Plastic Spastic

Women and beauty! Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? “Surface Beauty” is something no living woman can ever be: the one who never sweats, who never wrinkles, is always ready to be displayed and never gets tired of being judged. That pertains to mannequins in a fashion window…

Ghost of what they were

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. The late Kaifi Azmi [http://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/kaifiazmi.html] sahab, a renowned urdu poet, left behind a compelling thought in his poem ‘Intishar’ (divulging) [ mp3 excerpts [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/mbrs/master/salrp/…

I need a kalendar

How so ever disorganized I might get, I always love a neat task reminder tool, and the smaller the file & memory footprint the more tempted I get to try it out 🙂 I’ve been using e-Todo [http://www.wekasoft.com/etodo/] for a few months but looking at Kalendar…

Woh Jo Hum Mein Tum Mein

Yesterday night I had a great time listening to a beautiful ghazal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazal] by Farida Khanam – Aaj Janay Ki Zidd Na Karo [http://www.channeldosti.com/ghazlein/Farida%20Khanam/Aaj%20Janay%20Ki%20Zidd%20Na%20Karo.rm] . I guess I must have heard it before but…

Colors of the Baltic Affection

A quite dinner one late evening in Stockholm. Like always, they had a deep desire for some personal gratification, but this one night things were more provoked. Everything seems to be going according to the “plan”. He’s been a bit weak at nerves, but as anxious. Just two weeks…

Arth

The meaning of change. > ik zara haath baDha deN to pakaD le daaman uske seene meiN sama jaaye hamari dhaDkan itni kurbat hai to phir faaslaa itna kyooN hai tum asarrat ka kahO ya ise gham ka rishta kehte hain pyaar ka rishta hai janam ka rishta hai janam…

Seven Reasons Why a Scientist Believes in God

“We are still in the dawn of the scientific age, and every increase of light reveals more brightly the handiwork of an intelligent Creator. We have made stupendous discoveries; with a spirit of scientific humility and of faith grounded in knowledge we are approaching ever nearer to an awareness of…