YouTube Won For weeks, YouTube kept recommending this film to me. Every time I opened YouTube, there it was. A baker. A cookie. A murder. I ignored it. Firmly. YouTube responded by recommending it again. And again. And again. Eventually, I clicked. Not because I wanted to watch it, but because I wanted YouTube…
Tag: Random Thoughts
Thought of the Day #007
خرافاتی مجھے اکثر خود کی حرکتیں دیکھ کر یہ لفظ دماغ میں آتا ہے۔ رات بھر نہ سونا، دن بھر کام کرنا، بات بات پر چڑنا، کھانا ٹھیک سے نہ کھانا اور پھر رات بھر جاگنا۔۔۔ خرافات نہیں تو اور کیا ہے۔ ~~~ Want more of my trademark philosophy daily? Do three things, not necessarily…
Thought of the Day #006
سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ~~~ 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
Quote of the Day #011
Yahaan se bahut door, ghalat aur sahi ke paar, ek maidan hai, main wahaan milunga tujhe. ― 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 #005
یہ سزا کم تو نہیں ہے کہ جیے جاتے ہیں ya saza kam to naheen hai ki jiye jate hain ~~~ 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…
Quote of the Day #010
I do what any sentimental fool does. I bawl. Shabana Mukhtar: Once Upon a Mentor ~~~ 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
Recovered Pages #001
Written: 8 March 2017 Source: Office Notebook Context: Found in an old office notebook while looking for someone’s passport. Flipped through the pages. There, sitting hidden amidst a sea of technical notes, were these Urdu lines. ہم نے جس جس کو بھی چاہا تیرے ہجراں میں وہ لوگ آتے جاتے ہوئے موسم تھے زمانہ تو…
Recovered Pages #000
These pages were never meant to be published. Most were written years before this blog existed. Some come from old diaries, notebooks, loose sheets of paper, forgotten files, and half-filled journals that somehow survived moves, cleanups, and the passage of time. I’m sharing them exactly because they belong to a different version of me. Some…
Thought of the Day #004
Some versions of us only exist in certain cities. When I’m in Pune, I’m bold, independent, ruthless and rude because I have to survive there, on my own. When I’m here in my hometown, I’m still bold, I’m still independent and still ruthlessly rude, but I need to look at my parents’ face first before…
Thought of the Day #003
اگر آپ باوجود کوششوں کے چائے کی عادت چھوڑنے میں ناکام رہے ہیں تو ایک بار میری بہن کے ہاتھ کی چائے پی کر دیکھیے، انشاءاللہ دوبارہ چائے پینے کی خواہش کبھی نہیں ہوگی۔ ~~~ Want more of my trademark philosophy daily? Do three things, not necessarily in that order. Subscribe to my…