جب کہ چین میں1638ءمیں پوری طرح نسوار کیمصنوعات پھیل گئی۔ 17ویں صدی تک نسوار کو پسند کرنے والوں میں نپولین بانو پارٹ،کنگ جارج III کی ملکہ شارلٹ اور پوپ بینڈکٹ سمیت اشرافیہاور ممتاز صارفین میں یہ رائج ہوچکا تھا۔
18 ویں صدیمیں انگلش ڈاکٹر جان ہل نے نسوار کی کثرت استعمال سے کینسر کا خدشہ ظاہر کیا۔امریکہ میں پہلا وفاقی ٹیکس 1794ءمیں اس لئے لگا کیونکہ اسے عیش و عشرت کی نشانیسمجھا جاتا تھا۔ اٹھارہویں صدی میں Gentlewomanنامی میگزین میں پرتگالی نسوار کی اقسام اور استعمال کے مشورے شائعہوئے۔ افریقہ کے کچھ علاقوں میں یورپی ممالک کے افراد کی وجہ سے پھیلی اوردیہاتیوں نے ناک کے ذریعے استعمال کیا۔ ہندوستان میں غیر ملکی کمپنیوں کی آمد کےساتھ یہ مصنوعات بھی متعارف ہوئی اور اس کا استعمال پاک و ہند میں پھیل گیا۔
نسوار ایکایسی ہلکی نشہ آور چیز ہے جو تمباکو کے پتوں کو نہایت باریک پیس کر اور حسبمنشاءچونا ملا کر تیار کی جاتی ہے۔ یہ دو اقسام میں پائی جاتی ہے جسے کالی اور سبزنسوار کہتے ہیں۔ کالی نسوار دھوپ جبکہ سبز نسوار سائے میں خشک کئے گئے تمباکو کےپتوں سے بنتی ہے۔

