Koi Umeed ber nahi aati

Koi surat nazar nahi aati

 

Maut ka ek din muaeyan hai

Neend kion raat bher nahi aati?

Pehle aati thi haal-e-dil per hasi

Abh kisi baat per nahi aati

 

Hai kuch eesi hi baat, jo chup hoon

Warna kiya baat ker nahi aati?

 

Hum wahan hain jahan se humko bhi

Kuch humari khabar nahi aati

 

Kaabe kis moun se jao ge ~Ghalib~

sharam tumko magar nahi aati

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 And could relate to it:

They laugh at me because I am different; I laugh at them because they are all the same.

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The things that I’ve loved the things that I’ve lost
The things I’ve held sacred that I’ve dropped
I won’t lie no more you can bet
I don’t want to learn what I’ll need to forget ….

 

I like throwing my voice and breaking guitars
Cuz it doesn’t remind me of anything
I like playing in the sand what’s mine is ours
If it doesn’t remind me of anything …

 

-Audioslave (Doesn’t remind me of)

 

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Shahbaz Shiekh is an old friend, a telecom engineer and is completing his Masters from UTD. He writes on and off at Ronin. Here is another piece written by him that I wanted to share with my readers.

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With the U.S. Presidential elections right around the corner in America, and the infamous War on Terror raging with white hot temperatures in Northern Pakistan, many local political commentators are busy trying to establish, which political party will better benefit our country. This to me (at least) this appears a futile exercise. Barack Obama and John McCain have both made it crystal clear that operations on the northern Pak-Afghan belt will continue. Only that Mr. Obama believes that these efforts must be intensified, while Mr. McCain is more in favor of continuing (more or less) the same path.

 

So that the question “who is better for Pakistan”, can simply be answered by a simple “both” or “niether”, depending if you like your glass half empty or half full. But on the issue of the fighting in the north, it is not a question of a half empty or half full glass of water.It is more a question how thirsty you really are. Meaning?

 

Obviously the Americans are thirsty like never before. And why wouldn’t they be? The American citizens back home want to see a Osama’s’ head on the platter, the man responsible for killing around 4000 Americans in broad daylight, at the very center of the American civilization.

 

What about Pakistanis? In my (humble) opinion, the general Pakistani population is not thirsty enough. They wish to avoid the war, they don’t want to finish it. Most Pakistanis don’t realize is that the enemies (here I mean the gun wielding, self exploding militants), do not hate America. They hate us. They hate a Pakistan which trades with the west (infidels), they hate a Pakistan where women are free to have any occupation men have, they hate a Pakistan which provides security to religious and sectarian minorities, and they hate everything the Quaid-e-Azam ever dreamed of in his lonely, uneasy, tubolclosis laden sleep.

 

Most Pakistanis are fond of saying  “we are fighting someone else’s war”.

When somebody decides to blow up a 5 star hotel at Islamabad, when someone decides to murder innocent factory workers in Wah, when someone decides that people in Karachi attending a mere political rally do not deserve to live, then in my (humble) opinion, this someone is our plain and simple enemy and deserves to be waged a war against. We are not fighting Osama’s army (the one which hurt American interests),

We are fighting Osama wannabe’s, who ONLY hurt our interest. So yes, these bad men are our enemies before anyone elses. If someone hits you, you don’t say “oh this someone hit me because of so and so”, you hit this someone back, twice as hard. Yes, it will result in collateral damage, but there is no getting around it. Yes, it will result in losses in our army’s rank, but then again we didnt raise such a large army to help old ladies cross the road now did we?

 

Winning the war against the raving, blood frenzied, do and die madmen in the north will not be an easy task. But I say, if you are doing something which is not easy, then it must be the right thing to do, as the path of the righteous is indeed a hard path.

 

(Pakistan Zindabad)

   

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I am also loosing weight, ‘Hurray!!!’ The latter can be one of the few reasons. Anyway I will continue with my new style of casual blogging and here is something interesting I found while surfing;

Ever wondered what hand gesture you are?

My test shows the following result:

You Are a Fist

Your life philosophy can be summed up as, “Live fast. Die young.” Your greatest wish is to have a life of passion and excitement.And while you don’t want to die young, you rather take risks than stay home and be afraid. You are inspired and inspiring. You live each day like it’s your last.

What Hand Gesture Are You?

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