Jesus & Mary Remembered !

The festivity surrounding christmas is every where, even under the grey gloomy sky christmas still shines out loud, and rightfully so for Jesus, to the world was a blessing.Watching the glimmering lights, christmas trees, gifts and smiles a thought crossed my mind : to actually remember Jesus! because for us muslims Jesus (PBUH) is as much a respectable prophet as is Muhammad (PBUH), Jesus is as much a muslim as is Muhammad (PBUH) ! Because one who believes in oneness of God who follows the teachings of God, is simply a believer or in arabic a Muslim! so here I go with an excerpt from Quran's chapter 3- Al-e-Imran, verse 45 -60), where Muhammed (PBUH) is being told about Jesus (PBUH) and his blessed mother Mary (Maryam) PBUH :

Behold! the angels said "O Mary! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary held in honour in this world and the Hereafter and of (the company of) those nearest to Allah. (45) "He shall speak to the people in childhood And in maturity and he shall be (of the company) of the righteous." (46) She said: "O my Lord! how shall I have a son when no man hath touched me?" He said: "Even so: Allah createth what He willeth; when He hath decreed a plan, He but saith to it `Be', and it is! (47) "And Allah will teach him the Book and Wisdom, the Torah and the Gospel. (48) "And (appoint him) as Messenger to the Children of Israel, (with this message): I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, in that I make for you out of clay as it were the figure of a bird, and breathe into it, and it becomes a bird by Allah's leave; and I heal those born blind, and the lepers and I bring the dead to life by Allah's leave; and I declare to you what ye eat, and what ye store in your houses. Surely therein is a Sign for you if ye did believe. (49) "(I have come to you), to attest the Law which was before me, and to make lawful to you part of what was (before) forbidden to you; I have come to you with a Sign from your Lord. So fear Allah and obey me. (50) "It is Allah who is my Lord and your Lord; then worship Him. This is a way that is straight." (51) When Jesus found unbelief on their part, he said: "Who will be my helpers to (the work of) Allah?" Said the Disciples: "We are Allah's helpers we believe in Allah and do thou bear witness that we are Muslims. (52) "Our Lord! we believe in what thou hast revealed, and we follow the Messenger; then write us down among those who bear witness." (53) And (then unbelievers) plotted and planned, and Allah too planned, and the best of planners is Allah. (54) Behold! Allah said: "O Jesus! I will take thee and raise thee to Myself and clear thee (of the falsehoods) of those who blaspheme; I will make those who follow thee superior to those who reject Faith, to the Day of Resurrection; then shall ye all return unto Me, and I will judge between you of the matters wherein ye dispute. (55) "As to those who reject faith, I will punish them with terrible agony in this world and in the Hereafter nor will they have anyone to help. (56) "As to those who believe, and work righteousness Allah, will pay them (in full) their reward; but Allah loveth not those who do wrong. (57) "This is what We rehearse unto thee of the Signs and the Message of Wisdom." (58) This similitude of Jesus before Allah is as that of Adam: He created him from dust, then said to him: "Be" and he was. (59) The Truth (comes) from thy Lord alone; so be not of those who doubt. (60).

I close the post with a Merry Christmas Wish ! and a remembrance that Jesus indeed came to the world as a magnificent blessing from Allah,a blessing that the unworthy could not treasure and the worthy forgot...but like they say there is always a second chance :)

Imam Hussein When Khilafat was being replaced by Ignorant Tyranny.

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Every year in the month of Moharrem hundreds of thousands of muslimeen pay tribute to Imam Hussein (AS) with mixed feelings of sadness and anger. Sadly enough, very few and very rarely so, realize the true spirit of this great sacrifice of Imam Hussein (AS).The ideology for which the great Imam, grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), not only let go of his own life but also of his family which included infants to say the least. The purpose of this writing is not to make one feel low of him/herself but to invite everyone to think and ponder over how our actions might be futile compared to our beliefs.

Question is what was this philosophy which was divine enough that even now after centuries the world remembers it? If this sacrifice from Imam Hussein (AS) was not for an ideology but for some worldly factor, then is not it meaningless for the entire world to remember it still? If it was indeed a sacrifice for worldly gains, the great Imam himself would have had no faith in it. Had the Imam valued his life or the lives of those he loved or the rule of a worldly estate more than he valued the divine ideology, how could he sacrifice it and prove to be free of material desires?

The sacrifice I speak of holds within it the greatest proofs of what the Imam (AS) believed in, what he valued the most and how far his learned wisdom could see.
If we continue to neglect the philosophy which the great Imam (AS) held dearer than his life and continue to spend our energies in revising how wicked the Imam’s (AS) opponents were, if we do not learn to work towards his philosophy and keep identifying the oppressed and the oppressor over and over again, if we do not mould the pattern of our lives to match exactly to that of the Imam Hussein then we should stop expecting the great Imam to appreciate our deeds on the Day of Judgment or Allah to value our actions or the fact that we always believed Imam Hussein (AS) was on the right path. Because, on that day what will matter will be how your actions effect you and the society you lived in. Imam Hussein’s (AS) stature and wisdom were unmatched which is why he demonstrated for us what we could never have learned by ourselves because we are materialistic and shallow. Alas, even after his sacrifice what we indulged ourselves in, is paradoxical.

