Crow's Nest...

"Of my soul's union with this fleshy frame, Of life and death thou art the end and aim, I pass away: thou only dost endure when I say 'me', it is 'thee' I mean to name."

Rumi, Faiz, Usman and Hussain.    God created pain and sorrow that happiness might show itself by contrast. For hidden things are made manifest by means of their opposites; since God has no opposite, He is hidden. --Rumi.    It seems that everything and everyone around me is getting intellectually stimulated. First it was Usman who went on a shopping spree today and bought every book on rumi he could find in Dolmen mall and provoked this post and then it was Hussain's . He left this amazing cd on my PC about Faiz titled ' Faiz-Ajj kay Naam. ' Its a venture by Technopak Media Creations, a venture of singapore based Pakistanis with a strong desire to preserve, and bring to an international audience, the rich and varied heritage of the sub continent.    The CD itself contains sections on the great poet encompassing his short biography and renditions, recollections and a selection of his literary works. There are also a few interviews from ...

People can be relentlessly ungrateful at times.

World Health Day    This year the world helath day was celebrated with a slightly different theme_ Road Traffic Accidents. WHO estimates that if the current trend of increasing road traffic acidents contiues the number of deaths and disabilities will amount to number three on the WHO list of leading cointributors to disease burden by the year 2020. Another estimate tells us that in the year 2002 road traffic accidents and crashes killed 1.18 million people and injured about 20 to 50 million more.    In Pakistan 45,000 people have beem killed in traffic accidents during the last 9 years. This is an alarmingly high number of deaths from any cause.    Studies also tell us that in developed countries there is one car to every 2 to 3 persons. And if you look at the recent budding of cars in Pakistani cities you would bear no doubt in mind that Pakistanis are catching up faster than ever in this race. More cars mean more pollution and more t...

"Thou seest not, in the creation of the all merciful any imperfection. Return thy gaze, seest though any flaw. Then return thy gaze, again and again. Thy gaze comes back to thee dazzled, aweary." --The Holy Quran

I am finally back in the world of internet after a gap that seemed ages to me. Have also come to realize that after you have gotten used to your own PC it is almost impossible to work on any other station.

Ophthalmology and PC's. One thinks that what can be a possible connection between computers and opthalmology_One must not think much there is none! My computer is still with the 'computerwala' and i hope that he returns the machine back to me atleast in same shape if not worst, today. And i am bunking my Operation theatre today in ophthalmolgy just to get my computer back from the untrained hands of this perticular 'computerwala'. Why did i ever pay heed to Uzer's words and take my computer to him, is what i am wondering right now.