Kausar

 "Mubarak ho, beta ya beti?"

"Kausar" !!!

(I didn't know, Kausar means daughter too. And, it is used in the most loving term)

A quote

 

May 23

 One of my friends twice in a week make the same mistake with the subject line "May 23" on the Title slide while we were working out presentations for students for October 23 and November 23.

I asked: 'Why you are so obsessed with  May 23?'

He is from Chandigarh. We converse in Hindi. He said: 

"Yaar duniya main kuch taarikhain aesi hoti hain, dimag se chipak jaati hain.......I was in deep love with one girl back home in India. Unfortunately, it didn't work out. It's now 28 years but still whenever it's 23 my hand subconsciously type May 23. It was her birthday......... Yaar ye ishq aur lagao bari zalim cheezain hain. Lagta hai sab kuch bhool gaye, magar saath chipki rehti hain............I am a geriatrician. You know in senile dementia and Alzheimer's, people recall their past vividly. I deal with this phenomenon every day. Mere yaara it hurts".

Art of life

I enjoyed this quote very much. I think it is true. It all depends on how we find that line of passion in our everyday life.

 

One spanish folklore song

 I was 17 years old when I and one of my friend read two books by Mustansir Hussain Tarrar (aka chacha). One was "nikle teri talash main'" and other was "undalas main ajnabi". We literary planned to run away from home so we can go to Europe like he did. We went to Liaqat national library in Karachi, photocopied maps, drew our route, collected all details of the train route, and youth hostels along our route. We made our passports. This was the time when Iran and Turkey's borders were open for Europe. As it was bound to happen, someone came to know of our secret plan, reported to the family and it took another 25 years before I saw Europe in true sense! What took away our breath was chacha's flow of writing. It was mesmerizing. 

Salmon Run

 Salmon Run is one of the most intriguing phenomena of nature. I was first told about this by one of my patients, a professional fisherman in the pacific ocean. I didn't believe him. But when Google came, I learned he was right. Salmon can go as far as Japan but will return to spawn at her birthplace. She will spawn, become colorless, and act like a dead, so her eggs stay protected (big fishes don't come near/eat dead fish). 

Once her children leave for the river, she will die at her birthplace.

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Aqlima

 I don't think anyone knows for sure but it is said that Aqlima was a sister of Habil and Qabil (Cain and Abel), and use to see fighting them from the mount. Fehmida Riaz described the agony of a woman in this beautiful poetry.

Note: Please see Saugoree uncle's comment in the comments below

Al-Nabi

 Here I am attaching the weblink of the Urdu translation of Khalil Jibran's famous book: "The prophet". This is one of the most read books in the world. I was 16 years old when I read this book. For months, I was in ecstasy and re-read its chapters again and again. This was a new world for me. Though over the years, I grew out of this book as harsh realities of life took a toll on childhood innocence. But this book is still very dear to me. There are other Urdu translations too, but I think this one has the best flow (By Habib Ashar Dehlvi).

http://www.mediafire.com/download/5t1y3y3r1d30zpb/Al-Nabi_-_Khalil_Jibran.pdf

(this is a download link, and will ask to get save on your computer. I have a copy. If you feel unsafe. Send me an email at zindagikidiary at yahoo. I will send you the copy).