We should ponder and invest our intellect to find, what exactly was the ideology, the philosophy that was so valuable for Imam Hussein that he decided to sacrifice his life instead of stepping back? Did Imam Hussein proclaim rights to be the ruler of Islamic estate of that time? Was this right to rule the reason that he decided to sacrifice his and his entire household’s life? Each and every one of us who has even the tiniest touch of familiarity with the family of Imam Hussein (AS) can never in good senses say that they (the great Imam and his family) sacrificed themselves to earn ruling power, they were material beings like us.


If some one believes this was so, if someone out of unfortunate ignorance insists that it was a political matter, let us look at it once again, let us for the matter of dialogue assume that the great Imam did raise the flag for the worldly estate, even then the history of fifty years from Abu Bakr to Ameer Muavia (Allah be pleased with them) tells us that they were never blood thirsty to earn ruling power and the great Imam (AS) as I mentioned earlier was ingrained with values directly from Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), one of the best rulers in history of Islam Hazrat Ali (AS) and of course his mother Hazrat Fatima (AS) which undeniably implies that his vision and beliefs were of the highest degree. So it becomes very clear that it wasn’t the throne it wasn’t the right to rule that ended in a barbaric crime.
The Imam’s wisdom and vision could see further than anyone else, and he at that time saw the symptoms of corruption in the Islamic society and the very spirit of Islamic estate, a change that had potential power to uproot the essential principals of Islamic society. Indeed he proved that his name and that of his grandfather (PBUH) by standing up against it, by attempting to protect the foundations of Islamic teachings with his life and that of his family.
Let us see what was that change or threat that earned the great Imam’s attention. Indeed it wasn’t a war against the non-believers, every one including the opponents were believers of Allah. Then was it the law of the Islamic estate that had changed? No, the estate was being run according to the rules and regulations that had been followed since the time of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). In fact changes in estate laws were not present in any Islamic estate before the nineteenth century.

Some people put forward personal traits of Yazeed in this context as the reason of this conflict and great loss. What has this notion done to us?What did repeating the actions of this individual named Yazeed result in? People started to believe Imam Hussein’s great sacrifice as an attempt only to rid the Islamic estate of a bad reputed ruler, namely Yazeed, instead of remembering what it was in first place that made the wise Imam stand up against him.

History maintains that even in Yazeed’s rule the system of the Islamic estate was run according to the teachings of Islam, it makes one wonder when the estate’s machinery was working as it was supposed to work why then a person of such deep understanding, a person of knowledge and deepest understanding of the teachings of Allah and Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) stood up against the ruler of the estate? Certainly he did not do that merely to earn the rule, he was well aware of the wonderful crown that awaits him eagerly, that which would be his for eternity, he could not possibly yearn for any material finite gains and that too involving bloodshed.

Obviously this was not the reason or the threat that the Imam realized and stood up against. Studying the history brings forth to our knowledge the facts that the great Imam had realized long before they actually happened. Fact is, nomination of Yazeed as the heir of the Islamic estate and then his crowning as the ruler, opened the doors for immense corruption and decadence. With it began the change of Islamic society’s foundations which kept on breaching the very pillars and purpose of an Islamic estate. This was the change that threatened the existence of Islamic society as it was in the times of the Prophet (PBUH) and the ideology of Islam which the great Imam wanted to protect and sacrificed his and many of his beloved ones lives for. To understand the Imam Hussein’s (AS) sacrifice, we have to seek and know a bit of context which involves studying how Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Khulefa-e-Rashideen (the four caliphates of Islam who ruled the Islamic estate after Prophet Muhammad PBUH) had led the Islamic estate for forty years. What were the foundations of the estate’s constitution in their times?

We should study the peculiarities that began to appear in the rulers of the Islamic estate after Yazeed became king by inheriting the rule, and after him the rulers from Bani Ummea and Bani Abbas. We can only understand the Imam Hussein’s (AS) far reaching vision by comparing and finding the differences that existed between the times when the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and the Khulefa-e-Rashideen ruled and the times that descended upon the estate as the result of Yazeed’s inherited kingship.

Only then we can completely understand that the man who was brought up in the sacred guidance of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Ali (AS) and Fatima (AS), the man who had the company and guidance of other companions of the Prophet (PBUH) as well since infancy, decided to correct and cure the unseen infections of Islamic estate and did not value his and his family’s lives for that one cause.

The first and the foremost pillar of an Islamic estate is the ingrained belief that Allah is the ultimate King, the people is Allah’s people and the ruler of the estate is and will be held answerable to Allah in regard of the people of the estate. The ruler of the Islamic estate does not own the estate or the people of the estate in any manner. According to Islamic teachings and history of previous rulers after the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) from Abu Bakr (AS) to Ali (AS), it had been evident to the people that the Khalifa (ruler) had surrendered his pride and self to Allah and then strived to protect Allah’s laws through out the estate.

