http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/ The largest Pakistani Bulletin board and portal en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:12:15 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.paklinks.com/gs/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/ http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/59686-conscience.html Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:20:06 GMT One man (http://www.smh.com.au/national/murderer-could-not-live-with-his-guilt-20090820-es41.html)capable and guilty of delibereately killing another yet lucky enough to preserve conscience to guide him is almost a bittersweet reality. Makes me think, many of us donot commit crimes as grave as... One man capable and guilty of delibereately killing another yet lucky enough to preserve conscience to guide him is almost a bittersweet reality. Makes me think, many of us donot commit crimes as grave as murder because we

1. simply shirk away from taking another life,
2. some are incapable of the voilence required and
3. some who are merely afraid of the deed catching up to them.

May Allah protect all from voilence and savagery.
I have never really given murder a thought till i was in year 11 i think. A friend of mine brought up an incident where a woman took the life of her husband because supposedly he literally kept her captive. Being an active women right supporter she thought i would be able to appreciate the woman's desperation to see past the murder. I wasnt able to see past the murder. In retrospect i think i am pretty happy with that. That was the first time i ever spared thought to the deed itself. Before that sure, you like murder mysteries as much as i you read lots about them, in news , every where the murder is mentioned, being built on for what ever purposes. but the very nature of this action is heinous indeed. Reminds me of Rhett Butler if upto women there would be no wars. Some may contest the statement and may be rightly so but i have always held the belief that women have a deeper revulsion for voilence than men. That in itself is one good reason to thank for being a woman. ]]> Croquet http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/59686-conscience.html http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/58314-beat.html Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:13:27 GMT At times you just echo the sentiments of others because your own are so screwed up to coherently articulate. It is generally a very bad idea. But somehow every now and then it works. World is an ugly place and every day or every other day it deals you a rough hand to remind you of its very... At times you just echo the sentiments of others because your own are so screwed up to coherently articulate. It is generally a very bad idea. But somehow every now and then it works.

World is an ugly place and every day or every other day it deals you a rough hand to remind you of its very nature. I think that the time of death and birth are so uncertain because that in itself reminds us how temporary the stay here is and the fact that we can get pulled off from this job without any due notices should tell us to make the most for hereafter. Pata nahi how we will get marked down or up.

My lovely little child who can now mashAllah manage to talk in make believe plays, often calls Allah tallah. Her conversation usually goes like this

Hello! Allah Tallah
Asalama laykom (utterly punjabi she sounds, an urdu speaking friend of mine always reminds me how i manage to speak urdu and english in punjabi :hehe: , yea i know she is a prized cow! )
Allah Hafiz.

Sometimes i envy establishing that sort of connection with Allah Tallah myself. If only it was as easy a transit for us grown ups.Perhaps i hate the most is fact that i can never step out of questioning. Bano Qudsia once wrote that all the questions that she wanted answered, she never actively pursued the search for them. She just lets them sit in a corner of her brain and every now and then another piece of the puzzle falls into place leaving behind yet another head of medusa. I find she was on the mark. The more i search the less i know, the more i can wait the better it gets. Yet patience is as much a virture as a vice. How? dont ask, i dont think i will be able to articulate i am just echoing. ]]> Croquet http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/58314-beat.html http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/57592-disturbing.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:42:55 GMT Sometimes clamity strikes you and your reflexes jam up. Early int he morning minding my own i stumbled upon this http://www.paklinks.com/gs/members/farhanabv-albums-gharara-picture3580-gharara-3.html After two views i think i suffer the sort of damage that i cannot recover from quickly.... Sometimes clamity strikes you and your reflexes jam up. Early int he morning minding my own i stumbled upon this

http://www.paklinks.com/gs/members/f...gharara-3.html

After two views i think i suffer the sort of damage that i cannot recover from quickly. Beware before you decide to click on it. ]]> Croquet http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/57592-disturbing.html http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/57560-fine-detail-bigger-picture.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:11:41 GMT So i find focusing on anyone of these could land you in trouble. What does that mean?That, children, gives us the message of damned if you do or damned if you dont. Sometimes every one is out to get you, life is designed to toughen you up, the birds are patrolling the skies just so they could land... So i find focusing on anyone of these could land you in trouble. What does that mean?That, children, gives us the message of damned if you do or damned if you dont. Sometimes every one is out to get you, life is designed to toughen you up, the birds are patrolling the skies just so they could land one on you and bla bla bla.

