For the past few weeks, one thought or emotion has been on my mind: zor se ek mukka maarungi na, batteesee toot jayegi. And I want to say it to everyone: the colleagues who push untested code and I have to sit and cleanup their shit, the neighbour who thinks it’s okay to park his…
Tag: Random Thoughts
Moment of the Day #7
My sister-in-law: Shabana Baji, sandwich kha lijiye. Maryam, my four-year-old neice: Jab main badi ho jaungi toh Shabana phuphi ko Shabana Baji bolungi. And then my sister-in-law tried to explain, in vain, that no matter how old Maryam gets, Shabana will always be phuphi for her. ~~~ Want more of my trademark philosophy daily? Do…
Quote of the Day #020
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” ― Rumi ~~~ Want more of my trademark philosophy daily? Do three things, not necessarily in that order. Subscribe to my blog. Find my books on Amazon. Show some love! Shabana Mukhtar
Thought of the Day #015
وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ اور نہیں اٹھائے گی بوجھ اٹھانے والی جان بوجھ دوسری (جان) کا ~~~ Want more of my trademark philosophy daily? Do three things, not necessarily in that order. Subscribe to my blog. Find my books on Amazon. Show some love! Shabana Mukhtar
Moment of the Day #6
I usually ask Google for complete lyrics of a song/poetry by just entering a line, no instructions, and Google usually does the needful. Not today. I wanted to learn complete poetry of naat “aap ke paseene mein nikhatein machalti hain“, but Google took it literally, as a compliment and basically said: tareef ka shukriya. Google’s…
Reading Pile | October 2026
Okay, so here’s the deal. If I decide a reading pile, I end up changing my mind every few days and don’t really go by the reading pile. If I don’t, I do really read much. Sure, circumstances were different in August 2026 and September 2026 but I couldn’t read the two books I carried…
Quote of the Day #019
“cheezen waqti hoti hain, toot jati hain, bikhar jati hain, rawaiye daaimi hote hain, sadiyon k liye apna asar chorh jate hain..” ― Nimra Ahmed, Jannat Kay Pattay / جنت کے پتے ~~~ Want more of my trademark philosophy daily? Do three things, not necessarily in that order. Subscribe to my blog. Find my books…
Quote of the Day #018
“What is next to ecstasy? Pain. What is next to pain? Nothingness. What is next to nothingness? Hell.” ― Umera Ahmed ~~~ Want more of my trademark philosophy daily? Do three things, not necessarily in that order. Subscribe to my blog. Find my books on Amazon. Show some love! Shabana Mukhtar
Thought of the Day #014
الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الإِسْلاَمَ دِينًا آج میں پورا کرچکا تمہارے لئے دین تمہارا’ اور پوری کر دی اپنی نعمت تم پر اور پسند کر لیا تمہارے لیے اسلام کو بطور دین ۔ ~~~ Want more of my trademark philosophy daily? Do three things, not necessarily in that order. Subscribe…
Thought of the Day #013
قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ ~~~ Want more of my trademark philosophy daily? Do three things, not necessarily in that order. Subscribe to my blog. Find my books on Amazon. Show some love! Shabana Mukhtar