But from Yazeed’s inherited kingship the spirit of this concept was destroyed. From the humanly kingship which started from Yazeed, the belief that Allah is the ultimate king and the owner of the estate became a formality that was confined merely to words. After Yazeed the Islamic estate became what every humanly estate had been before. Islamic rulers started believing that the estate is their and their family’s inherited property and along with it the people, their property, their lives and their future. Allah’s law remained the law enforced within the estate for a long time, but these rulers invented exceptions for themselves, their accomplices, and the rich and influential.

The purpose of Islamic estates was to bring the people to light, to educate them about Allah’s laws that teach them to abstain from what Allah has forbidden and converge to what Allah requires them to do or what earns them Allah’s blessings, as explained by Allah’s message brought to us by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). But the change that Yazeed’s kingship brought to Islam, Allah’s estate was turned into kingdom of men where the purpose of government was sadly reduced to conquering the weak, enslaving the people, gathering riches and other material gains. Very rarely did the rulers of the Islamic estate truly served Allah’s laws afterwards. Their accomplices and families became the causes of breach of Allah’s laws and propagated vice instead either intentionally or out of sheer ignorance.

Those who actually tried to revive the spirit of the Islamic estate and relive the laws sent by Allah were posed with opposition let alone assistance from the estate. In spite of brave efforts by few, the rulers led Islamic societies to further decadence and corruption. The spirit of Islamic estates had drawn life from kindness, piety, tolerance, equality and abstinence. Each and every member of the government was a picture of all these traits and more which was the reason the whole Islamic society had learned to practice these traits from highest members of the governments to common members of the society.

How terribly unfortunate it is for us that Imam Hussein could not succeed in stopping this vile infection from entering the Islamic estate and society. Since that day, since the day that muslimeen were put on the path of hereditary kingship, they too became imitators of the kings of men who faced Allah’s wrath in return of their atrocities. Savagery instead of justice, lies instead of truth engulfed us. Segregation among the society became common. Luxury instead of abstinence became the norm. Forbidden became the most demanded, and hence the rulers became vessels of characterless materialistic beings. Politics murdered morality and instead of fearing Allah’s wrath themselves, the rulers started oppressing the people. Instead of awakening the truth seeking spirit of Islam in every member of the society, instead of enriching the character of individuals with teachings of utmost honesty and truth, they began buying people and their consciences.

True constitution of Islamic estate implied that the ruler of the estate will be chosen by opinion of people which they freely and willfully provide, no one should even try to earn kingship or build opinions to his favor, instead the people themselves will consult amongst themselves and choose a ruler for the estate. People will be completely free for accepting or rejecting a ruler, and that is why no one was considered a ruler until he had been accepted by the people as their ruler, it was his moral obligation to not claim himself as the ruler if he had failed in earning people’s acceptance.

Each and everyone of the Khulefa-e-Rashideen took the governance of the Islamic estate via this channel until Ameer Muaviyya became the ruler. It was then that the ruler earned doubts of the people about whether Ameer Muaviyya had earned the required acceptance or not, hence the reason history stopped the title of Khulefa-e-Rashideen upon Ali (AS) and did not count Ameer Muaviyya or any ruler after him as one of them. There after, Yazeed’s nomination as the heir to kingship proved to be the mutation point for Islamic history, society and the spirit of the Islamic estate.

Because of that single incident of Yazeed’s nomination and crowning, began the tradition of royalty, the families of kings and since then muslimeen were never again seen following the method of Khulefa-e-rashideen to choose their ruler. Rulers, now were not chosen freely but were enforced upon the people. The acceptance which was once mandatory for a ruler was now imposed upon the people by force. And the barbarism of Yazeed was repeated in the times of Mansoor Abbasi, when Imam Malik (AS) tried to denounce this forced imposition of rule from the king, he was lashed and then tortured savagely for this crime of advocating justice and truth.


The second most important factor of the constitution of the Islamic estate was to bind the ruler to govern with the advice of the people. The ruler was to seek advice from people whose knowledge, abstinence and wisdom was publicly known and accepted. In the times of Khulefa-e-Rashideen, those made members of an advisory committee called the ‘Shoora’, were in fact all nominated as was the tradition. The Khulefa (caliphates) however did not acknowledge their nomination only because they were are very respectful to them, and therefore could not be expected to openly criticize the Khalifa’s (caliphate’s) decisions. Therefore in the process of selecting people for the advisory committee it was very well made sure that the people who become members are straightforward and able to criticize or advice without any hesitations or out of plain respect.

With the advent of royalty, this strong pillar of the Islamic estate was pulverized. The rulers now were not required to seek advice for their decisions, so they did as they pleased, kings, princes, governors, generals and other council members completely neglected the Islamic traits. Truth, knowledge and wisdom bearing individuals appeared as threats to the rulers and were very often dealt with utter injustice.

The third factor of the constitution of the Islamic estate was freedom of speech. People’s conscience and their voices were to be free, so much, so that anyone could speak of truth against even the highest ranking members of the government. Khulefa-e-Rashideen not only kept this right fully intact and alive for everyone, but in fact encouraged people to speak. Each and every member of the society had the right to ask the Khalifa about the matters of the government, and people actually freely and fearlessly practiced this right. This freedom was not a gift or a gesture of kindness of the Khulefa in themselves only, but was the law that Allah sent to the believers through Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and the Khulefa ensured it’s practice as the right of the people of the Islamic estate.

