Sawal-o-La'Jawab

zehreelee nagan
nachay mayray angan
tootay ga bundhan
phir say yay mun!

zindagee-e-baynaam
ko na do ilzaam
nai hay kisi ko dawaam
zalim ho ya ilzam

zulmat kada hay mayra
manzar-e-jashn-e-natamaam
tayri umeedon ka payaam
hay mayri tanhai ka mukaam

guzree mudaton ka sawal
na mayra tarz-e-bay'kamal
na tayra tarz-e-ba'kamal
raha main bun kay khud ik sawal

Mixed Platter & Food For Thought

not in a million year
i have seen such moments
of unheard serene melodies
singing beyond heartless soul
as the doors open slowly
to mystified realities, i wonder
who is letting it go easily?
who is allowing it so freely?
who is conspiring so calmly?
but finally thoughts are evoked
taking shapes of burried feelings
forming the lost forever words
bringing me all the answers
nothing is happening , verily!
i am offering you this on a platter
for no greater reason ,
for no greater wisdom,
for no greater truth,
but for this..
.i want to serve you,
in you , i find me!
this is my mixed platter
and all the food for thought!
take this , take me.

Heroes & Our Desperate Wait.

So i see and look back at the recent chain of events. Like, Political stand offs, Imran Khan episode etc. As i said , somethings just dont change in the history of this nation. One such thing i have come across is our quest to look for a 'savior'. This theme has been recurring ever so after since independence that i am getting a fair idea of how it is only a destructive force.

As much as i am disappointed at some people of this nation , on theirlow-price-selling during Imran episode , let me be more clear and blunt. Our anticipation of him being a savior only depicts how psychologically helpless we as a nation are. When i use the word , psychologically , i want to emphasize its a mental state where we are in. We have not reached here in few weeks, its something we have been in for some years now. So much so is the situation of our static attitude that we are looking for ways to vent. Otherday people were angry at man handling of Imran Khan's sisters by police. Lets be honest to ourselves. How many women are man-handled by the very institution already? Female lawyers? human rights activists? women who are not given proper and fair justice for the crimes committed against them. I must tell my Non-Pakistani friends here , its not a new phenomenon in the world and Pakistan is no exception to this. When you evaluate current situation , you must understand the whole history involved and donot fall prey to tits-bits of information.Coming back to my point , our quest of hero has so much left us bewildered that whenever we think of a 'potential hero' and some disaster strikes him/her, our reaction is only based on emotions. I see the same happening again.Our hopes come to life with an individual , die with the very individual. Take Musharraf , Chief Jutstice and now Imran Khan. For Nth time i am convinced that we are a nation looking and hoping for some miracle. A nation which has not found any thing beyond its desperate association with its 'love' for an unknown 'hero'.

Remember my friends , its the masses that move the world. Its that average man we have to help educate and think beyond certain ideas to make him an active citizen. Once we will create such awareness , the person of highest order will only rise because then the process will be setup before his arrival. Quaid-e-Azam, Gandhi were only successful in this land because there were many many people before who had done the ground work. Without them , i am convinced , they wouldve just been ordinary citizens.

I must quote Iqbal here , when he said about our wait for Imam Mehdi,

'Dont wait for Mehdi , the source of power. Go! create him'.

So shall i tell you the same my country men. Dont wait for someone to elevate your pains. Do it for yourselves , no matter how insignificant. Its the collective impact which is that really matters.

Von Du.

come quick my friend!
the day is there
when the night sleeps
and your smiling lips
turn to laughing beeps

come quick my friend!
the day is there
when the autumn leaves
and your blooming plants
turn into grown up trees

come quick my friend!
the day is there
when i wish heaven for thee
and your blinking eyes
turn into sparkling streams

Maxims

- I donot question any individual's ability to do something. I do question their realization of the ability to do something.

- To really know if you will succeed or not , try to analyze your weaknesses against your oponent's strengths and vice verca- All humans are human ,in the end.

- Criticizing something isnt an art. Art is to criticize something putting yourself in the creator of that object. Its another way of , self-criticism.

- Prophets are never born 'prophets'.

- Dont cry too much. Tears are like a companion. When someone is taken forgranted , there can be a time when you need them the most , but they are never there.

- Do good. As much as you can. Dont expect anything in returh. As much as you can.

- If you have a strong will , dont be a part of a 'corrupt' system with a conscious effort to come out with a clear alternate system. To clear a mess, at times you have to stand in the middle of it.

Me

State of Emergency - Part II

na·tion n.

1- A relatively large group of people organized under a single, usually independent government; a country.
2- The territory occupied by such a group of people: All across the nation, people are voting their representatives out.


herd (hûrd) n.

1- A large number of people; a crowd: a herd of stranded passengers.
2- The multitude of common people regarded as a mass.


Such tragedy has befallen on this nation again. Such disaster has struck us again. Such bitter taste has been left in our mouth again. It couldn’t have been scripted much worse than this. I am lost at this. In all sincerity I believe we are all responsible for this quagmire. We have such hypocritical people ruling us , that it was only inevitable. We have never fought for ideologies. We have only struggled for people. Be it Musharaf ousting Nawaz Sharif,Chief Justice, Mosque case , we have just tried to save faces here. We have only tried to ensure that faces don’t change. How ignorant we are that we never realized it’s the system of short-sightedness which we have to change. We can not even be characterized as a nation in the truest sense of the word. We are a herd. See the definitions and realize we are no better than cattle. This should suffice for self-evaluation , before we embark on another journey.

My soul bleeds today. My eyes are red with tears. But my will is ever stronger. I shall fight, in any and every capacity I can. Where word ,‘capacity’, is not used to put a limitation to my abilities, but to stretch it.

I am convinced...

I am convinced today that power corrupts.
I am convinced today that greed corrupts.
I am convinced today that illegitimate corrupts.
I am convinced today that unruly corrupts.
I am convinced today that selfish motive corrupts.
I am convinced today that lawless ruler corrupts.
I am convinced today that a liar corrupts.
I am convinced today that an unjust ruler corrupts.
I am convinced today that lack of options corrupts.
I am convinced today that ‘sit and do nothing’ corrupts.
I am convinced today of all this and much more.
But... my dear country men,
Its time to realize that we need to cripple these corrupts.
Its time to realize that enough is enough IS enough.
My pen should be red , just like the blood of my country men

all that matters - doesnt matter

lets not talk about god for a while
for all those who live and dont die
where for them is , the eternal lie?
you , me and our sunless worlds
lets share some thoughts and words
when we walk under the moon and stars
who knows , who is what? what we are?
dont you know where is my soul?
my last gasp and final, lost goal
sit here , stay for a while in this whole
these are parts you see , the face and mole