Birthday.........AND THIS TOO SHALL PASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSs

26th April 2006, it was my 23rd Birthday. I feel no change except the fact that the resilience rush has declined and ebbs of all sorts mark my face. Nevertheless the way i was greeted by my family and friends at 12 last night was awesome. A special cake from loving sister and these days its her 'income' is what i rely on, when Dad's riches refuse to drain into my pocket. LONG LIVE MADIHA.
As far friends, Ahsan, Ahsan, Hassan, Nosherwan, Usman and Ehsaan came at 12 with a 'qula' (a long desi hat) and then smeared cake on my face. Later, we were off to have Icecream. Then came the real part. They paid Eunuch for a dance and 'kiss' to a birthday boy. Although she allured them sheepishly but we were few good men . After Icecream at around 1am we sat on the Jail Road near a Dhaba ( a real small untidy khoka) to have tea. Then we gave lari adda (Transport hub) and Shahi Qila (Lahore Fort) a GOOD LOOK. Real good look and finally by 230am we were at DATA SAHAB (Holiest Shrine) to pay him homage and for mystic upheaval. I came home at 3am and my mother then gave me a good harsh physical torture. That was one gift i received after so long.


Thanks to everyone who wished me on my day. I am so happy to have them as my very own. Greetings came from USA, England, Holland, HongKong, Mumbai, Delhi, Karachi, Faisalabad, Sargodha, Rawalpindi and obviously from every quarter of Lahore. I expected from number of other sources but to 'forget is a human', i guess! I GUESS ONLY...........

Anyways another year is over and this too SHALL PASS......................................

All templates were absurd and I was out for a change. So just thought of this 's---light' dark image and obviously no criticism about this will be TOLERATED.

"The best thing a person can do in crises is to MAINTAIN HIS SENSE OF HUMOUR."
(THE KING KHAN......no one but SHAHRUKH)

The Country i dream of!!

Here an article, although in Urdu depicts Pakistan free of violence, sectarianism and suicide bombs, in the past. I guess i really yearn those days i have never seen myself.

Only now i have realized that
"WHEN I KILL TIME, ITS ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE."

WHY the hell they dont accept my points without someone Dead in history affirming them? Ironically, they call it a RESEARCH. I wrote, if not prolifically then REASONABLY, but no dead would be my WITNESS.

At the other front, blast in Karachi has also wounded my heart with at least 55 deaths and hundred injured. Its an uneasy stress mounting in my chest. I gasp for breathe but ultimately inhales mourn, laments, cries, qualms of this society and my further recklessness. I am a recidivist and criminally a QUIXOTIC. The gap between my theoretical and practical world stretches up and rounds of 'ignorant nauseas' dawn on me, each second. My delays are ready to terminate me.

Guns and Roses

Q. Why the sharks dont bite lawyers?

A. Certainly, because of PROFESSIONAL COURTESY.

The lawyers are notoriously known worldwide and i have no problems with it. The MEN IN BLACK put their curse on society, make others moan and mourn. Morality knows no lawyer and these freelancers will still threaten the world by the mere sight of their uniform. A lawyer friend joked that if all the lawyers in the country will unite on the Mall they will overthrough every regime, whether militiary or political. To attain LLB degree is the easiest job in the country and even "Munna" bhai's will have no problem in taking the exams. I hope the producers will find it more convinient and invest worthy to make a film, none other than MUNNA BHAI LLB. Interestingly, the movie was made in Pakistan which was a flop, not because of its script, actors or direction but because of 'no' lawyers in it.

Even at the literary front Akbar-Abadi famously said about lawyers:

"Paida hua wakil to Iblees nay kaha,
Allah nay mujhay sahibj-i-olaad kar diya"

(When a lawyer was born, then Satan (Iblees) said that God has finally bestowed a child to me....)


Despite the fact that it is the most loathed profession on this planet and no wonder so many people deterred me to enter the legal field, I SO STRONGLY believe that THE BEST and THE WORSE of any SOCIETY are LAWYERS. No one but the LAWYERS. They truly believe that there is no room in this world for MEDIOCRES. I like this profession for millions of reason and one basic reason is enough that God HimSelf has declared that one of HIS cherished Name is WAKIL (A LAWYER).

Faiz Ahmad Faiz said:

"Jis dhaj say koi maktal say nikla wo shaan salaamat rehtee hai,
Ye jaan to anee janee hai, is jaan kee koi baat nahin."