As with the other two pillars, this pillar was very well shattered by the kingship. Flattery instead took it’s place. Those who did not surrender to the king and practiced their right of freedom of speech were either killed or imprisoned. This savagery gradually started eroding the courage and fearlessness that Islamic societies once had. People with good moral values and intact conscience started parting ways from the kings and flatterers started filling in their places. The people, who were once courageous enough to question the Khalifa himself about his methods of governance, were now more timid than ever so they only played the part of by standers, watching one government handover power to another one.


Fourth factor in the constitution of the Islamic estate is very similar to the third one but has its own significance; it was the belief that the ruler of the Islamic estate is answerable to Allah and the people as well. As far as being answerable to Allah is concerned, history stands witness that the Khulefa-e-Rashideen lost their sleep, became restless and often cried over worries about the well being of the people they will be held responsible for. As for the second part of this constitutional factor, Khulefa-e-Rashideen always allowed anyone and everyone everywhere within the estate to question them and held themselves liable to answer anyone anywhere, not just the advisory committee (shoora) or parliament to better understand in today’s world. They used to face the people in everyday prayers as well, held weekly sessions of information sharing and spent numerous days and nights surveying the people’s living conditions in markets and pathways without causing the people any hindrance in their daily routines, at many times people would not even be aware that the Khalifa of the Islamic estate is among us. In addition to that, anyone was allowed to meet the Khulefa at their houses as well. This wonderful way of governance died with the birth of kingship.
Instead of , now there were kings the royalty who required protocols and who had built standards which denied people’s rights.


Fifth constitutional factor of the Islamic estate required the rulers to agree that the government’s financial assets (Bait Ul Maal) are Allah and people’s property so the ruler is required to provide each and every detail of expenses and earnings, and the people hold the right to inquire about the assets anytime. Khulefa-e-Rashideen kept his constitutional constituent intact as well with utter honesty and diligence. Every earning was but according to the Islamic laws and every expense was scrutinized right to it’s core to ensure its compliance with the laws of Allah. Among the Khulefa-e-Rashideen those who had wealth did not even take out their rightful salaries from the government fund instead contributed to it with their own finances. And because anyone had the right to inquire about the government funds people even pointed at cloths bought for the Khalifa rightfully and were provided answer for.

When khilafat was replaced with kingship, government funds became property of the royals and not that of the people and Allah. Illegitimate channels of earnings and expense were introduced to the system, and those who questioned the kings authority over these finances were not spared. From the highest ranked to the lowest members of the kingship, everyone took from the funds that were previously designated people’s property via Allah’s law.

Sixth factor was that of the estate’s practiced law. It obliged the estate to implement Allah and his Prophet Muhammad’s teachings and laws as official law and no one had authority to modify or ignore it. No one was to be given any exceptions from beggars to kings, justice was indeed made blind and judiciary free of any kind of pressure. As for all the previous factors which we mentioned earlier, this too was implemented and followed as was in the times of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Khulefa-e-Rashideen who had far more power and authority to change or modify the laws did not do so and remained bound to them through out their rules. Neither did their friendship help anyone against the law nor did they use the law to oppress their opponents. They portrayed ideal justice by always knocking the judiciary systems door for even their personal problems where they could have easily used their status as the ruler of the estate to their benefit but they instead chose to comply with the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that the law should have similar grip on everyone. Not only themselves, Khulefa-e-Rashideen also made sure that every member of government machinery was treated as an ordinary member of the society in the eyes of law and justice.

This was in stark contrast to what became of the estate laws when kingship became the Islamic estates fate. Kingship made sure that people with influence, high or low, had complete freedom from the grip of law. Justice was divided into two standards, one for the weak and the other for the rich, the powerful and the influential. Judiciary system began experiencing sheer pressure from the governments so much that some of Allah’s true people preferred lashes and wrath of the king of men, imprisonment and lashings, instead of defying the Islamic laws and earning Allah’s wrath by becoming a tool of oppression and injustice in the hands of the government.


If you have come this far reading the article, you must have realized that indeed Imam Hussein’s (AS) vision did not bring him the notion to claim the right to rule but to save the entire ummah from an infection that would never be cured from them again. No learned and believing individual can deny the fact that Yazeed’s nomination and crowning was the gate that welcomed this disease into the Islamic society. Neither can anyone deny that it wasn’t long after Yazeed that the society and estate began experiencing the decadence that we discussed earlier in this article.

When the great Imam took this revolutionary step, these corruptions had not manifested themselves in the estate, estate machinery or the society but the wisdom and knowledge that the Imam possessed knew better that this will ultimately result in destruction of the system laid down by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) himself. It was not the right to command the estate that the blessed Imam desired, it was the basic traits of an Islamic society of honesty, welfare, truth, tolerance, freedom of speech, equality, brotherhood, kindness and justice that he wanted to preserve, the growth of the Islamic estate and people which he held to himself dearer than his life. He could not see the system that his grandfather introduced and his father among other Khulefa-e-Rashideen helped nurture and preserve just fall apart to human greed, he knew he could not wait any longer it was time, he accepted the worst outcome and defied the mutation that had descended into the Islamic estate.

