Recent Entries

  • A Childhood Dream

      Horses, to some is just an animal but for me it is poetry in motion. He gives us his all, speed, endurance and power. Yet his wild spirit burns bright, spark of ancient myth, pride of king and conqueror. He was the backbone of civilization; history was forged to the beat of his hooves. Even ...
  • Gaslighting

    Gaslighting, what is gaslighting? The google definition of gaslighting is, “manipulate (someone) by psychological means into doubting their own sanity.” Gaslighting, at its core, is a form of emotional abuse that slowly eats away your ability to make judgments. Essentially, a Gaslig...
  • Is dowry the only issue?

    A dowry is a transfer of parental property, gifts or money at the marriage of a daughter. dowry contrasts with the related concepts of bride price and dower. While bride price or bride service is a payment by the groom or his family to the bride's parents, dowry is the wealth transferred from t...
  • JAMAL KHASHOGGI 

    Background  Jamal Khashoggi belonged to Khashoggi family who basically belong to Turkey but migrated to Saudi 200 to 300 years back, there they got connected with the Saudi Royal family.    He was a Washington post columnist, a Saudi Arabian journalist, author, and a forme...
  • The Literacy conundrum

    The rise and fall of nations have been witnessed throughout the centuries that have passed on. It wouldn’t be hard to say that the process of the evolution looked as if the mantle was passed on from one empire to another and then, it became the duty of the successor to uphold the evolved ...
  • Little Things That Matter

    Every day, I come across something that leave me thinking, thinking about the little things that we do wrong, but if done correctly, they can make a huge difference in someone’s life! There are a lot of things that we practice on the daily basis without realizing how wrong they are and surpris...
  • Saudi- Iranian Rivalry: The Middle Eastern Cold War

    The current-day instability of Middle East is the outcome of number of intra-region conflicts and the most notable of them is the Saudi-Iranian rivalry. This rift is often looked through the lens of sectarian divide; Iran being a largely Shia Muslim state, whereas, Saudi Arabia is considered the lea...
  • Appearance is all deceptive

    The word appearance actually means “the way someone or something looks or acts in a social situation”. For sure, we are all influenced by what we see and act accordingly based on our perceptions and personal judgments. It would be wrong to say that appearance is never deceptive as it is ...
  • The other side of the story

    This article is not just another informative article highlighting problems with their potential solutions. some people might think that it’s irrelevant, but I feel people need to see the other side of the picture as well!   Army is very dominant in Pakistan and this statem...
  • Depression: a misunderstood illness

    Depression is the most used yet misunderstood term now a days, teenagers think it’s the new in-thing, while others misunderstand depression. Being sad is not does not mean depression, what we need to understand is, that depression is a clinical disease. Depression is the leading caus...
  • Stereotypes

    What comes to your mind when you hear the word stereotype? The google definition of this word is    “a stereotype is an over-generalized belief about a particular category of people. Stereotypes are generalized because one assumes that the stereoty...
  • is it all propaganda?

    What comes to your mind when you hear the word propaganda and why should you care about it?  Basically, the goal of propaganda is to convince someone to do or think something. Have you ever seen a commercial on television and been convinced? Well, you are influenced by propaganda whe...
  • the "morning shows" trend

    There was a time when morning was meant rising sun with cool breeze and birds singing. Our morning used to start with talawat-e-Quran on PTV followed by dua at 7:30 AM, with the hope of having an amazing day ahead but unfortunately the meaning has drastically changed now! Now the...
  • Failures of our health sector

    At the time of the independence, Pakistan inherited a health care system that was a heritage of British period, this system was in the shape of public health services and some curative services. It was basically designed to prevent large scale epidemic and provide medicinal services for the populati...
  • Is social media affecting our mental health?

    Every day, thousands of people log online to social media websites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. With social media websites being used by the 1/3 of the entire world, they've clearly had a major influence on the society, but what about our bodies?  An average person s...
  • Significance of Ashura

    10th of Muharram  Significance The Day of Ashura  Ashura is basically the 10th of Muharram is the most sacred among all the days. It is the most important and blessed of days. Evidence of its significance has been clearly found in authentic traditions. Sever...