When someone asks you a question, do you measure how long it takes them too respond? The tone in there voice, pitch, intensity, volume? Do any of these things register with you? Which syllables are stressed, and which are not? Should those syllables have been stressed? Would I have stressed those syllables? Did there voice [...]
“She’s awake! She’s awake!” they yelled together in ecstasy,” It’s a miracle! Doctor! Doctor!” Rather the nurse came rushing through the door. “What is it?” she asked, obviously freaked out at the outcry. “It’s my b-baby…she’s awake!” the patient’s mother spoke, tears of joy filling her eyes. “Jesus! Keep her calm while I get Doctor [...]
Death – a very horrid but truth, such that it is almost impossible to like. The fear of physical pain and misery forms an enclosure around us, so much that we fail to do anything about it and in effect, keep ourselves more engaged in worldly affairs for undying distraction. No living man knows what [...]
The thunderstorm from the day before has finally stopped. The atmosphere had been stifling. Only one more tree left to fall. It feels like the hour in between this and that jannat and jahnum neither quite here nor there. It is a little after three and the air is still charged. At this [...]
One of my dearest and closest friend and coworker shared this true incident with me the other day for which I could not resist to share it with all of you today. By the way, has anyone ever stopped to wonder why is it in life that our good deeds are always overlooked and our [...]
Recession, job cuts, pressure, appraisals, the IT world is being subjected to a lot of pressure day by day. 9 to 5 jobs have been expanded to 9 to 11; stress in offices is slowly creeping up and interfering with every one’s personal life. What is the solution for this? How can stress be reduced [...]
Mental illness is not a topic of everyday conversation amongst most families and friends. In this respect Desis are no different. What is different is we do not tend to seek help as much as Caucasians or African-Americans do even when we are afflicted with psychiatric disorders. The research article titled, “Manifestation, Attribution and Coping [...]
Keep an eye on your children. Hold their hands when in a crowded place or while on an outing. Never let them walk or lag behind you while you decide to walk ten feet ahead of them. I have noticed many parents that do exactly this and then end up regretting it because their child [...]
Don’t wait for the world to open its arms and hug you…the right thing is to try to integrate yourself to each and every squire of it…how?…seeing as much as possible….knowing as much as possible…feeling as much as possible…Risk is an indispensable unit of this procedure….Frights should be buried…Disappointment will be the natural result and [...]
It was the last time I spoke to you, not knowing that it would really be the last. It was like time had stopped still, just like my heart and the desire to live. Time only seemed like a vast hollow void that I was supposed to fill with the emptiness of the sudden shock [...]