Though he could not succeed in stopping that disease, but he did leave behind an example for all of us, an ideology that remains the essence of the way of Islamic life, estate and society.

Let us pause for a moment and think, what have we done to honor this great Imam’s philosophy? Have we learned to hold on to honesty no matter what? Have we stopped being in-just? Have we imposed on ourselves Allah’s law? Above them all, have we valued these traits as much as this Prince of Paradise did? Have we realized the extent to which he protected, practiced and preserved these traits? He knew of possible consequences and yet he decided to face the danger and loose his beloved ones along with his own life, do we value it that much? How much longer will we not realize that the tribute to this great warrior of Allah is not in dedicating our lives in denouncing his opponents but to follow the reasons which brought Imam Hussein up against Yazeed.

We have instead fallen pray to the divisive infections which he wanted to save us from. The pillars of the society that his eyes could see are no where to be seen. Instead of practicing his ideology we present our tributes in the shape of further decadence.

Will we ever pay real tribute to this great man? Will we ever stop denouncing Yazeed so we could actually start following what Imam Hussein (AS) preached and what Yazeed denied? Allah is all seeing and he is the best of all judges, let Yazeed be dealt with there and let yourself become a true follower of the ideology the great Imam Hussein(AS) marched towards Yazeed with.

I pray for guidance and mercy from Allah for all of us.
From Syed Abul Ala Maudoodi’s Writings.

Evolution Vs Creation

Evolution or Creation ? How did life start here on earth ? what did the first sunrise light on this earth ? Complex organisms as we see today or single celled ones ? It is an age old dialogue, started more than a century ago and still not settled. Now before reading ahead, do not assume that I am a top notch scientist or a known religious scholar, no I am not I am just as knowledgeable as you are, but for some reason I was thinking about this, so it's more like a 'thinking out loud' scenario here.
Coming back to this theory of evolution that Charles Darwin presented (1859), we see the world divided in two groups, one that agrees with Darwin and the other that believes in the Theory of Creation. Darwin said organism as we see them today were not created in this shape or state but infact have evolved from single celled organisms and then gone over transformation stages through time. In contrast to what Darwin believed, supporters of the theory of creation advocate that every thing has been created by one supreme being 'as is', they do not agree with the idea that a bird with no wings learned to grow wings over time and started flying neither would the agree for such an event going other way round.
This is where I think they have both ignored one simple fact, why can't both the theories be correct ? ofcourse the theories step on each others toes at some points, but if we look closer we will find that minus some points from Darwin's theory , they compliment each other ! How you may ask..
Well, have you ever heard of chess playing computer programs, that learn from their opponent i.e. they become wiser every time they play with a human, how ? they learn how the human reacts to their moves. Similarly, there are robots that haven't been programmed with any particular senses but learn through their reflexes and sensors like vision and sounds. The thing to notice here is, when we humans can create 'devices' that can 'learn' or in other words evolve , why can't the one who created humans themselves do the same ? The difference is , we do not have the technology to create things that can evolve physically today, but that supreme being does !
So in my view, Darwin is correct in saying that certain organisms did evolve but he is wrong in dismissing the fact that the organism has completely evolved from a single cell or humans were actually apes. In my humble opinion each organism was created by God and because he has unmatched mastery of creation , his creations are able to learn and evolve mentally as well as physically, a bird might have evolved wings to fly higher or faster , a fish might have evolved fins that can help it glide in air above water level but that bird and fish were created by God to what they were before they evolved to their new shape. They were given the power to evolve so they can fit in changing circumstances.
I have seen,heard and read religious scholars denounce Darwin, I think we need to open up and analyze opinions with scientific minds, extract the parts that ooze logic and then assess it instead of dismissing theories right away because they are defying our beliefs, because buried in those theories might be true answers which may actually help us witness the true grandeur of our Lord.

The Stunt Rider....

If you observed the last decade or so closely, when our loving neighbors, The Chinese started pouring in low cost consumer goods into our lands, you have witnessed how quantity won over quality. Not too long after that, we saw low cost chinese motor bikes raining down on us. I believe it is just a matter of time when one day the road side paan wala will hand you a flyer reading...

Kallu Paan House ki fakhariya paishkash, Lashkaara 70cc bike naqad aur iqsat par dastyaab hai ! pehlay dus khareedaron ko 5 aded Double Patti Raja Jaani Muft.

Now that's development at the GRASS ROOT LEVEL, it is entirely a different story how that development has earned fortunes for the police, mechanics, washing machine makers , fan makers etc. These dime a dozen motor bikes with their speedy feats have brought out hidden talent from amongs those who were either pedestrians or spent the day pedalling a sohrab, hence creating a rare, found mostly in Pakistan, breed called The Stunt Rider.

