Meaning

 

Love and care combo

Not necessary to agree with - but intense!

"If love dies, care walks way" ~ Anonymous 

 “چاہ مر جائے تو پرواہ کا بھی اِنتقال ہو جاتا ہے”-

Aas ka cancer

کاش انسان کو آس کا کینسر نہ ہوتا 

امرتا پریتم

BaraN ke Shodi Mapras

~ A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blossoms.~

جب برسنا برسانا ہی ٹھہرا

پھر نور کیا نار کیا خاکی کیا

حرم کیا مسجد کیا میخانہ کیا

Power of Songs

Songs are funny things. They can slip across borders. Proliferate in prisons. Penetrate hard shells. I always believed that the right song at the right moment could change history. 

~ Pete Seeger

Evil of Lying

 

Sahir's Pal do Pal - full version

 

Two kinds of teachers

 There are two kinds of teachers. First, who teaches you how to study the subject. Very few others teach you how to approach the subject.

There is a difference. Find the second type.

Unsaid

 

Mothers and the Houses

 All houses are dark until the mother wakes up ~ Khalil Gibran 

Life today

 The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."

-- Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)

(As usual) Manto

 I tend to agree with this

Stepping away

 I think I have posted this before but it's so powerful, would not mind posting again

Give and Take of Marriage

 Hamare Muhalle main aik sahab apni biwi ko khub pitte the, aur aksar ghar se bahir nikal ke pitte the. Aik din main muhalle pe paan wale ki dukan se apni gold leaf khareed raha tha to aik buzurg ne un sahab se kaha;

"Bhai jawani main biwi pe rahem karo, woh burhape main tum pe rahem kare gi"

Tzu says

 

One key to happiness

 

An Advice

You may not need to agree, but I heard this at an Iftar party. 

 "In this country, sometimes it is tough to give all the religious values to our children. But if you ask me to pick only one value, I will teach them to say Bismillah (in the name of God) at the start of any meal and shukar-alhamdulliah (thank God) at the end of any meal. I believe this will put a lot of things in line. It is easy to teach from an early age by practicing ourselves and asking them to follow."

Islam and lunar calender

Yesterday someone said this beautiful thing. It may not be all true, but it makes sense. 

"Founders of early Islam purposely chose the lunar calendar for its rites and rituals, giving the message that this is a religion that should be practiced in all seasons. By following the lunar calendar, all events such as Ramadhan, Eid, Haj, and other events fall every year at different times."

Easter and full moon

 Pardon my ignorance but I just learned that:

"Easter is determined as the first Sunday after the first full moon (Paschal Full Moon) after the vernal equinox."

The vernal equinox is the equinox in spring, on about March 20/21 in the northern hemisphere and September 22 in the southern hemisphere. This is when the Sun is exactly above the Equator and day and night are of equal length.

This mystifies me due to my perpetual fascination with full moons. 

Books and language

 "Three days without reading books will bring a tint in your conversation by the fourth day." ~ Chinese proverb.