“If we are cursed to forget much of what we read, there are still charms in the moments of reading a particular book in a particular place. What I remember most about Malamud’s short-story collection “The Magic Barrel,” is the…
Coin Banks are among one of the fun memories of my childhood, in fact I was not much into the savings stuff but I only like dropping coins into coin bank..& more likely ejecting them back with many tricky solutions..hehe, …
There are many websites, that give you a very real sense of how small and large our universe is. They do a pretty good job at it too. Then, I stumbled on this site, called the Scale of the Universe.…
By Sonya Rehman This year, on the 11th of May, I voted. As a Pakistani citizen, I voted for the first time in my life. My polling station was a quick five minute drive from my house in the Cantonment…
PLEASE watch this! The video will make you cry and you’ll see why I’m so crazy about this song. Seriously, watch it. It’s a great song! Maher Zain! Go, buddy! And when you’re done, pls watch me trying to…
The other day, I was reading this tumblr post about music tastes which was not-so-comprehensive yet actually made a lot of sense. What I’ll go on ranting about now is basically all inspired by that post.
The thing about music…
Gordon Finlayson: “What I don’t like about [moral error theory] is the view that all our moral judgments are false and that, notwithstanding this, we keep believing them anyway. Why does the ordinary forensic process of experience, whereby falsehoods are…
Last Friday while leaving office the atmosphere was electrifying everyone was happy and was anxiously waiting for 11th May. The day which was considered as a foundation and Democratic birth of Pakistan’s Politics, since independence this was considered as the…
By Sonya Rehman Three young Pakistanis – Qasim Aslam, Ayyaz Ahmad and Zoya Siddiqui – are providing schoolchildren in India and Pakistan with an opportunity to critically analyze, evaluate and question significant events in their nations’ shared history and heritage.…
They’re yummy, they’re healthy (well, kinda), they take as little as 10 minutes to prepare, and the kids love them! And they’re perfect for school snack boxes and they will be ‘allowed’ (don’t ask, my kids can’t take anything remotely…
You, with your soul and your heart,
You, with your body and your mind,
You, with your words and your phrases,
You, with your pen and your paper,
You- the solitary one.
You, without wishes, without dreams
You, without aims,…
“I’m post-skeptic but pre-mystic.”…
I’m sure you’ve heard about the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building, and seen the pics in the Burj Series on my blog. And you saw the architecture at Souk Madinat Jumeirah as well. Heck, I even brought you the beaches!…
Assalam O Alaikum And Greetings People!
How have you all been?
I wanted to write about my teacher today. She’s my Favorite person on earth! She’s a role model. She’s just the way a teacher is supposed to be.…