These stunt riders can amaze anyone anywhere, from speeding in oppsoite direction on a busy road to railing the footpaths, no traffic jams are jams for these superb maneuverers of machines unless their eagle eyes fail to spot a man-hole in their way.... after all they are just as human as you and me are .... believe me. Some of these creatures' brainless acts of shame , oh my bad I meant fearless acts of fame, are worthy of international recognition, i.e. riding a less than 100 feet wide one way road in the opposite direction WITH CHILDREN ON BOARD !!! isn't that an honourable deed ? but we are an unfortunate nation, the police men who are supposed to keep crowning such prominent faces are too busy doing their duties, with such diligence that these stars of the day get neglected 99% of the times.

Sometimes these honourable policemen even forget to give green signals to a stopped horde of vehicles, in such dire situations it is once again these Stunt Riders on their mechanical chinese steeds who give this impatient horde the required 'break through' and it is only this 'breaking through' that the extremely honest police man is obliged to look away from his duty for a while and start shooing the flies, but if you watch closely it is his very friendly gesture of demonstrating a Green signal to an already flowing traffic stream who might not even notice the polluted white uniform among the beggars.

Among the Stunt Riders you will find people of all ages and races, but they all are Stunt Riders. No power on earth can separate this spirit of chinese origin from them once they start their bikes. No degrees no masjids no moulvi's can keep them away from these every day stunts. It is indeed this spirit of freedom that makes these riders fly with a 70 cc chinese super machine. Why spend a fortune for Yamaha R1 or Suzuki Hayabusa ?.

These Riders the Stunt Riders have unmatched patriotism , as aomngst them live people who advocate less corrupt newer law and order system, and to prove their point they demonstrate breaking the system, and yet they do not publicly admit this heroism because they do not want fame for themselves , they only emphasise the weakness of our traffic police at wedding dinners as responsible citizens.

Let not your vision preach to you an image of these riders, that clashes with Responsible Citizen idea, keep in mind they are doing their duties of raising awareness. Before the scribe closes this page, let him be very honest ..... if you , dear reader, ever see me trying the acts of shame of a Stunt Rider, please pardon me then and there, I beg to remind you that we are Pakistanis we can have huge gulfs between what we say and do, that's our right as Pakistanis , dont you think ?

Scales Of Pride

At one of the family weddings I was reminded of how inspiring bollywood really is for our naive masses, no not the color full dresses or the most elegant way of pronouncing 'Khushee' as 'Kuhshii'. It was when we were all presenting bouquets to the bride and groom, one of the gentlemen responded to the bride's twinkling thankyou with 'doston main thankyou nahi !' and waved his hand like he was embarking on the journey to the center of the earth right after getting of the stage!
Why ? I asked myself , why couldn't he simply say 'you're welcome:)' and manage a good smile I'm sure smiles make the ugliest of faces look good. The answer to this why is very simple, this trend of not expressing gratitude not welcoming, came from across our eastern borders. Some dashing heart break hero uttered these trendsetting words and now you can hear it resonating in every nook and cranny. Poor bride and groom, sat there recieving a very very diverse set of responses with the bouquest and accompanying spoon fulls of 'healty' sweets from someone niraala. I wonder if love can over come nausea ? or these niraala sweets don't trigger nausea no matter how many tons you consume.
Well then who cares, another bollywood super duper hit hero had set the course of our society by saying 'tension lenai ka nahi denai ka' ! and we have then forth followed it blindly almost religiously. From roads to markets to families to friends and fiends alike, NO FEAR , xXx , BULLET, JUST DO IT!. And so we are all JUST DOING IT, brainlessly following the shining blip that's sure to lead you into a preheated tandoor. Anarchy is the ultilmate destination of our people, but there is hope a new generation of literate, civilized mothers ! they and only they can transform the nations decadence into glow.

Raja Pakistani !

Hello Again,
Subsequent lines on this page, are in no manner pointing fingers at you my dear reader any similarity of place, character or traits is entirely ... ironic !

Well, this is Raja Pakistani , a radiant young one , read 'radiant' again , he's just got shining golden streaks done. Raja is such an inspiration such a vivid impersonation of natures wonders that right at his birth it was almost decided that his father will be financing a full length movie in his name, titled : The Horror. But it took a little while before his father could actually think of his own dreams and now that he has time...ironically all of it is spent in finding a suitable name for the flick, one moment he comes up with 'The Agony' and the very next moment he cancels and selects 'The Punishment'! The poor soul (his father) has had hard times trying to save money for the dream but Raja was very fond of 'quality' education, so much that it took 7 long years to finally stop him from going back to the same class.

Speaking of class , Raja has a class of his own, if you could ignore his father's 'wallet situation' now he is a complete picture of the elite group and has struggled really hard to lead his father to a vacummed bank account. Fortunately, this shortage of funds do not hinder his 'classy' living style because there's Dolmen Center and Zainab Market !! His wardrobe has nothing but Calvin Klain, Christion Diar and the likes. I hope you do understand that the brand names are not 'misspelled'. WYSWYG (what you see is what you get!) , the peer group he hangs out with doesn't even know the difference, so all is indeed well.

His high regard for the opposite gender is worth millions (do note i did not mention millions of what), every 'wicked' girl who disapproves of him or refuses to talk right fully earns mental correction that in itself has many forms, ranging from public phones to sim cards that are rupay darjan these days!.