(The way a person comes out of the battlefield, arena, that glory remains for all times.
As far the life, this life comes and goes, no worries about it.)

Lawyers at their best follows this dictum and no other profession.
SALUTE TO ALL THOSE WHO STRIVES TO UPHOLD THE LAW.

Indecisiveness

Like always the first step is so difficult, As soon as the moment arrives, somehow the struggle to pull myself up becomes difficult. Not so strangely, it has happened now for so many times. The problem is that despite the fact that this is indeed the right way. All troubles will ultimately be solved once this step shall be taken. I feel like going for a bungee jump, to stand on this precipice with defeat at your back which will soon overwhelm you but the trouble is to muster up the courage and dare to embrace the freefall. If the death is inevitable then does it really matter how it comes? It shall dawn.....
Knowledge without application is worse than utter ignorance. All the options are exhausted and this is the twilight of all the entertainment. Now for the real world, real action is required. Unfortunately for me not religion, not any other dogma, no relation and no power could influence so strongly that finally I could be stirred. The romance and compulsions are not natural and by the end of this day I doubt once again if I would be in the same shape or worse as if I am now?Let’s see. Tomorrow is so close, yet too far. The verge of decision making and the incessant desires of short term comfort lure me away in its deep arms. Those arms are of ignorance but admittedly provide a balm.
A poor human tendency to ignore the long run and the perfect example comes from my end.I hope this day would be better than yesterday and still a benchmark of my flight for a better tomorrow.

The actual JOB

It is the precise time to get back to studies. Here by ' studies' i mean following:

1) Civil Procedure Code 1908
2) Criminal Procedure Code 1898
3) Law of Evidence, Qanun-e-Shahadat Ordinance 1984
4) Constitutional Law III
5) Minor Acts
6) Conveyancing and Pleading
7) Income Tax and Labour Laws

For the past three years my version of studies was everything but academics. The reading habit i am so proud of now needs a right direction. Hope things go right, unfortunately the SAARC Moot competition in Karachi next month also seems to be a painful impediment.

And more PICTURES....................

Hassan makes a wild move with a BIG SMILE.



Dinner which we will savour for so long. Aditi Mam really won our HEARTS




Welcome at Delhi Railway Station.




The car that WALKS and runs sometime. Of course I was languishly stuck inside.





And dance we did.......... At Jaipur food festival


Wisdom tree carries my utter ignorance, the rest are its children.


We really dont get along so well...........................I mean sort of!!!!!!!!




They danced and we did our tangos and foxtrots as well................



Hassan kills Attari boredom........


My first BINDIA and Vandana

Picturesque

At IP University with the Principal/Vice Chancellor




On the footsteps of MadhoBala, Sheesh Mahal at Amer Palace where she danced...(Jo waada kiya wo nebhana paray ga)




Jaipur elephants remind SUZI (The nationwide famous elephant at Lahore Zoo)



Sabah knows no Delhi Roads and we are still at Valedictory Dinner




Not very clear VALEDICTORY NIGHT image




They truly call our Bha!!!! MANGAL PANDAY..............




No romance for TAJ MAHAL





I am tired and all bags but a JUNIOR laughs...........





Well posed before leaving Delhi...........




At University of Delhi, the whole delegation with Pandit ji's Monument




Farewell, I am haggard & victorious friends




A view from Amer Palace, JAIPUR



ISHA is around and on my left unfortunately i cant recall him. Regrets friend!!



SOMEWHERE in India...........but together (a rare scene)

When everyone looks WEST, it is the best time to explore EAST.

The backdoor diplomacy is over and with loads of arrears to encounter back at home, it is not a good time to reminisce the golden days of life. India was partially new, TajMahal only a White House but somehow the new bonds formed over there have a strong aura which makes the body fidget and incessant desire to meet them again pops up. Unfortunately THIS TOO SHALL PASS but for the moment it is certain that MY PASSAGE TO INDIA made me stay with my new friends FOREVER. Almost Forever..................

JUST NOW I HAVE HEARD THAT THE 18th LOVE (true love) OF MY LIFE IS GETTING MARRIED SOON. I GUESS I WILL DIE YOUNG. SHE WEDS THE UNWEDDABLE AND I CONTINUE TO LAMENT CHACHA GHALIB'S POETRY WHO SHARES THE SAME LEGACY.