بر صغیر پاکو ہند سے تعلق رکھنے والے نسوار خور اسے ایک ڈبی یا پڑیا میں ڈال کر جیب میں رکھتاہے اور حسب خواہش چٹکی بنا کر نچلے ہونٹ، مسوڑوں کے درمیان یا پھر گال میں رکھ کراس سے لطف اُٹھاتا ہے۔نسوار یا کوئی اور نشہ یکدم چھوڑنے سے سر درد، بے چینی اورغصہ کی علامات ظاہر ہو سکتی ہیں۔ اس میں چونکہ تمباکو استعمال ہوتا ہے اس لئےلازماً اس کے نقصانات بھی ہوں گے۔ نسوار کے بڑے فوائد بھی ہوں گے جن کا مجھے زیادہپتہ نہیں البتہ میری نظر میں اس کاایک فائدہ یہ ہے کہ چھوٹی چھوٹی سی گولیاں بناکر دیوار پر چپکا دو ، جب چھپکلی کھائے گی تو چکرا کر گر جائے گی اور پھر آپ اُسےباآسانی مار سکتے ہو۔ اس کا دوسرا فائدہ یہ ہے کہ اگر چھینک نہ آ رہی ہو تو خشکنسوار سونگ لیں۔ کئی لوگ تو بیت الخلاءجانے سے پہلے استعمال کرتے ہیں تاکہ آسانی رہے۔یہ نامراد اتنی کڑوی ہوتی ہے کہ نیا آدمی اگر ایک بار سونگھے تو چھینکوں کے انبارلگا دے۔ ایک دفعہ کسی صاحب نے نسوار کی چھوٹی سی گولی بنا کر دی کہ انجوائے کریںجی۔ اب انجوائے کیا خاک کرنا تھا ، منہ میں رکھنے کے دو تین منٹ بعد ہی باہر اُگلدی۔ وجہ یہ ہوئی کہ جس مسوڑھے کے پاس رکھی تھی اس میں شدید جلن شروع ہوگئی اورگھنٹے دیڑھ بعد ہی مسوڑھا نہ صرف سوج گیا بلکہ اوپر کی جھلی بھی اُترنی شروع ہوگئی اور نہایت تکلیف برداشت کرنی پڑی۔ اسکے ساتھ ہی ایسا چکر آیا کہ پورا کمرہگھومنے لگا۔ دھڑکن تیز ہو گئی اور لگتا تھا کہ بازؤں کے رونگھٹے کھڑے ہو گئے۔یہمیری نسوار سے پہلی اور آخری ملاقات تھی۔
کہتے ہیں کہافغانیوں کی   روس  جنگجیتنے میں نسوار کا کردار بھی ہے کیونکہ افغان مجاہدین نسوار کے بغیر نہیں لڑتے۔اگر اس بات میں سچائی پنہاں ہے تو پھر امریکا کے لئے یہ نادر موقع ہے کہ وہ موجودہافغان جنگ میں شکست کی شرمندگی سے بچنے کیلئے نسوار کے استعمال پر پابندی لگوا دے۔ڈرون حملوں میں معصوم لوگوں کا قتل عام کرنے کی بجائے اُن فصلوں کو نشانہ بنائے جونسوار کی تیاری میں استعمال ہوتی ہیں۔ نسوار پر پابندی کیلئے پاکستان بھی امریکیجنگ میں حصہ دار بن سکتا ہے کیونکہ سائنس کی ترقی نے یہ ثابت کر دیا ہے کہ نسوارکے استعمال سے بصارت تیز ہو جا تی ہے جس کا ثبوت یہ ہے کہ پشاور میں عید کا چاندایک دن پہلے نظر آ جاتا ہے۔ اس طرح نسوار پر پابندی لگنے کے بعد پورے ملک میں ایکہی دن عید کا خواب بھی شرمندہ تعبیر ہو سکتا ہے۔
کہا جاتا ہےکہ پختون اور نسوار کا چولی دامن کا ساتھ ہے۔ نسوار کو صرف پختونوں کے ساتھ نتھیکرنا سراسر ناانصافی ہے کیونکہ پاکستان کے چاروں صوبوں کے لوگ بلاتخصیص اس کااستعمال کرتے ہیں البتہ صوبہ  خیبر کےمختلف علاقوں میں بکنے والی نسوار پر تحقیق کی ضرورت ہے کہ کس برانڈ کی نسوار کےاستعمال سے بصارت تیز ہوتی ہے۔ پاکستان کے علاوہ وسط ایشیائی ممالک اور سویڈن میںبھی اس ”سوغات“ کو خاص پذیرائی حاصل ہے۔ برطانیہ اور امریکا میں تو نسوار ناک میںڈال کر چھینکوں کا مقابلہ کیا جاتا ہے۔ سینٹ پیٹرز برگ کے رشین ایتھنوگرافک میوزیممیں ایسی دستاویزات اور تصویریں موجود ہیں جن سے یہ ثابت ہوتا ہے کہ انیسویں صدیکے اواخر میں اور بیسویں صدی کی ابتداءمیں نسوار دنیا کے ایسے ممالک میں بھیاستعمال ہوتی تھی جہاں اب یہ رائج نہیں۔ ان میں مغربی ممالک کے علاوہ وسط ایشیائیریاستیں ، ازبکستان، جارجیا، قزاقستان اور دیگر شامل ہیں۔افغانستان میں تعیناتاتحادی افواج کے بارے میں مشہور ہے کہ وہ نسوار سے لطف اندوز ہوتے ہیں اور اس کےعادی بن چکے ہیں۔ ممکن ہے آنے والے دنوں میں وکی لیکس یہ انکشاف بھی کر دے کہاتحادی فوج نے شکست کے ڈر سے نسوار کی عادت اپنائی کیونکہ افغانستان اور پاکستانکے قبائلی علاقوں کی تاریخ کا مطالعہ کرنے کے بعد امریکا اس نتیجے پر پہنچا ہے کہان علاقوں میں قبائلیوں کی جیت اور انگریزوں کی شکست کی بنیادی وجہ ”نسوار “ہے۔ یہبھی ممکن ہے کہ اتحادی فوج نے پختونوں کی ہمدردی حاصل کرنے کے لئے نسوار کااستعمال شروع کر دیا ہو۔ ہمدردی انسانی فطرت میں شامل ہے۔ امریکی جاسوس ریمنڈ ڈیوسکے بارے میں جب یہ علم ہوا کہ وہ نسوار استعمال کرتا ہے، ان لوگوں کی ہمدردی بڑھگئی تھی جو نسوار کے عادی ہیں۔
نسوار پر یہالزام ہے کہ اسے کھایا جاتا ہے۔ حقیقت یہ ہے کہ نسوار کھائی نہیں جاتی بلکہ اس کیگولی بنا کر دس سے پندرہ منٹ تک منہ میں رکھی جاتی ہے اور چبانے کی صورت میں اس سےایک بُرا ذائقہ پیدا ہوتا ہے۔اگر اسے کھانے کی کوشش کی جائے تو کھانے والا شرطیہاوندھے منہ اپنے معدے میں موجود سارا مواد واپس اُلٹ دے اور پھیپھڑے صرف ہَوا باہرکو پھینکیں۔ یہ الگ بات ہے کہ نسوار کے عادی افراد کو جہاں نسوارچی، نسوار کُنّا،نسواری اور پڑیچے جیسے ناموں سے پکارا جاتا ہے وہیں ”نسوار خور“ نام بھی اُن کےساتھ نتھی کر دیا گیا ہے۔کہتے ہیں کہ نسوار استعمال کرنے کا اصل نشہ اس کی گولیبنانے میں ہے، منہ میں دبائے رکھنا تو بس اِک رواج ہے لیکن جو چیز اس میں تکلیف دہہے وہ نسوار خوروں کا جگہ جگہ تھوکنا ہے۔ جس سے نہ صرف دوسرے لوگ تنگ ہوتے ہیںبلکہ گندگی بھی پھیلتی ہے۔برطانیہ اور عرب امارات میں بھی نسوار عام ہے مگر تھوکنےپر جرمانہ کی وجہ سے نسوار رکھنے والے ٹشو پیپر کا استعمال کرتے ہیں۔ ٹشو پیپر میںنسوار ڈال کر گولی بنا کر دانتوں کے پیچھے رکھ لیتے ہیں اور پھر کچھ دیر بعد ٹشونکال کر قریب کُوڑا دان میں ڈال دیتے ہیں۔ اس سے نہ تو منہ اور دانت خراب ہوتے ہیںاور نہ جگہ۔نسوارچیوں کے لیے خوش کن بات یہ ہے کہ اب ٹشو زدہ نسوار مارکیٹ میں سرعام دستیاب ہے ۔
 نسوار استعمال کرنے والے بعض لوگوں کے ذوق ِجمالکا اندازہ ان کے پاس موجود نسوار کی ڈبیہ سے اچھی طرح لگایا جا سکتا ہے۔ پرانےزمانے میں یہ ڈبیاں ٹین کی سادہ سی بنتی تھیں۔ کچھ عرصے بعد ان پر کرومیم کی پالشہونے لگی اور ان کے اوپری ڈھکنے پر آئینہ لگا دیا گیا۔ آج کل جو ڈبیاں ملتی ہیں انکے ڈھکنوں پر شیشے کے رنگ برنگے نگ جڑے ہوتے ہیں اور آئینہ بھی محدب لگایا جاتا ہےتاکہ نسوار کے شائق کو چہرے کی جزئیات اور منہ کا اندرون قریب کرکے دکھا سکے۔
رمضانالمبارک کے دنوں میں نسواری حضرات کی حالت دیکھنے کے قابل ہوتی ہے۔ سب سے زیادہلڑائیاں جھگڑے بھی اسی مہینے میں ہوتے ہیں۔ اس کی بنیادی وجہ نسوار پر ”قدرتی“پابندی ہوتی ہے۔ جتنی زیادہ ٹریفک قوانین کی خلاف ورزی اس مہینے ہوتی ہے پورے سالدیکھنے کو نہیں ملتی۔ یہی حال دیگر جرائم کا بھی ہے۔نسواری حضرات سے اگر اس نشے کےفوائد و نقصانات کے بارے پوچھا جائے تو یہی جواب ملتا ہے ”جو مزہ نسوار میں ہے نہعشق میں نہ پیار میں ہے“۔ بہرحال جو نسوار استعمال کرتے ہیں وہی اس کی لذت سے بھی واقفہیں۔
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Songkran: Thailand Water Festival.

