Closed and well defined
Yet open
to the most beautiful
limitless dreams
Waiting to explode
A box full of butterflies
Caterpillars they were…
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A day’s end nears…
Dark night to follow…
Fireworks await us…
To light up the sky
And wake us from slumber!
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Let go my love!
Set yourself free!
Help me free myself!
Help me… Help you!!!
Ik alif teray darkar
I’lmon bus kareen o yaar…
Parh parh sheikh mushaikh sadaawein
Be-ilmaan nu lut lut khawein
Tenu kita hirs khwar
Bus kareen o yaar
I’lmon bus kareen o yaar
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Parh parh ilm te faazil hoya
Te kaday apnay aap nu parhya ee na
Bhaj bhaj warna ay mandir maseeti
Te kaday mann apnay wich warya ee na
Larna ay roz shaitaan de naal
Te kadi nafs apnay naal larya ee na
Bulleh Shah asmaani ud-deya pharonda ay
Te jera ghar betha unoon pharya ee na
“Every now and then, we sit back and take account of our lives.
It’s like an exercise we have to undertake for moving forward…
Some of us do this more, some less..
But nonetheless, we do it!”
- Grenid Dwirkly
“Falling in love is way quicker than falling out of it. You fall at once but it takes a lifetime to get back on your feet!”
- Walter Styleman
“Commitment becomes Responsibility becomes Obligation becomes Burden!”
- Judith Bentley : ‘Idealism and Self Indulgence – A Psychoanalysis’ (Title for Chapter 3)
“Revolution is the completion of one cycle, It’s evolution that runs the show!’
- Babar Leghari
“There are those who communicate to fulfil their needs and then there are the few who do it for others!”
- Mark Appolo : ‘Political Warfare’
“I wanna name my kid Sardar Mohammed Ram Masih”
- Ali Hamza discussing religion with this Naqaab wearing chick
What a ‘cliched’ title for a comeback!
But it’s quite true!! I have decided to go the tech savvy way!
Now the question is how fast and how comprehensively can I do this? 
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I should be writing about all that has happened over the time I’ve been away! ….
But sometimes I question if that really matters? And this is one of those moments!
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But the point is my friends that I have a Blackberry! So I want to experiment with it!
Quite a gadget it is 
… Has its limitations.. Yet there is a lot to discover within it
And I’ll stop marketting here!
This is a new writing experience. No spell checks.. A little more spontaneity… Still learning how to write… I know that soon I’ll be doing a lot more than this
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At the same time I have to say something about all that has been happening.
Coke studio has been one heck of an experience! I fell in love there!… With an american banjo … Got to see the cream of our industry working together… And I must say we have quite a versatile pool of extremely talented artists in this country…
Much more than that, I saw genuine concern about our present situation, and a drive to do something about it!
… And the drive in this case was to work hard towards setting new, higher, quality standards for a Pakistani product! Something that will make us known in a different and positive capacity.
There is a renewed optimism in me about where we’re heading as a country
And that’s why I say it’s a new beginning!
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I have a lot more to say. But the PR people for Coke Studio have put a curb on me!
But fear not… It will happen very soon so keep in touch
Meanwhile I will try and bore you with some other random talk!
Until next time….
I have been avoiding making this effort. I know exactly what to write, but I have been on another trip altogether…
In economics I read about this thing called ‘moral hazard’. I just wikipedia-fied it to recall what it meant 
… basically I wanted to use the term as an explanatory for my staying away from writing. In a twisted way I can apply the reasoning (in economics) to my own case, but these days I am finding it difficult to ‘play’ with words and ideas. It feels as if one is being dishonest, playing around like this!!
Why it’s happening?
Because I am trying to write lyrics for new songs. And this time, for a change, I’m making a conscious effort not to use words for the sake filling space or for the sake of making them rhyme. It’s god damn difficult you know!? … Someone very rightly said that bad habits die hard!
But then Ghalib also said: ‘Ghaib se aatay hain yeh mazameen khayaal mein…’ … ??? …. !!!! @$$^^$@
I am no Ghalib. And my ghaib is created in my own little universe, limited by the very little knowledge I have. … See I am doing it again!!??
Quite frustrating …:(
All this said, things are going good. Way better than before.
Can’t be more thankful. It’s good to be thankful … it makes us patient.
The rest is upto Ghaib! …
New post coming soon….