Yea my didactic drift is on along with weekend spirit. ]]> Croquet http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/57560-fine-detail-bigger-picture.html http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/57475-teacher-tried-kill-student-14-class.html Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:58:55 GMT http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...71-663,00.html

If only this happened in a madrassa there would've been a media circus around it. Read the sketchy reporting where investigators are still trying to establish what"happened"? Even though it happened in front of an entire class. Nutcases exist in any religion i hate the feeling on always being on the defensive foot when it comes to Australian media. I hope Andrew bolt of herald chokes on this. ]]> Croquet http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/57475-teacher-tried-kill-student-14-class.html http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/57344-kids.html Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:18:21 GMT cant do much with them. If you haven't any then you are more likely to have a heart ache and if you have them then you most definitely have a head ache. Mine attended her first ever crafts work activity. Made a frog and is proud as punch today mashAllah. Of course i love that frog. ]]> Croquet http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/57344-kids.html http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/57250-grief.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:23:12 GMT Death is such a bleak reminder of how trivial everything and every relationship is. How temporary an unimportant we are. How Allah is the strong one and we are absolutely insignificant. Every time this realization hits me i am overcome by baffling grief and anguish. Coming to terms with this... Death is such a bleak reminder of how trivial everything and every relationship is. How temporary an unimportant we are. How Allah is the strong one and we are absolutely insignificant. Every time this realization hits me i am overcome by baffling grief and anguish. Coming to terms with this reality is so tricky since i am inclined to let it slip from my mind at the first distraction. ]]> Croquet http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/57250-grief.html http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/56271-anotehr-piece-puzzle.html Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:46:53 GMT well for me anyhow since i never paid shakespeare any mind until i was forced to.

so the guy was a suck up to king james because his theatre company was financially bestowed some favour upon. This little tid bit and the alterations to the old raphael holinshed's chronicle to better appeal the monarch puts the entire integrity (which i never saw in it to begin with) of macbeth into spiralling jeopardy. so that gives me an academically legitimate angle to diss shakespeare and feel all chuffed about it. so come shakespeare in exam no worries at all. ]]> Croquet http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/56271-anotehr-piece-puzzle.html http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/55494-i-cant-figure-out.html Tue, 26 May 2009 23:45:54 GMT i love my kiddo because she is lovable or she is lovable because i love her? when i was unmarried , i used to see people errecting those stiffy little ponies that fell short of forming a tail right in the centre of head of their girls in sky ward direction. It was called khajoor ka darakht by... i love my kiddo because she is lovable or she is lovable because i love her?

when i was unmarried , i used to see people errecting those stiffy little ponies that fell short of forming a tail right in the centre of head of their girls in sky ward direction. It was called khajoor ka darakht by many and i always used to think why give your child a hideous hair style. Yesterday i am playing with her hair and use this big ugly scrunchy to plonk right in the middle of her head and then fall in love with how she can pull it off in complete adorable manner. Sucker i am . But so is her father. well she atleast got harmony in the parents department if at the expanse of tricky hairdo ]]> Croquet http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/55494-i-cant-figure-out.html http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/54650-rain-me.html Thu, 07 May 2009 07:20:50 GMT so what was shakespeare thinking of when he thought of three witched in macbeth? banquo was there the first time macbeth had the pleasure to meet them, so truly they cant be all imagination on macbeth's part but at the same time the last interaction between macbeth and the evil demonic presence is through three apparation, how real do you think they were?and what on earth is the narrative purpose of dream in the the nun's priest tale? and however did i manage to complete first essay to begin on this nuisance? and well too put it crudely why on earth do people like this stuffed up, ridiculously emotional woman (with a taste for austere expressions)trapped in a man's body with gay leanings called shakespeare. ]]> Croquet http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/54650-rain-me.html http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/54594-us-them.html Wed, 06 May 2009 03:58:33 GMT Another book that i finished yesterday.i have a habit of starting two or three at the same time and depending on my little ones mood i go with one of them the quickest. Children can be distraction so you pick a page turner when they are zoned out. So anyhow, Peter Manning is the writer. Talks about... Another book that i finished yesterday.i have a habit of starting two or three at the same time and depending on my little ones mood i go with one of them the quickest. Children can be distraction so you pick a page turner when they are zoned out. So anyhow, Peter Manning is the writer. Talks about muslim depiction and islamic represenation in Australian media. Those of us who arent from australia will probably not be that aware of the issue, since muslims are horrendously stereotyped in western media any how.However in Australia two generalisation go hand in hand, Lebanese are trouble, muslims are arabs. One would think australiand would be able to differentiate being in the close proximity of indonesia and malayasia( non arab muslim countries) however that is not the case (though pauline hanson would be the prime duck here).

