Cherish the moment

Stop and let me breath
let me feel the moment
let me feel the life
why run away from the destination
lets fill each moment with exhilaration
I love life as it is now
don't entice me with the promises of grandeur
I am happy in my little world for sure
See there the sun is rising
its a miracle not an ordinary thing
every moment is in itself a life
cherish the moment cherish the life!!

Teaching in Karachi.

It is the third week since my start of teaching in Karachi. My classes are on two days of the week and for that I commute from Hyderabad. It's hectic but exciting. My teaching at Hyderabad continues.

Common man.

Faceless common man
lost in the humdrum
scorching sun above
sweating profusely
walking briskly
reaching home
drinking tea
playing with kids
eating calmly, sleeping deeply
next day
same cycle
one day
he is no more
no one notices his absence
life goes on.
Lucky guy he was.

Calm down.

O my heart calm down
I caress you, calm down
I love you, calm down
it will pass too, calm down
think of good times we spent together
there will be better times, calm down
rest rest and relax, calm down
O my heart, calm down.

Chaos.

The chaos all around, books and papers scattered in the room, noises children playing and later crying, heat and power failure, unfinished tasks and fractured relationships it seems that equilibrium is lost and I need to regain the sangfroid earnestly. How should I begun. Writing about all the mess around is the first step to bring my concentration back to the most important tasks needed to be done. Not many weeks ago I had written that I have found balance and poise but it all slipped way. Why did it happen and why did I let it happen? A small misstep and then not checking it in time lead to the astray. I have to pull it back, my inner calm.

Back to blogging.

This has been the longest break from blogging as I was tied up in so many things tangible as well as intangible. My research on tourism went very well and I had a unique opportunity to interact with local people of Keenjhar Lake. I have to complete another research the completion of MS degree. Three kids and life is full of fun. I keep doing my jaunts in and around Hyderabad with family and take photographs. I am more into flickr now a days. These few lines are just to break a long hiatus on blogworld.

On Love and emotions.

O words I don't believe you
You are nothing but a sound
what is a sound
a wave
propelled by emotion
I listen to emotions
I believe in emotions
words are meaningless

emotions have power
world devoid of emotions is dead
and relationship devoid of emotions is dead too
emotions reflect passion
the power to change
the power to destroy
the power to create
the power to conquer and the power to get conquered

Emotions I care for you
I cater you
I acknowledge you
I cherish emotions.
that' s why I love

only brave can love

because only brave can win

and only brave can endure the fall in the abyss of despair

because they know
"to love is to be vulnerable"
ani

Wait

Hey

What your eyes speak to me

transcends every language

I know you like me

I will wait till you say

I love you.

Magic of touch

Your hand brushes my hand
and leaves me with exuberance

I close my eyes as you go
and fly high to a dreamlike world

there I dance and dance
on the beat of love

for hours and hours I chase the star

that twinkles for me and smiles from far

I play with waves on a sandy beach
explore the world beyond everyone's reach

there is not an iota of pain
only pleasure and immutable gain

I was never alive so much
that is the magic of your touch

O time...Stop!

O time
stop
don't run
i have just felt equilibrium
a string from my heart
touching the moon
and the moonlight engulfing my heart
stars whisper to me
space is an illusion
love abounds
I float
seeing the dream with open eyes
O time
stop
don't run
I have just felt equilibrium.

I am forgiving you.

for bullying me

for exploiting me

for making fun of me
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its a beautiful moon tonight and air is cool and i love life.

Flow of words.

Breath, moment, feel, pain, pleasure, ache, back, weight, sound, itch, cold, wind, air, night, sound, click, tick, alive, aware, love, time, touch, focus, will, win, life, bubble, sky, color, rainbow, dance, dive, sand, sun, beach, waves, bare, splash, moon, night, stars, camp, silence, milky way, desert, morning, lake, boat, song, girl, eyes, hair, tea, talk, connect, story, legend, present, future, hike, walk, you, me.

New Arrival.

On 9th February 2008 Allah blessed me with a son. Exactly 4 years ago on 9th February 2004 my father departed for his eternal journey. Now I have a male companion in a home where I used to be the only male member.

Setting the priorities right.

