Crow's Nest...

I think most of the overseas Pakistanis today miss a reliable source if news that connects them to Pakistan. Sure we have multiple media outlets that are trying to make us believe that they do the most reliable reporting but this is not true. In fact it is the farthest thing from the truth. Whenever I watch a TV channel from back home or try to read a newspaper I am disappointed by the level of dismay, disappointment and self blame all the opinion makers suffer from. All I can read is the things wrong with the society. All of them want to profess they possess the ability to identify all the ills of our society. They are so enamored by the onslaught of the media war that they just can not see any positivity in the daze of their own negativity. One almost feels like distancing one from all the bickering, blabbering of these actors. These actors who for small amounts of money are committing a monumental crime by disillusioning this nation. I guess that fault is our own that we a...

2012 started ticking last night.  A year has come to an end and another starts spreading its sunshine for the next few months to come.  Mayans thought 2012 would be it.  What I find interesting is that some of us in this world are hell bent on making this come true.  This is the sad state of affairs that we are entering 2012 in.  I think if this world would just realize how precious this life on earth is it would be very helpful for all of us as a whole.  But then there would be no fun if everyone agrees with everyone else.  No movement forward.  Contrast and contradiction is indeed the essence of life. Then there is this concept of new year's resolution.  I could never personally grasp the idea of a resolution that is made at the beginning of the year.  I think we make resolutions every day and all those resolutions should carry the same level of importance in our mind, or it beats the purpose of making resolutions.  We decide abo...