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LAVISHING YOUTH; A VILLAGE LIFE

Lavishing Youth: A Poem on Village Life Introductory Note Lavishing Youth; a village life (poem) is based on the five stanzas. In this poem, I have reflected on my personal experiences that I came across during my youthful life span at my village (Arain, District Shikarpur, Sindh). Similarly, I have shared my personal experiences and everlasting memories in this poem. Whenever I read this poem, it reminds me of my youth and gets me back to my past life through imagination.   I still remember those unforgettable moments and memories that give me an amazing feeling of compassion and love for my village.   LAVISHING YOUTH; A VILLAGE LIFE Wow! The memory of youth is always overwhelming; Wandering, ambling, sprinting, spoiling & exhaling, Working in fields, grazing the herds, bathing in wells; Missing that village life which causes me screams. Not realizing how slight & meteoric; the lavishing youth is; Though calm, slow, and simple, yet how supersonic it is, Seeing th...

WHAT A RICHNESS OF DIVERSITY THE COLOURS HAVE!

Richness of Diversity of Colours Diversity through Colours Colours are actually virtual perceptions of the light spectrum and hence one of the properties of light. From a scientific point of view, colours are seen through our eyes and perceived through our brains. Colours are usually divided into three different forms and types known primary, secondary & tertiary colours.  From an artistic point of view, colours have a very diverse and impactful world that not only reflects our mood, psyche, feeling, matching, and contrasting but specific messaging and communication as well. Colours give us an indication of different seasons, events, relationships, fashion and cultural celebrations.  To some extent, the very specific choice of colours reflects your gender or sex.  We often hear about the girls like pink colour dresses and boys like blue colour dresses. So whatever choice of colours you have, it is unique and specific as we can’t fix the sense and meaning of colours in...

We'll Meet Again: A Poem by Raja Bahar Khan Soomro

We Shall Meet Again (A Poem)   Introduction   We come across many bitter experiences in our lives. One of these bitter experiences is the separation from our loved ones. Though we don't want to be get separated but life brings such situations where we don't have any other options except separation. In this poem, I have reflected on my feelings and desires that a day will come when I'll meet again with my dearest darling. So, let's now read that when and how I'll meet with my love.                 We'll Meet Again When spring awakens in a tender bloom,   And cuckoos sing beneath the silver moon,   In midnight’s hush, where melodies cascade,   We’ll meet again, where dreams of love are made.   We’ll meet again by oceans’ endless shore,   Where mountains rise and eagle spirits soar.   In dawn’s soft glow, where shadows gently play,   Our hearts will dance in rain’s sweet,...

CHINA – PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC)

CHINA – PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC) Overview Asia is the biggest and largest continent with 60% of the total population covering 30% of the total land area on the planet earth. It has the most important sea routes which cover the major portion of the exchange of goods and generation of the world’s economy. Likewise, Asia has a lion’s share in the natural resources of the world which make it one of the biggest and leading economic regions in the world.  On the other hand from the total population of the Asia continent, which is around 5 to 5.4 billion people, approximately 2 billion people are settled in South Asia including India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh which becomes one-fourth part of the global population. Identically, this part of the world has been suffering a lot due to a weak and unstable economy, especially after the invasion and colonial rule by the European nations particularly Great Britain.  In comparison with the post-colonial and colonial periods, pre-col...

WHAT SHOULD BE THE AIM OF LIFE?

Aim of Life  OVERVIEW: Around 8 to 9 billion people are living on the planet earth and billions of people have already been living and spending their lives. The majority of them had certain aims in life and many of them got successful in achieving their aim of life while some of them could have failed in achieving it.  Similarly, billions of people have their aims in today’s highly advanced and technological post-modern world of artificial intelligence. These people are constantly working hard under extreme conditions to achieve their life aims. Some of them want to be one of the richest people in the world, while some of them want to be iconic personalities in the world.  On the other hand, millions of young people want to be doctors, engineers, teachers, scientists, civil servants, politicians, lawyers, judges, pilots, military officers, actors, journalists, sports persons, businessmen, religious scholars, and so on. As a whole everyone is trying to achieve his or her...

FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE (FATF) & PAKISTAN’S GREY LIST ISSUE

FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE (FATF) & PAKISTAN’S GREY LIST ISSUE Introduction The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an intra-governmental organization that was founded after the initiative of the Group of Seven countries G-7, back in 1989, for combating money laundering in the world. Basically, FATF is a “Policy-Making Body” that mainly regulates finance-related reforms to stop money laundering at the world level.     In 2001, FATF’s role was extended against financing terrorist organizations, particularly after the so-called incident of 11 th September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York America. Later on, FATF emerged as one of the most powerful and influential organizations in the world, particularly in the context of managing and regulating the economies of different countries including Iran & Afghanistan.      Initially, FATF had a total of 16 member countries but today, it has 39 permanent member countries including USA ...

KASHMIR ISSUE; WHAT IS THE WAY FORWARD?

Kashmir Issue and the Way Forward                                   Overview: Whether it was an inability and incapability of the Britishers or intentional negligence towards proper demarcation of territorial boundaries before leaving the Indian Sub-continent or even pressure on Lord Mount Batten built by the Congress party’s leadership particularly Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, however, it has left everlasting effects and consequences in terms of loss of innocent human lives, violence, hatred, military escalations, and socio-economic tensions in the fate of the people of South Asia since 1947 to till date.  One of the greatest territorial issues and tensions which I am going to highlight through this article blog is the Kashmir issue which has been remaining the bone of contention between Pakistan and India.  The United Kingdom, currently known as England (Great Britain) which is one of th...