Last night I saw in my dream that I found a diary of my deceased uncle. When I turned the page a note was written for me. It was written that by now you must have become a highly successful person in your career and established yourself. I thought that it was not so as I was still struggling. I read more and it was written that no matter what you achieve the real success is when you are fair, honest and a good human being. The emphasis of the message was not so much on gaining a high position in a career but on achieving high moral standards in life.

Chinook.: Where it leads me!!

We come across new information and knowledge on daily basis while watching television, reading a book, chatting with a friend on internet or talking with people face to face but often the information is lost as we busy ourselves with the next activity. In each of the new information is the potential to become one's passion and destiny. If we trace the start of our hobbies, occupations, interests, likes, dislikes, ideas and desires we will find that some where some day we heard about our future interest, desires etc and then we build on that information and turned it into our interest and made it part of our personality. For example when I trace my interest in world geography I find that one of my friend in primary school once showed me the map of Africa on his journal and I was fascinated by the squared and rectangular shaped countries ( Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Dahomey) as they looked very beautiful on the map. I asked my father to buy a globe for me. He was pleasantly surprised that I was asking for a globe and he happily brought a globe from his nest visit to Karachi. I started spending hours and hours to locate countries and then started reading about their culture and history. I wonder if I had not built on my interest in maps after seeing that colorful map of Africa in my friend's journal would I be able to develop my interest in history and culture of these countries scattered on maps.
All of these thoughts have given me an idea to pick any topic from our daily interactions and then find more about it and see where it would lead us. It may lead us to new interests, places or people and enrich our life in ways we never expected.

For this experiment I have picked up "Chinook" from the chat with my cousin who lives in Canada. He mentioned about Chinook that it blew last week and melted the snow quickly. I was amazed by the information that there could be hot winds in such a cold climate that melt the snow. I am building on this information and lets see where it leads me.

You.

You are my imagination, you are my fascination
You are my fantasy, you are my reality.
You are my punching bag, you are my consoling pillow,
You are my teether, you are my soother
You are my lottery, you are my trophy
You are my Lolita, you are my Cinderella
You are my Gandri, You are my sundri.
You are my date, you are my fate.

Sustainable Tourism....seems interesting.

So finally I am at the stage where I have to do my first Independent Study for my MS degree. I have started doing secondary research for my area of interest and it is Sustainable Tourism. In Sindh, what I have seen from my preliminary literature review, much has not been done in this area and I feel that if I do the research to find the potential and problems of ST it could become a seminal work for my PhD. ( I am right now thinking of terminating my studies at MS). The area on which I want to work is Nagar Parkar. It is a small town in the South East of Sindh surrounded by India from three sides. It has Karoonjhar Mountains in its back ground and scattered Jain temples on its plains. The local tourism potential is very high keeping in view the presence of natural and cultural tourist attractions. I have been to the area in 2000 and 2003 and have good local links there to pursue the research the only problem is that its more than 5 hours journey from Hyderabad. I want to work in this area but I am thinking to do my IS first in a near by area on the same topic and then if I things move in the same direction as I hope for than extend the research to cover Nagar Parkar for any funding organization. I am working for my research proposal and do want to get over it as soon as possible to actually start working on the research. It's going to be exciting but I have to keep a vigil on my habit of procrastination because this habit keeps popping its head too often.

Not my kind.

I am sorry and would you please leave. Leave from my life as if you never existed. Don't get the impression that my smiling and behaving nicely towards you mean I want you back. No, I just want to give you a nice valediction. I have lost interest in you and I am moving forward. You are not my kind and thanks for letting me know this so early. Bye.

Udero Lal.

After a long time I went to a visit to Udero Lal. Udero Lal is famous for the resting place of a saint " Udero Lal", who is respected by both Muslims and Hindus. It is the place where you will find mosque and temple side by side and both Hindus and Muslim devotees coming inside the tomb from the same door. As I stood there I thought that we should make known the sufi culture of Pakistan especially in Sindh and Punjab provinces where extremism doesn't exist and religious harmony prevails.

Home away.

I am in Karachi since last few days and my stays in Karachi are getting prolonged. My classes are scheduled on Sundays too to cover up the loss of classes due to October 18 unrest and secondly I am working here on a feasibility to establish a business . I am missing my home.