Posted on 22 February 2012 by Tea Server



Songkran means ‘astrological passage’ and is the event which announces the new Thailand year. In the modern calendar it is celebrated every year from 13-15 april. Interestingly enough these three days are common new year starters in the Southeast Asia.

A Brief History:

The date of the festival was originally set by astrological calculation, but it is now fixed. Until 1888 the Thai New Year was the beginning of the year in Thailand; thereafter 1 April was used until 1940. 1 January is now the beginning of the year. The traditional Thai New Year has been a national holiday since then. Mostly this festival was celebrated in India and is thought to be originated from the Holi festival as previously in the 1900′s color was used. It was just recently that water took over colors and it was given a separate identity by the Thailand people.

How is it celebrated:





The most obvious celebration of Songkran is the throwing of water. Thais roam the streets with containers of water or water guns (sometimes mixed with mentholated talc), or post themselves at the side of roads with a garden hose and drench each other and passersby. This, however, was not always the main activity of this festival. Songkran was traditionally a time to visit and pay respects to elders, including family members, friends, neighbors, and monks.

Mostly Thai people have the pictures of monks and dummies in their homes which they consider a sign of good luck so on this very day, paying a visit to the monks and temples is also a common tradition. 


From where has it originated:



In the past when the monks used to wash the buddha dummies, the water which flowed afterwards was saved by some of them and they used to wash themselves with it, considering that it will help them earn a place in heaven and will wash away all their sins.  Among young people the holiday evolved to include dousing strangers with water to relieve the heat. Nowadays, the emphasis is on fun and water-throwing rather than on the festival’s spiritual and religious aspects, which sometimes prompts complaints from traditionalists.


Traditional Greeting:


The traditional greeting is “sa-wat-di pi mai”  basically “Happy New Year”. Sawatdi is also used for “hello” or “goodbye”. Pi and mai mean “year” and “new” respectively in Thai. Another greeting used is suk-san wan pi mai” , where suksan means “happy”.

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God: A Love Born of Faith

Posted on 21 February 2012 by Tea Server

When do you know someone is listening to your prayers? When was the last time you knew the sorrow you carried in your fragile heart was incurable by every single doctor, surgeon or expert that walks on the face of this planet? Some things are granted by God alone. Like hearing the unsaid, like ridding your heart of fear, like giving you the strength of staying strong, like gifting you the courage to say the bitter truth, like holding your heart when it can easily turn cold, like holding you by your finger and it becomes your lifeline to sanity… like cradling you through nights no one knows you’ve cried. God and God alone lets you be the best you can be.

And likewise, some things only God knows. He gives you a protected life as a child, with loving parents who watch over you and protect you from all troubles. And when you grow up, God gives you one little bump at a time till you have wings to fly, till your faith becomes so strong you needn’t anything else. God and God alone shapes you in the person you are meant to be by teaching you, showing you, loving you, testing you and then rewarding you. 

My faith in people has been shaken not because people were untrustworthy, but because only one faith exists in this Universe and that is the faith in Allah. You and I may have different notions for what that Higher Being is but we all look in the same direction, we all look for the same faith, at the same sky. When my heart could turn icy cold, He held in in His Mighty Hands and kept it warm so many painful times. The thinnest chord that led me to Him was the strongest. He taught me, showed me, tested me and then, I believe, He decided to reward me. My heart blooms with His warmth. My faith in Him is my lifeline.

