بھول ہوی ہے

برگشتہ یزداں سے کچھ بھول ہوی ہے

بھٹکے ہوے انسان سے کچھ بھول ہوی ہے

تا حد نظر شعلے ہی شعلے ہیں چمن میں

پھولوں کے نگہباں سے کچھ بھول ہوی ہے

جس عہد میں لٹ جائے فقیروں کی کمائی

اس عہد کے سلطان سے کچھ بھول ہوی ہے

ہنستے ہیں میری صورت مفتوں پہ شگوفے

میرے دل نادان سے کچھ بھول ہوی ہے

حوروں کی طلب اور مے و ساگر سے ہے نفرت

زاہد تیرے عرفان سے کچھ بھول ہوی ہے

Next Life

In my next life I want to live my life backwards. You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in an old people's home feeling better every day. You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension, and then when you start working, you get a gold watch and a party on your first day. You work for 40 years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You party, drink alcohol, and are generally promiscuous, then you are ready for high school. You then go to primary school, you become a kid, you play. You have no responsibilities, you become a baby until you are born. And then you spend your last 9 months floating in luxurious spa like conditions with central heating and room service on tap, larger quarters every day and then Voila! You finish off as an orgasm! I rest...


"Next Life" by Woody Allen

Hilarious clip from a comedy talk show

Charity Tillemann-Dick: Singing after a double lung transplant

You'll never sing again, said her doctor. But in a story from the very edge of medical possibility, operatic soprano Charity Tillemann-Dick tells a double story of survival -- of her body, from a double lung transplant, and of her spirit, fueled by an unwavering will to sing.

Caroline Casey: Looking Past Limits

Activist Caroline Casey tells the story of her extraordinary life, starting with a revelation. In a talk that challenges perceptions, Casey asks all to move beyond the limits.

Driving manners

I may not be well qualified as an observer to comment on the state of driving skills and manners being practiced here but based on what I have seen and felt I can say that generally people here follow the driving rules and ethics very well. They may not care, and rightly so, about padestrains who do not play their part in ensuring smooth and easy flow of traffic by not following rules they should be abiding by. One thing I observed however is not satisfactory in my opinion, the driving skills of public transport bus drivers. In particular are the not-so-good driving of the bus route which I take daily to reach my university. Frequent awkard braking disregarding the state of passengers on board is often annoying for me and even a ride of 15-20 minutes sometimes becomes too much of a ride. I wonder if there is some procedure for registering a complaint with the company auhtorities. Another observation, somewhat unrelated, is that the wemen bus captains of the particular bus route mentioned are however better at driving smoothly than men.