Let's talk of Patriotism at the grass root level, Raja wears Pakistani flag right on his chest when the independance day arrives. He spends his day reliving the memories of our ancestors, via the Old Is Gold bollywood bombardment, he whole heartedly faces all day to strengthen his views. But it is ofcourse when the night falls on 14th of August, that the true patrtiot emerges!
Out of every nook and crannie on a 'made-in-china' vehicle, with Rs. 40 fuel in the fuel tank, and vigilant eyes that are searching for patrioTina(s). He displays his 'skills' by riding the bike head over heels, becoming a living walking POT pocket or chanting slogans of 'brotherhood', these slogans somehow happen to be color coded.

Raja is almost always a 'bhai' too ! wow and he can pull strings up into the highest echelons of power at any given moment, lest the person he is 'enlightening' happens to be another 'bhai'. His definition of 'unity' is put to practice at such incidents, sporty as he is he has a good supply of base ball bats , hockeys some times even skate boards!

Raja ! the great , oh my goodness his father just called I have got to rush now so much to be done he's finally come up with the 'final' name, 'The Crumbling Castle'.

Mr. Pakistani !

Aiye, aaj hum ap ki mulaqat karwa rahai hain Mr. Pakistani se !
Naam to in ka janai kia hoga , lekin ye ap ko jaga jaga aur har jaga har roz har sarak par har jaga nazar atai hain. Buhut hi bawaqaar, daftar main istri ki howi shirt pehnai tie lagaye bethtai hain to badesi sharaft ka mujassam namoona lagtai hain !. Namaazi parhaizgaar rozai daar, kisi mehfil main beth kar baat karna shroo karein to aisay aisay mazhabi zaawiye se baatein karein k sunnai walai ko mantai hi banai. Siyaasi maamlati hoon ye economic in k paas har maslay ka aik sab se behtar hal mojod hai k agar ye kahein apply ho jaye to mulk raaton raat G-8 main shamil ho sakta hai ! lekin kia karein k hamarai haan logon ko shaoor nahi warna sab jamatein peechai hat kar inko agay kar detein.
Khuda k karam se kamatai bhi acha khaasa hain , ghar bhar ko chalatai hain aur maheenai main itna bacha letai hain k aglai do teen maheenai na bhi kamayen to chalega. Aisay naik insaan ka waqt kitna qeemti hoga andaza to ho hi gaya hoga ap ko , to kia bura kartai hain agar Mr. Pakistani waqt bachaanai k liye kuch nazraanai idher udher paish kartai rehtai hain ? Gari main beth kar apni lane chor kar dosri lane main gari chalatai hain , to kia bura kartai hain. Bhaee samnai walai ko chaiye k inko dekh kar gari zara kachai main utaar kar rok lai , lekin hamarai jahil awam hain k samajhtai nahi, bacharai Mr.Pakistani ka rasta to rukta hai hi khud ye berabt awaam bhi kharai reh jatai hain.
Mr.Pakistani jaisay bawaqaar aadmi ko agar ap nai kisi ishaiyye ya zuhraanai main kahein botiyan uchaaltai howai dekh hi liya hai to konsi bari baat hai ? bhaee aisa kion sochnai lagtai hain aap k shayad in k ghar khana nahi banta ? achai khaasai khaatai peetai admi hain bus qorma taftaan ki khushboo songh kar in ki naak, dimagh , dil sab kuch 'pait' main badal jata hai ,balkai inka pora wajood aik chalta phirta 'pait' ban jataa hai ...to is main in ka kia qasoor , inhain to shayad khud hi khabar nahi hoti k kisi badqismat murgh-e-murda ki aik taang in k 5,000 rupay k coat ki jaib main atki howi hai aur biryani k kuch baqiyaat monchon par dharna diye beth gai hain, aik adhoori taftaan in k jotai k saath saath chali jati hai ...bechaarai qudrat ki karegari k agay majboor hain.
Mr.Pakistani ki deeni hamiyat ka to kia hi kehna, ap ko in k ghar main aik sakht tareen qanoon milega ghar ki har khatoon ko burqa baghair aik qadam bahar nikalnai ki ijaazat nahi. Kia hi baat hai Mr.Pakistani ki k kitna qareeb rakhtai hain apnai ghar ko 'sharee'at' se. Baqaida dars main shirkat kartai hai muattar saaf suthrai kapray pehn kar jab dars k liye nikaltai hain to aisa lagta hai jaisay abhi garha khodo aur utaar do mera khayal hai zuban phisal gai , jee to aisa lagta hai k aasman se koi farishta utar aya ho ! Aur to aur ghar ki khawateen ko college main dakhla lenai se rok diya k jo parhayee karwaenge ghar ki hudood main karwayenge warna ordinance factory main mazdoori par laga di jaengi.
Ab aap hi batayen is main Mr. Pakistani ka kia qusoor k koi university inko 'gharelo' degree denai par tayyar nahi horahi. Kam se kam bcom ki degree hi de detai mazhabi bunyadon par lekin Mr.Pakistani jo in khawateen ko taleem se araasta karna chahtai thai na kar paye , afsos sad afsos ! Mr. Pakistani khud qaum k kher khuwah hain, chahtai hain k har khatoon khuda ki adalat main kamyaab ho aur in k nazdeek ye kamyaabi sirf burqay se milti hai! chahtai hain k burqa itna aam hojaye jitna k star plus ! yehi waja hai k har 'bepurda' larki ya khatoo ko intehayee 'shafqat' se 'ghoortai' hain bus chalta hai to ghar tak chor k atai hain, ghalat na samjhein wo to is nazar se dekhtai hai k agar burqai main hoti to kitni bhali malom hoti ! In ki nazrein sirf apnai ghar ja kar hi jhukti hain kion k wahan to 'sharee'at' ka nafaaz pehlai hi kar chukai hain , ab agar ankhon ko churi chaqo bana kar ghar se bahar ka jaeza nahi lenge to pata kaisay kar paenge k 'sharee'at' k hudood kahan kahan naafiz honi chaiyen ? Magar kia karein becharai Mr. Pakistani akhir ghar main bus chalta hai in ka bus to wahan to bepardgi par jaan tak le lein, bahar bus na chalai to na sahi ankhein hi chala letay hain , akhir ko ye to bequsoor hi hain qusoor to us bekhabar larki ka howa na jo in k samnai se guzar rahi hai. Khuda ka hukm bhi to akhir sirf khawateen k 'parda' ka hai becharai Mr.Pakistani to waise hi azaad hain.Usai pata hona chaiye tha k yahan aik shaitan sifat oh maaf ki jiyega, k yahan aik farishta sifta insaan khara hai yahan se sirf burqa posh khawateen ko guzarna chaiye k Mr.Pakistani ki nazrein mehfooz rakhein. Yaqeen nahi ata to in k ghar ja kar dekh lein majal hai k ghar main koi khatoon kajol ko hi discuss kar lai.