I wish you all a life of Faith, Belief, Love and Miracle that only God can create. Stay blessed.
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Allah Loves Not Those

Posted on 21 February 2012 by Tea Server

Allah (God) does not love the transgressors. Surah Al-Baqara : Ayat 190
Allah (God) loves not any ungrateful big sinner. Surah Al-Baqara : Ayat 276
Allah (God) loves not the infidels. Surah Al-i’Imran : Ayat 32
Allah loves (God) not any big deceitful sinner. Surah An-Nisaa : Ayat 107
Undoubtedly, Allah (God) loves not the proud, boastful.
Surah An-Nisaa : Ayat 36
Allah (God) likes not the uttering of evil words except one who is being oppressed. And Allah (God) is Hearing, Knowing. Surah An-Nisaa : Ayat 148
Verily, Allah (God) loves not anyone who is treacherous and ungrateful. 
Surah Al-Hajj : Ayat 38
Undoubtedly, He (God) loves not the unjust. Surah Ash-Shura : Ayat 40
Undoubtedly Allah (God) loves not any arrogant boaster.
Surah Luqman : Ayat 18
Undoubtedly Allah (God) loves not those who exult. Surah Al-Qasas : Ayat 76
Undoubtedly Allah (God) loves not the mischief-makers.
 Surah Al-Qasas : Ayat 77
Undoubtedly, the persons crossing the limit are not liked by Him.
 Surah Al-A’raf : Ayat 31
 Undoubtedly, Allah (God) likes not those who cross the limit. 
Surah Al-Maidah : Ayat 87
Undoubtedly, the treacherous are not liked by Allah (God). Surah Al-Anfal : Ayat 58
Allah (God) loves not any exultant, boastful.
Surah Al-Hadid : Ayat 23

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Guns And Androids: Pakistan Air Force Making iPads

Posted on 20 February 2012 by Tea Server

By Chris Brummitt for The Associated Press

Inside a high-security air force complex that builds jet fighters and weapons systems, Pakistan’s military is working on the latest addition to its sprawling commercial empire: a homegrown version of the iPad.

It’s a venture that bundles together Pakistani engineering and Chinese hardware, and shines a light on the military’s controversial foothold in the consumer market. Supporters say it will boost the economy as well as a troubled nation’s self-esteem. It all comes together at an air force base in Kamra in northern Pakistan, where avionics engineers — when they’re not working on defense projects — assemble the PACPAD 1.

“The original is the iPad, the copy is the PACPAD,” said Mohammad Imran, who stocks the product at his small computer and cell phone shop in a mall in Rawalpindi, a city not far from Kamra and the home of the Pakistani army.

The device runs on Android 2.3, an operating system made by Google and given away for free. At around $200, it’s less than half the price of Apple or Samsung devices and cheaper than other low-end Chinese tablets on the market, with the bonus of a local, one-year guarantee.

The PAC in the name stands for the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, where it is made. The PAC also makes an e-reader and small laptop.
Such endeavors are still at the pilot stage and represent just a sliver of the military’s business portfolio, which encompasses massive land holdings, flour and sugar mills, hotels, travel agents, even a brand of breakfast cereal.

The military is powerful, its businesses are rarely subject to civilian scrutiny, and it has staged three coups since Pakistan became a state in 1947. Many Pakistanis find its economic activities corrupting and say it should focus on entirely on defense.

“I just can’t figure it out,” said Jehan Ara, head of Pakistan’s Software Houses Association, said of the PACPAD. “Even if they could sell a billion units, I can’t see the point. The air force is supposed to be protecting the air space and borders of the country.”

Supporters say the foray into information technology is a boost to national pride for a country vastly overshadowed by archrival India in the high-tech field. Tech websites in the country have shown curiosity or cautious enthusiasm, but say it’s too early to predict how the device will perform. Skeptics claim it’s a vanity project that will never see mass production.

Only a few hundred of each products has been made so far, though a new batch will be completed in the next three months. “The defense industry is trying to justify its presence by doing more than just produce weapons,” said Ayesha Siddiqa, author of Military Inc., a critical study of military businesses. “Some smart aleck must have thought we can make some money here.”

PAC’s website at http://www.cpmc.pk says the goal is “strengthening the national economy through commercialization” and lauds the collaboration with China — something that likely resonates among nationalists.

China is regarded as a firm ally by Pakistan’s security establishment, whereas the U.S., despite pouring billions of dollars in aid into the country, is seen as fickle and increasingly as an enemy.

These perceptions have heightened as the U.S. intensifies drone attacks on militants based in the Pakistani borderlands. But the military is also a target of those militants. In 2007 the base at Kamra, home to 12,000 workers and their families, nine people died when a cyclist blew himself up at the entrance.

PAC officials suggested the program that produces the PACPAD was modeled in part on the Chinese military’s entry into commercial industry, which lasted two decades until it was ordered to cut back lest it become corrupted and lose sight of its core mission.

The tablet and other devices are made in a low-slung facility, daubed in camouflage paint, near, a factory that produces J-17 Thunder fighter jets with Chinese help.

“It’s about using spare capacity. There are 24 hours in a day, do we waste them or use them to make something?” said Sohail Kalim, PAC’s sales director. “The profits go to the welfare of the people here. There are lots of auditors. They don’t let us do any hanky-panky here.”