Sydney's west is a big bad place since its full of tricky migrants. melbourne is more turkish. Two big muslim communities here turkish and lebanese, and they couldnt be more different. Turks are relatively in less trouble. Pakistan? pakistan ko kon janta hai bhai? the only thing you can hear in polite discourse is 'good cricket'. war of terror has brought us some respectable attention, i am being sarcastic here.

Anyhow back to media murder of muslims. It is quite overt now and those of you who can differentiate between implied meaning and stated will be easily able to understand. just pull out islam in australia on wikipedia and see the article. In this context, this book from an australian who has worked as a journalist , is a breath of fresh air. I found it endearing, part travel log and part commentary on foreign affairs. Definitely gives you excellent information about israel, sharon and arab world. Very very candid if only he wrote this when he was holding an influential position in media circus. Good things come with retirement it seems.
http://www.seekbooks.com.au/book/Us-...0091836931.htm

next target, sharon and my mother in law by Suad Amiry.as soon i hunt it up, i will posting. unless i die reading macbeth in which case, what a prodigious waste. if english didnt have bernard shaw they wouldnt have a hope. and if shakespeare didnt write his auspicious sonnets he would be totally insufferable. if only i could get away with writing this about the old croak in essay.
jolly! ]]> Croquet http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/54594-us-them.html http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/54502-arabia-saudi-arabia.html Mon, 04 May 2009 07:52:25 GMT A while ago i read a book by the writer Said K. Aburish. Name of the book was *The rise, corruption and coming fall of the house of Saud.* I found it very very interesting and from so far what i have read ( and i admit i havent read all that much) i found its research to be painstakingly refined.... A while ago i read a book by the writer Said K. Aburish. Name of the book was The rise, corruption and coming fall of the house of Saud. I found it very very interesting and from so far what i have read ( and i admit i havent read all that much) i found its research to be painstakingly refined. In my opinion a candid book with alot of emotion, needless to say. To anyone interested in a balanced view , i would recommend it. The guy writing this book is a palestinian and perhaps that is one of the reasons why it doesnt bother the sensibilities of a muslim as much. For although he is far away from being a practising muslim, at least he doesnot resort to the propogandist view and just rubbish all and everything concerned with house of saud. In fact he gives you long and well researched history. Much better than the trash that i read by an italian woman , whose name escapes me right this moment. The book was about cultural shock in emirates. Quite a racist book with minute amount of readings and research to support the assertions made. Not the sort of material you can use to produce a politically correct academic essay and here is the kick, she was a lecturer i think in california and working as an academic in emirates. beats me. on bright side it was cheap and even the amount desired was a tad bit much for the sloppy work produced. ]]> Croquet http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/54502-arabia-saudi-arabia.html http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/54372-while-ago-i-posted-rant.html Fri, 01 May 2009 04:12:38 GMT about chomsky, this time its loewenstein. Antony loewenstein http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/. A book that he wrote couple of years back My Israel Question was a very candid view of the matter which required alot of guts . one can see the propoganda against the guy on AIJAC's site but much worse is to be seen on the jihad watch and similar cyber drivel the sort that Geert Wilder will probably revel in. However all these intellectuals chomsky, loewenstein, howard zin come from jewish back grounds some of them are socially ostracised like Edward Said( christian here) was, for being the culprit of orientalism. It does bother me however when pakistanis get together about palestinian plight and Some of us are bothered by the fact that kashmir doesnot get as much attention as palestine. so if we were to show compassion for palestinians we would just be politcal fakers. However its innocent blood at the end of the day in kashmir, bosnia, palestine and else where. Palestine is precious for its very location, its middle east for heaven's sake , western media has to pay attention there and its israel for another matter. As for kashmir, every one knows sub continent is important but never has had as much air on international medium as middle east. Little matter of world power and petroleum. Does that means average arab does not care for kashmir? i think not there govts are as poor representatives of them as ours are of us. And supposing that you know all arabs are prejudice and donot give two hoots about non arab muslim, how would we be better if we were to mirror their behaviour? Pakistanis generally speaking are compassionate and that makes me happy to be a part of such nation. They donot feel threatened by caring for muslim not ethnically identical to them. That lack of ethnic pride is perhaps our most prized possession as muslims.