Kis larki ko kia sikhaana chaiye , is k liye us k ghar ka ata pata telephone number raabtai ka koi tareeqa to hona zaroori hai na so wo pata karnai ki koshish main kabhi kabhi Mr.Pakistani nai naik niyyati se kisi khatoon ka peecha kar bhi liya to konsa toofaan agaya ? Aur kuch nahi to in k norani chehray ko dekh kar hi ap ko yaqeen hojaana chaiye k is zahiran khabees fail k peechai aik naik niyat aadmi hi to hai aur in ki to shayad darhi bhi hai lijiye aik aur nishaani !
Apnai aap main to Mr.Pakistani is had tak mazhabi hain k khuda k banaye gaye qanoon se barh kar is qanoon ka paband bana diya hai khandan bhar ki khawateen ko. Bataiye kia aj kisi khatoon main majal hai k gar ye nikkah ka faisla karwa dein to wo na hi kar sakai ! jaan par khel jatai hain Mr. Pakistani magar jahan apni mazhabi zuban de di waheen karwatein hain nikkah. Lakh ye khawateen 'inkar' k bahanai dhondein yani 'kufr' karein ! Ye Mr.Pakistani hi hain jo is kufr se bachatai aye hain bechari na samajh khawateen ko. Agar Mr.Pakistani na hotai , to dil hi dil main inkar kar k chup saadh lenai wali ye nasamajh nadaan khwateen to nikkah apni marzi se kartein , haye haye kitni ghair islami muashra hojata hamara! Mazeed kia kia khasoosiyat ginwaoon main inki.
Social engineering ka to art shayad shroo hi in se howa hai. Abhi pichlai haftai ki hi baat hai k apnai parosi se ijazat le aye k bhai ye beech ki deewar turwa kar main aik kamra banwaonga aur ap ki deewar phir se waise hi chunwadonga. Niyyat ki safayee dekhi ap nai k saaf keh aye zuban de aye , ab kia karein zara si bhool chook main paroosi ki deewar aik feet peechai ban gai to wo inko janai kia kia kehnai laga darhi rakh k jhoot boltai ho ! chatayee par sar ragar ragar kar maathai par mehraab daal to li aur parosi ka haq maar rahai ho !! Khuda ki panah itnai naik shaqs par ye ilzaamat kam se kam darhi aur mehraab ka hi khayal kia hota nahinjaar parosi nai. Magar salam hai Mr.Pakistani k paya istaqlal main bilkul laghzish nahi ai , himmat e mardaan - madad e bhai log !
Mr. Pakistani nai roz marrah k muaamlat par apni gehri nazar honai ka saboot detai howai sirf apnai jaisay naik logon ko ikhatta kya bus ! yun parosi bhi khamosh howa mazdoor ki mazdoori bhi rayegaan nahi gai aur Mr.Pakistani nai hadees ki laaj rakhtai howai mazdoor ka paseena khushk honai se pehlai khushi khushi uski mazdoori bhi ada kar daali.

Mera khayal hai Mr.Pakistani ki roudaad aaj itni hi kaafi hai, agar moqa mila to ainda bhi Mr.Pakistani k karnamai ap tak puhunchata rahonga. Khush rahiye aur khush rakhiye.
Salam Alaik!