PAC builds the PACPAD with a company called Innavtek in a Hong Kong-registered partnership that also builds high-tech parts for the warplanes.
But basic questions go unanswered. Maqsood Arshad, a retired air force officer who is one of the directors, couldn’t say how much money had been invested, how many units the venture hoped to sell and what the profit from each sale was likely to be.

The market for low-cost Android tablets is expanding quickly around the world, with factories in China filling most of the demand. Last year, an Indian company produced the “Aakash” tablet, priced at $50, and sold largely to schoolchildren and students.

Arshad said a second-generation PACPAD would be launched in the next three months, able to connect to the Internet via cell phone networks and other improved features. He said the Kamra facility could produce up to 1,000 devices a day.

During a brief test, The tablet with its 7-inch screen appeared to run well and the screen responsiveness was sharp. “It seems good, but operation-wise I have to look into it,” said Mohammad Akmal, who had come to the store in Rawalpindi to check the product out. “Within a month or so, we will know.”

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14 Cute Motivational Quotes — Fantastic Friday

Posted on 17 February 2012 by Tea Server

Welcome to this week’s edition of Fantastic Friday, where we talk about happiness and inspiration and everything that goes in between!
 Always wear your invisible crown!

 The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.

People will hate you, rate you, shake you and break you. But how strong you stand is what makes you.

Being happy doesn’t mean everything is perfect. It means you’ve decided to see beyond the imperfections.

Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.

If nothing ever changed, there’d be no butterflies.
~ Unknown

When you throw dirt, you lose ground.
~ Texan Proverb

Don’t worry if you’re SINGLE. God is looking at you right now, saying, “I’m saving this one for someone special.”

Sometimes I think a soul mate is someone who will make you be the most “you” that you can possibly be.

 Bloom where you are planted.

 How does one become a butterfly? You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.
~ Trina Paulus

Something fabulous is out there. Taking shape. Emerging. Peeking. Calling your name.

 The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
~ Joseph Campbell

Self Worth: Some people will like you for no reason, some will not like you for no reason. Who you choose to spend the most time, thoughts, and effort on, depend on exactly how much you like yourself. By just staying near to people who treat you poorly, you are telling them it’s OK to do so. Only keep people close to you who treat you well.

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Overconfidence cost Pakistan.

Posted on 16 February 2012 by Tea Server




” Before you attempt to beat the odds, be sure you could survive the odds beating you. ” Pakistan were clearly overconfident when the ODI series between England and Pakistan started but forgot that overconfidence precedes carelessness. Perhaps they underestimated the English side as did everyone else, they lead the four match series 2-0. Who would have thought things will turn around within a week.


For Pakistan the problem lies with the team selection and poor planing. England didn’t bring drastic changes to their team for the ODI’s. Just including the specialists Ravi Bopara and C. Kieswetter while one all rounder  Samit Patel. 



And when Shahid Afridi swung and missed at James Anderson, Pakistan’s chase was over (Cricinfo 2nd ODI)



Pakistan on the other hand had to clue with the team selection. Shoaib Malik was included in the squad on the request of Misbah ul Haq, and to accommodate him Pakistan shuffled the whole team for the first ODI match. They went in with Umar Akmal as a wicket keeper, Dropping the inform Abdur Rehman, and Playing Wahab Riaz to make up for Malik’s position as a spinning all rounder who was batting as low as number eight. 



Even if Malik had to play, Pakistan could have gone in with Abdur Rehman instead of Wahab Riaz, as England’s vows against spin bowling were obvious during the test match series. Pakistan did play with five spin bowlers during the third ODI against Bangladesh, who looked playing spin better than England.


England scored 260/7 in 50 overs, Wahab Riaz was totally out of sorts, Shoaib Malik bowled just five overs and scored 7 runs of 23 balls, Umar Akmal came to bat with a backache and Pakistan lost by 130 runs.


For  the second ODI Pakistan dropped Wahab Riaz, Shoaib Malik and Asad Shafiq bringing in Aizaz Cheema, Abdur Rehman, and Azhar Ali. Last two were sensible moves which Pakistan should have taken during the previous match but they still went in with Umar Akmal as a wicket keeper.


With four top class spinners in the team, Pakistan played a nonspecialist wicket keeper who was poor behind the stumps, dropping two catches, one of Cook, who was at 28 but went on to score another century and the other of Eoin Morgan who scored a crucial 25 not out. 


While selecting the team Pakistan also forgot that they had Hammad Azam in the team who is a right arm medium pace bowler and a handy lower-middle order batsman and would have served well instead of Aizaz Cheema. Pakistan had 7 batsman, four pure tailenders but nothing in between. 


When Shahid Afridi was bowled by James Andersen Pakistan required 44 of 34 balls, but had no one to support Misbah ul Haq and lost the match by 20 runs which they could have easily won. 


Pakistani management for some reason has been hesitant to play Hammad Azam in the team, maybe because he is capable enough to take over the all rounder’s slot which has been occupied by under performing Abdul Razzaq, Shoaib Malik and on some occasions Sohail Tanvir. They are a well balanced test side, but look totally imbalanced when it comes to ODI matches.


There are a few slots that need to be filled especially the opening partnership, they need someone who can stay there and play long. A young performing all rounder in the lower-middle order who could bowl economical overs and score precious runs, but more importantly and a quick genuine fast bowler who could rip through batting line ups on these slow low pitches.