Milat ka jo pairahan hai wo mazhab ka kafan hai. ]]> Croquet http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/54372-while-ago-i-posted-rant.html http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/54101-worth-parallel-worlds.html Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:45:02 GMT What sets the worth of a person in one's eyes and in the society? and what indeed is the original worth? Going islamic and it is my most opted for route, surely the Creator knows the worth. However lately the semantics have led me to think that in current age perhaps the direst sin of a person is not to be a go getter in society and perhaps the very sin becomes the worthiest trait in hereafter. World has intergrated so badly, corrupted to the root so utterly that the division is getting starker and starker. Yet there are days when i think you can have your cake and eat it too. Meaning you can get a bit of this and a bit of that. Hard to walk the balance, i suppose. For nobody likes an idiot yet you are most definitely one in the eyes of the influentials folks, the la dee dah people, the high achievers, hard workers, go getters, tax payers if you wait for the tide. So it trickles down to this how strong does your faith hold? How long do you say no to credit cars, mortgage, loaned cars, compromising earnings, shady or lets say malleable morals. Where do you set the bar, whats the prodigy ? But of course there is only one prodigy. Did he (pbuh) established the trend of nice homes, good cars,kids in good schools, delicious mouth watering food, comfortable and aesthetic clothes? Sure the education is important but was it the education of how to be a functional engineer or the understanding of Quran e pak, or workings of zakat and halal businesses? Can you be a good muslim if you are not a high income earner , a tax payer or even living off dole? can you be a good muslim if you attend to the financial needs of your family, shower your wife with comforts, work hard, educated your children with regular school yet arent too fussed about namaz, roza, zakat and the way you earn and spend the money, if you dont spare many thoughts to life hereafter. If you basically believe that i worked hard for the money, i earned it fair and square and therefore its MY money. Does that concept of "MY" nullify the bond of attempting yet relying totally on Allah and attributing all comforts to him. How many of us can work hard, keep to the routine , try to bear up usual responsibilities and then genuinely say that i donot consider the money earned as MINE rather as Allah's? For that means you take minimum of for personal needs and spend more on others. Surely that means redifining our needs at the basest level. And what if even you spend it on others but without a thought being spared to Allah and hereafter, how does that spell out for you in hereafter?
Ik aag ka dariya hai or doob ker jana hai. ]]> Croquet http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/54101-worth-parallel-worlds.html http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/49051-cracks-me-up.html Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:26:34 GMT frnd:now look mate i am a woman what would you think if you me crossing the street? frnd2: frankly love i am not into that i can promise you i will not notice you frnd: yea u r a chum but you are a guy now what frnd2: oh i would fall in love instantly and stuff? frnd: God u r pal!... frnd:now look mate i am a woman what would you think if you me crossing the street?

frnd2: frankly love i am not into that i can promise you i will not notice you

frnd: yea u r a chum but you are a guy now what

frnd2: oh i would fall in love instantly and stuff?

frnd: God u r pal! anyways here is what happens when i am walkin the street

frnd2:must i know?

frnd: didnt i say u were a pal? so i am walking and a dude is walkin in front of me. flaming hot so he is wearing three quarters. now i have to go through the agony of cellulite, wax, and gym and his calves (i swear am not lying) his damn calves are smoother and thinner than mine. i could kill myself. my self esteem is in tatters because a guy with dainty calves walks next to me. how hard is it to be a woman in this day and age?

frnd2: hmmm i like being a muslim all covered up and stuff u know.

frnd: love covering up doesnt mean others dont know you are ugly as sin and built like a cow.

frnd2: yep u r pal too. my self esteem is still intact though.

frnd: that is another fascinating thing about you...

frnd2: now i truly dont wanna know, shut up.

*************

girl 1: damn we missed the bus

girl2: next one is gonna come in 10 mins

girl1: i cant wait

girl 2: y not?

girl1: i hate waiting, i detest it with every cell in my body.

girl2: patience is a virtue u know

girl1: know another virtue? kissing my ass is the new one.

girl2: really which church do you follow?

*********

bus stop is a good place. ]]> Croquet http://www.paklinks.com/gs/blogs/croquet/49051-cracks-me-up.html