Monday, May 31, 2021
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Under the Radar
Jab "under the radar" hamari medical class main hamare saath admit hua to usko dekh ker hansi nikal jaati thi. Us ka qad 4 feet 10 inch tha aur jism bilkul patla dubla. Magar jald hi college main mashoor ho gaya. Agle 5 saal woh college ka pride performer raha. Us ne running aur swimming ke saare muqabloN main har level pe college ko gold medalist rakkha. 1988 main Olympic team main select ho gaya magar aakhri moqe per kisi "fauji gernel kernel" ke bhatije ko select ker ke is ko nikal diya gaya. Is waqiye ke kuch dino baad college ke 'tuk shop' pe betha mere saath chai pi raha that. Main ne poocha:
"Yaar Khairuddin, ye tera naam - under the radar - kese paR gaya?"
Us ne bataya: "Meri umar 8/9 baras thi. Aik din ghar pe bhai ne mere chote qad aur duble jism ka bohat mazaq uRaya. Main gusse main ghar se nikal ker bhaga -poori taqat se bhaga - aur paRos gaon main chacha ke ghar paunch gaya. Chacha mujhe dekh ke hairan huwe. Kehne lage: abhi tere baap ka phone aaya tha. Keh raha tha tu ghar se bhaga hai. Magar itni jaldi kese paunch gaya? Main ne bataya: Bohat gusse se race lagaii hai. Chacha fauj main the. Unhon ne meri training shuru ker di. Unhon ne hi ye naam rakha -kiunke sab mujeh darkinar samjhte aur main race jeet leta -. Athelet basis pe cadet college main admission huwa. Qad chota reh gaya. Aage na ja sakta tha. Medical college aa gaya. Bus ye naam kuch doston ke saath saath chal paRa. Pehle chote qad pe bohat rona aata tha. Phir saari energy runner aur swimmer bunne pe laga di".
Apni khaami ko khubi main badalne ka jo rang - under the radar - ne dikhaya, us ne saari zindagi mujhe guide kiya. Ab bhi Pakistan main hai. Pediatrician hota hai. Koi bata raha tha, sadre-Pakistan ne is saal koi qaumi aezaz bhi diya hai. Us ne duniya bhar ki marathon races main doR lagaii.
Us se aakhri mulaqat 2017 main hui thi jub New York marathon doRne aaya tha. Mujhe us ne kaha tha: "Pediatrician to log samjhte hain. Asal main coach hun. Kamzor bachhon ko seekhata hun ke - zindagi ki race main - under the radar - hona khami nahi, khasoosiat (virtue) hai. Is ka khub faida uthao. Kisi obese bachhe ko wrestling pe, kisi dil ke mareez bachhe ko shatranj pe aur kisi duble bachhe ko 100 meters pe laga deta hun".
Sunday, May 23, 2021
That one haunted house
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Life and it's colors
Saturday, May 15, 2021
Saying NO
Meri umar 17 ya 19 baras rahi hogi. Ilhaad (atheism) ke saare falsafe mere sir pe chaRh ke bol rahe the. Abbu ne raat poocha: "Kal Eid ki namaz pe saath chalo ge? ya khud jao ge?" Mera jawab tha: "sath."
Abbu fajar ke baad pehli jamat main namaz ada kerte. Meri wajah se 10 baje wali aakhri jamat tak ruk gaye. Abbu Nazimabad ke idgah maidan barsoN se jaate the, wahin purane doston se bhi mulaqat ker lete. Meri wajah se ye sab kuch miss kiya. Shayed unhe mere khayalat ka andaza tha. Chahte the ke main mazhab ki taraf raagib rahun.
9.00 baje main ne abbu se khaha: "Aap bhai ke saath chale jaayain. Main ne koi namaz wamaz nahi paRhni".
Abbu us waqt to chal diye magar sham unhoN ne aik baat kahi jo ab tak yaad hai.
"Zindagi main musbat haan aur na bohat zaroori hai. Aaj to aesa nahi huwa magar aksar logon ki zindagiyan, khushiyan, zaroori plans hamari haan aor na se bante aur bigaRte hain. Na kehne main koi muzaiqa nahi magar us se bhi ziyada khatanaak cheez hai taal matol. Zindagi main musbat naa kehna sikh lo werna kai rishton se haat dho betho ge."
(It's important in life to say clear YES or NO. It didn't happen today but many times people's lives, happiness, major plans depend on our yes or no. There is no harm in saying NO but even more dangerous is to be ambiguous. Learn to say 'Absolute No' in life, otherwise, you may lose many relationships).