All is not lost. They still have two ODI matches to go and can level  the series but this for sure is a wake up call for Pakistan. 

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Learn How to Create eBooks for the iPad with this O’Reilly eBook

Posted on 16 February 2012 by Tea Server

Apple’s iBooks Author is a free software program that lets you create eBooks with minimal effort. You can either publish your eBooks as standard PDFs, that can be read anywhere, or export them in the iBook format that can also be distributed through Apple’s iBookstore.

ibooks authoriBooks Author, as this video demo suggests, is like a WYSIWYG editor for eBooks. It is nowhere as complex as some of other book authoring programs (for example, Adobe Indesign) and yet you get nice professional-looking eBooks that may also have an element of interactivity.

The downside is that Apple has developed iBooks Author exclusively for the Mac platform and second, eBooks created using this authoring tool can only be sold through the iBookstore. You are allowed your give away your eBook as free PDFs but you cannot sell them outside the iTunes store.

If you are fine with the various restrictions of Apple and are looking for some help to get started with iBooks Author, here’s brand new title from O’Reilly Media – Publishing with iBooks Author – that should definitely interest you.

This 94-page eBook, authored by Adam Witwer and Nellie McKesson of O’Reilly, discusses every single feature of the iBook Author app but my favorite parts are the little tips and common pitfalls that you are less likely to find in the official help manual. For instance:

1. You can ditch the Media Widget and just drag and drop an audio or video file right from Finder or the Media Browser onto a blank spot in your book, but the end result is the same.

2. If you managed to get Author working on Mac OS X Snow Leopard or earlier, you don’t get to play with the 3D chart options. These depend on the Scene Kit framework, available in OS X Lion. It may seem like you can add one, but Author slows to a crawl and your chart just looks like a garbled mess.

The eBook is available as a free download on the O’Reilly website and you can have it in either PDF, ePUB or MOBI formats depending on where you want to read that book.

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Funny Science – Scitoons, brought to you by NUST Science Society

Posted on 14 February 2012 by Tea Server

Come one, come all, to Sci-toons, an all-Pakistan Science Comic Competition – the first of its kind in the country, brought to you by the National University of Science & Technology from February 18th-24th, 2012! Young adults around the country now have the chance to participate in a unique blending of science and the arts. Participants … Continue reading »

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میں بیوفا نہیں ہوں

Posted on 13 February 2012 by Tea Server

وزیر اعظم یوسف رضا گیلانی نے آپ بیتی لکھنے کا فیصلہ کر لیا ہے. “چاہ یوسف سے صدا” کے بعد یہ انکی دوسری کتاب ہوگی.
اس کتاب میں گیلانی صاحب اپنی وزارت کے آخری چار یا پانچ مہنیوں سے  متعلق رازوں پر سے پردہ فاش کرنا چاہتے ہیں. ان کی حکومت ایک ایسے موڑ پر آگئی ہے جہاں سے آگے کا راستہ جیل کی سمت نکلتا ہے، یاپھر صدارتی معافی نامہ کی طرف.
ان دونوں راستوں میں سے موصوف کونسا منتخب کریں گےیہ تو وقت ہی بتائیگا. لیکن اپنی مجوزہ آپ بیتی کا نام “میں بیوفا نہیں ہوں” رکھ کر آپ جناب نے جگت بازی کے لیے اچھا خاصا سامان مہیا کیا ہے.
ایک صاحب نے کتاب کانام سن کر “ری ایکشن” میں  لکھا ..
“کتاب کے نام میں ترمیم کی ضروت ہے…
“میں بیوفا نہیں ہوں، بدکردار ہوں”.
 دوسرے صاحب نے تجویز دی … “میں بیوفا نہیں ہوں، کیسے تمہیں بتاؤں، افسانہ بے بسی کا کیسے تمہیں سناؤں” گویا ایک ہندی دوگانے کا پہلا بند لکھ ڈالا، اور گیلانی صاحب کی “اصلی مجبوری” پر سے  پردہ بھی اٹھا دیا. 
تیسرے صاحب نے جملہ کسا… “میں بیوفا نہیں، زرداری کا وفادار ہوں”. 
“میں” سے شروع ہونے والی ایک اور کتاب، “میں باغی ہوں” ہے، جسے تحریر کر کے قبلہ جاوید ہاشمی نے ایک سیاسی سٹیٹمنٹ دیا تھا. 
شاید گیلانی صاحب بھی اسی طرح کا کوئی پیغام دینا چاہتے ہیں، لیکن نہ تو “میں بیوفا نہیں ہوں” میں کوئی مثبت تاثیر ہے نہ ہی اس سے کوئی مضبوط پیغام آگے جا سکتاہے. ایسا لگتا ہے جسے کسی ناکام عاشق کی کتھا لکھی جارہی ہے، جس سے نہ تو دنیا والے خوش ہیں، نہ ہی اسکا محبوب.
ایک زاویے سے اس کتاب کو تحریری اعتراف شکست بھی کہا جا سکتاہے کیونکہ چار سال حکومت میں رہنے کے باوجود گیلانی سرکار نہ تو لوگوں کو ریلیف دے سکا ہے، نہ ہی سکون. تباہی اور مہنگائی ہے، یا پھر سازشیں اور شورش .
غالبا گھاگھ سیاستدان، یوسف رضا گیلانی، یہی کہنا چاہ رہے ہیں کہ میرے کردار اور میری طرز حکومت پر تو بات کی جاسکتی ہے، لیکن زرداری صاحب سے میری وفاشعاری پر نہیں.  


