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Choosing Death – Suicide
Suicide is a cowardly act. Until I, or someone very close to me, commits it. We are the strong ones – men and women. We don’t fall. Not just because we don’t have an option to, but because we can’t. We are invincible. Unstoppable. And we roar like a tiger in our inner jungles –…
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You Complete Me
“You complete me.” You may recall this iconic line from Jerry Maguire (1996), when Tom Cruise says it to Renee Zellweger. Second only to “you had me at hello” from that movie. That was its romantic side: one person completing another, emotionally and spiritually. This same iconic line returned with an impact when Joker (Heath…
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Urdu Literature – An Opinion
Words define us. Actions follow, but words lead. Law, constitution, pledges, relationships, love, hate, marriage, divorce, disagreement, praise, criticism – are all words. Since writing began, words have shaped the world. Religions, scriptures, myths, gospels, miracles – are all words. Your social norms, acceptable behavior, ethos, pathos, logos, morality, absurdity, immorality – are all words.…
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Blood Moon
Clouded blood moon. A little glimpse and then back into the lingerie of clouds again. Just teasing and testing the patience of space addicts. What hasn’t been associated with lunar eclipse in history? Angry gods. Famine. War. Annihilation. Mystery. Magic. A new boy to be born on such a night to change the world’s…
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Not To Be.
To be, or not to be.Not to be, so to be. That presence that you made, unmade you.The walk you walked, walked you out.The wait you kept was a waste.The words you bled were on a paper already worthless. But then, we learn and unlearn through mistakes,Through trash, dust, noise and sighs.Some tears.Some bliss. So…
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If I Must
If I must choose between Buzdar and Maryam… wait – It means I’m the Chief then. The chosen one. Above all the 240 million insects. To deliver the divine message to les misérables. Must be starving. I’ll choose Nando’s.
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Slim Shady
May I have your attention please?May I have your attention please? Those who brought Buzdar, brought Maryam.The hen that laid these two eggs is the same.Do we agree on that? Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?I repeat, will the real Slim Shady please stand up? One was an idiot and avoided the public…
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A Democratic Footnote – Pakistan
With all the disagreements and criticisms you have with AIML or Jinnah – some valid – there is one core aspect of history that we forget and miss out conveniently. Yes, I know about Lahore Resolution of 1940 and how it was ‘states’ and not ‘state’ and the word ‘Pakistan’ wasn’t even mentioned in the…
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Conversation with Jinnah
You: May your soul rest in peace, sir. Jinnah: It won’t. You: Sir? Jinnah: You people have failed the dream. You: Yes, we have. Jinnah: This country was not made to experiment with radicalism, be it religious or non-religious. It was not made to experiment with different forms of dictatorships and martial laws. I told…
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Allama Bureaucrat Iqbal
Now Sialkot would be known for two Muhammad Iqbals – one who saw a dream, and the other who lived it – at least for some time. One single ADC(R) of Sialkot – a bureaucrat – has done corruption worth millions of rupees. There were alleged foreign tours. Commercial and other properties. Land Cruiser. Rolex,…