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Small events in life
As I get older, I appreciate such small events more and more. If I would have read this poem 20 years ago, I may not have appreciated its beauty at all.
Aik umar ka tajarba chahiye zara si baat ko samjhne ke liye
Thursday, May 06, 2021
Ghalib ka aik khat - (Dilli aur Corona)
Someone did a fabulous write-up. It said: "Dilli har baar ujaRti hai aur basti hai". A writer named M. Rehman pinned down Dehli situation with corona virus as Ghalib did during the Indian war of 1857.
(Shaukat Siddiqui suggested: "to appreciate the beauty of Urdu, read it loud")
Tuesday, May 04, 2021
One unique thing about fathers
A friend recently told me a thing, and I found it true for myself:
"There is something unique about fathers. You miss them more as you grow older. As you become a father yourself, you realized that how much you didn't avail him."
Friday, April 30, 2021
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Sunday, April 25, 2021
Love, hate and indifference
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Slippery slope
Main aur Naeem Mohsin medical college ke dost the bulke class fellow the. Hum ne saath saath USMLE ki tayyari ki. Saath saath America aaye. phir Chicago main bhi saath rahe - residency ki. Us ke baad alag ho gaye....woh Chicago reh gaya. Meri la-ubali tabiyaat mujeh dusre shahron le gai...
Aur phir aik dusre ke phone number bhi kho gaye...
....barson yun beete jese bus abhi palkain jhapki hon..... aur ye khabar bijli ban ke giri ke Naeem Mohsin ne Chicago main khud kushi ker li....
2 din tak main kuch sochne ke qabil na tha. Zindagi ke 10-12 baras saath guzare the. Achha khasa samjhdar aadmi tha.
Kab kahan kahani main kesa moR aaya kisi ko khabar na hui.
Doston ne bataya - Us ne saare doston se raabte toR liye the...har kisi se jhagra kerne laga tha ....biwi bachhe bhi choR ke chale gaye....peeche Pakistan se bhi ghar walon ne nate toR liye....
........kab kis zehni bimari ka shikar hua - aur kiun huwa - pata na laga...
license bhi haat se chala gaya... paise khatam ho gaye...kisi shelter main panah li
...aur phir aik raat khudkushi ker li...
Ye zindagi bhi bari kutti cheez hai. Aik dafa 'slippery slope' pe paun phisal jaaye to phir sambhalne nahi deti. Ye koi pehli dafa to nahi huwa. Ye blog aesi kahanion se bhara paRa hai...
.. apne doston se milte rahiye. Zindagi ke kis muqam pe kis ko kis ke sahare ki zaroorat paR jaaye, kiya malum.
(In the United States - on average - one physician commit suicide every day)
Saturday, April 17, 2021
rafu - gulzar
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Sunday, April 11, 2021
Happiness and Success
Allan Karl said a beautiful thing:
Success doesn't bring happiness
Happiness brings success
Wow!!
Thursday, April 08, 2021
The best line!
I was advised years ago - and it helped me always.
If someone is going through any kind of grief, the best thing to say: "I am not sure if I can share your grief as my words may not heal everything, but I AM HERE for anything you need".
Is say ziyada dilasa aur kuch bhi nahi - ke kisi ko ye yaqeen ho ke - aap waqt pe mojoud the
- werna aik insaan to dusre insaan ke liye patta bhi nahi hila sakta
Sunday, April 04, 2021
on Facebook and old friends
On Facebook, we connect to many friends and acquaintances from our long long gone past years of child and younghood. In many cases, we feel it would have been better we would not have bump again - as people grow on different axes over decades.
Shayed woh bhi aesa hi sochte hon ge
Thursday, April 01, 2021
Devine, humans, acts and signs
Devine writes the first act. Humans write the second. In between comes the signs. Watch it strikes.
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
On Amar Jalil's Khuda Gum ho gaya hai
I was shocked (and still in shock) the way Pakistani conservative society has reacted to Amar Jalil's short story "Khuda Gum ho gaya hai" (God is lost). It is nothing but a masterpiece of literature. I didn't even find a grain of insult to anyone. I guess people have not read Iqbal's Shikwa, Manto's and Ismat Chughtaii's short stories.
It was a beyond idiotic reaction.
Jitni tezi se Pakistani logon ko kafir bana rahe hain, Pakistan ke jhande main sirf sufed rang reh jayye ga - range-kafan.