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Love’s a Child – Valentines’ Day Special

Posted on 13 February 2012 by Tea Server



defy what you know

and come with me
on a journey to the unknown.
let your heart answer
your highest calling
may this darkness pass
into one of our brightest
tomorrows.

defy reason
resist distrust
dare logic
the path to me
will be painful of all
but the path to me
will be rewarding of all
for i am the one
who keeps your heart
and i am the one
who knows your heart

come to me darling
for safe keeping
as a child would
his silly notions of love.
the cupid child who 
never wants to grow up,
as would love
for love is tainted with
years of wisdom

let love be a child
who sees the world
with the purest eyes
the clearest of hearts
the tenderest of emotions
and let this love between us
grow into something
only a blind cupid would know.

Dedicated to my husband.
Happy Valentines’ Day, darling.


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Hijabed like Me: A Non-Muslim Woman Experiments with Hijab

Posted on 10 February 2012 by Tea Server



I walked down the street in my long white dress and inch-long, black hair one after-noon, and truck drivers whistled and shouted obscenities at me. I felt defeated. I had just stepped out of a hair salon. I had cut my hair short, telling the hairdresser to trim it as she would a guy’s. I sat numbly as my hairdresser skillfully sheared into my shoulder-length hair with her scissors, asking me with every inch she cut off if I was freaking out yet. I wasn’t freaking out, but I felt self-mutilated.

I was obliterating my femininity:

It wasn’t just another haircut. It meant so much more. I was trying to appear andro-gynous by cutting my hair. I wanted to obliterate my femininity. Yet that did not prevent some men from treating me as a sex object. I was mistaken. It was not my femininity that was problematic, but my sexuality, or rather the sexuality that some men had ascribed to me based on my biological sex. They reacted to me as they saw me and not as I truly am. Why should it even matter how they see me, as long as I know who I am? But it does. I believe that men who see women as only sexual beings often commit violence against them, such as rape and battery. Sexual abuse and assault are not only my fears, but my reality.

I was molested and raped. My experiences with men who violated me have made me angry and frustrated. How do I stop the violence? How do I prevent men from seeing me as an object rather than a female? How do I stop them from equating the two? How do I pro-ceed with life after experiencing what others only dread? The experiences have left me with questions about my identity. Am I just another Chinese-American female? I used to think that I have to arrive at a conclusion about who I am, but now I realize that my identity is constantly evolving.

My experience of being “hijabed”:

One experience that was particularly educational was when I “dressed up” as a Mus-lim woman for a drive along Crenshaw Boulevard with three Muslim men as part of a newsmagazine project. I wore a white, long-sleeved cotton shirt, jeans, tennis shoes, and a flowery silk scarf that covered my head, which I borrowed from a Muslim woman. [1] Not only did I look the part, I believed I felt the part. Of course, I wouldn’t really know what it feels like to be hijabed. I coined this word for the lack of a better term everyday, because I was not raised with Islamic teachings. However, people perceived me as a Muslim woman and did not treat me as a sexual being by making cruel remarks. I noticed that men’s eyes did not glide over my body as has happened when I wasn’t hijabed. I was fully clothed, exposing only my face.


I remembered walking into an Islamic center and an African-American gentleman in-side addressed me as “sister,” and asked where I came from. I told him I was originally from China. That didn’t seem to matter. There was a sense of closeness between us because he assumed I was Muslim. I didn’t know how to break the news to him because I wasn’t sure if I was or not. I walked into the store that sold African jewelry and furniture and another gen-tleman asked me as I was walking out if I was Muslim. I looked at him and smiled, not know-ing how to respond. I chose not to answer.

Being hijabed changed others’ perception of me:

Outside the store, I asked one of the Muslim men I was with, “Am I Muslim?” He ex-plained that everything that breathes and submits is. I have concluded that I may be and just don’t know it. I haven’t labeled myself as such yet. I don’t know enough about Islam to assert that I am Muslim.

Though I don’t pray five times a day, go to a mosque, fast, nor cover my head with a scarf daily, this does not mean that I am not Muslim.[2] These seem to be the natural manifestations of what is within. How I am inside does not directly change whether I am hijabed or not. It is others’ perception of me that was changed. Repeated experiences with others in turn create a self-image.

Hijab as oppression: a superficial and misguided view:

I consciously chose to be hijabed because I was searching for respect from men.[3] In-itially, as both Women’s Studies major and a thinking female, I bought into the Western view that the wearing of a scarf is oppressive. After this experience and much reflection, I have arrived at the conclusion that such a view is superficial and misguided.

The most liberating experience of my life:

I covered up that day out of choice, and it was the most liberating experience of my life. I now see alternatives to being a woman. I discovered that the way I dress dictated others’ reaction towards me. It saddens me that this is a reality. It is a reality that I have accepted, and chose to conquer rather than be conquered by it. It was my sexuality that I covered, not my femininity. The covering of the former allowed the liberation of the latter.

This article was originally published in Al-Talib, the newsmagazine of the Muslim Stu-dents’ Association of the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) in October 1994. At the time of its publication, Kathy Chin was a senior at UCLA majoring in Psychobiology and Women’s Studies.

Witten by: Kathy Chin
Reviewer: Abu Adham Osama Omara (Islamhouse.com)


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For the sake of a LOL.

Posted on 09 February 2012 by Tea Server

Okay now this is something very hilarious, so I thought I should share this for a laugh! Kindly click on the play button and then let laughter ripple in your body. Hahaahaa! :P “Hats off” for 
College-humor, well done!
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Principles of Success in the light of the life of Prophet Mohammed

Posted on 09 February 2012 by Tea Server



It is a well-known fact that the Prophet of Islam (saw) has been the supremely successful man in human history. But he was not just a hero, as Thomas Carlyle has called him. According to the Qur’an, he was the best example for all mankind. He has shown us the way of achieving supreme success in this world.

By studying the life of the Prophet (saw), we can derive those important principles which were followed by the Prophet (saw). Indeed, the Prophet of Islam (saw) was a positive thinker in the full sense of the word. All his activities were result-oriented. He completely refrained from all such steps as may prove counter-productive.

1. First Principle: To begin from the possible

This principle is well explained in a saying of Aishah (ra). She said: “Whenever the Prophet had to choose between two options, he always opted for the easier choice.” (Al-Bukhari) To choose the easiest option means to begin from the possible, and one who begins from the possible will surely reach his goal.

2. Second Principle: To see advantage in disadvantage

In the early days of Mecca, there were many problems and difficulties. At that time, a guiding verse in the Qur’an was revealed. It said: “With every hardship there is ease, with every hardship there is ease.” (94:5-6).

This means that if there are some problems, there are also opportunities at the same time. And the way to success is to ignore the problems and avail the opportunities.

3. Third Principle: To change the place of action

This principle is derived from the Hijrah. Hijrah was not just a migration from Mecca to Medina. It was to find a more suitable place for Islamic work, as history proved later on.

4. Fourth Principle: To make a friend out of an enemy

The Prophet (saw) of Islam was repeatedly subjected to practices of antagonism by the unbelievers. At that time the Qur’an enjoined upon him the return of good for evil. And then, as the Qur’an added, “You will see your direst enemy has become your closest friend” (41:34).

It means that a good deed in return of a bad deed has a conquering effect over your enemies. And the life of the Prophet (saw) is a historical proof of this principle.

5. Fifth Principle: To turn minus into plus

After the Battle of Badr, about 70 of the unbelievers were taken as the prisoners of war. They were educated people. The Prophet (saw) announced that if any one of them would teach ten Muslim children how to read and write he would be freed. This was the first school in the history of Islam in which all of the students were Muslims, and all of the teachers were from the enemy rank. Here I shall quote a British orientalist who remarked about the Prophet of Islam (saw): He faced adversity with the determination to writing success out of failure.


6. Sixth Principle: The power of peace is stronger than the power of violence

When Mecca was conquered, all of the Prophet’s (saw) direst opponents were brought before him. They were war criminals, in every sense of the word. But the Prophet (saw) did not order to kill them. He simply said: “Go, you are free.” The result of this kind behavior was miraculous. They immediately accepted Islam.

7. Seventh Principle: Not to be a dichotomous thinker

In the famous Ghazwa of Muta, Khalid bin Walid decided to withdraw Muslim forces from the battlefield because he discovered that his army was disproportionately outnumbered. When they reached Medina, some of the Muslims received them by the word “O Furrar (O deserters!)” The Prophet (saw) said “No. They are Kurrar (men of advancement).”

Those Medinan people were thinking dichotomously, either fighting or retreating. The Prophet (saw) said no. There is also a third option, and that is to avoid war and find a time to strengthen yourself. Now history tells us that the Muslims, after three years of preparation, advanced again towards the Roman border and this time they won a resounding victory.

8. Eighth Principle: To bring the battle in one’s own favorable field

This principle is derived from the Ghazwa of Hudaibiyya. At that time, the unbelievers were determined to engage Muslims in fighting, because obviously they were in an advantageous position. But the Prophet (saw), by accepting their conditions unilaterally, entered into a pact. It was a ten-year peace treaty. Until then, the meeting ground between Muslims and non- Muslims had been on the battlefield. Now the area of conflict became that of ideological debate. Within two years, Islam emerged as victorious because of the simple reason of its ideological superiority.

9. Ninth Principle: Gradualism instead of radicalism

This principle is well established by a hadith of Al-Bukhari. Aishah (ra) says that the first verses of the Qur’an were related mostly to heaven and hell. And then after a long time when the people’s hearts had softened, the specific commands to desist from adultery and drinking were revealed in the Qur’an. This is a clear proof that for social changes, Islam advocates the evolutionary method, rather than the revolutionary method.

10. Tenth Principle: To be pragmatic in controversial matters

During the writing of Hudaibiyya treaty, the Prophet (saw) dictated these words: “This is from Muhammad, the Messenger of God.” The Quraysh delegate raised objections over these words. The Prophet (saw) promptly changed the word and ordered to write simply Muhammad, son of Abdullah.

These were the principles through which the Prophet of Islam (saw) gained that success which has been recognized by historians as the true success.

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by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan


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