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My Grandmother ~ Obituary

salman Ali June 3, 2009

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#7 Posted by Delirium on June 9, 2009 7:08:34 am
Straight from the heart.
May her soul rest in eternal peace!
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#6 Posted by parthaab on June 9, 2009 3:12:47 am
Only Grandma?

Why? What wrong did your grand Pa do to not deserve your praises?

Because he was born male?

Is nt it unfortunate that the consumerist media deems it right to encourage misandry?
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#5 Posted by banjara286 on June 8, 2009 6:33:22 pm
beautiful! God(SWT) Bless ur dadi, and may her soul rest in peace in a beautiful abode.
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#4 Posted by bhs75 on June 8, 2009 6:17:22 pm
Re: # 3 correction: inevitable
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#3 Posted by bhs75 on June 8, 2009 6:15:57 pm
oh boy that's gonna bring in the tears, but I dun want to get emotional!!! my grand mother died in 86 and my grandfather died in 92, the best thing they taught me was that "if you want to be a good person, be a good listener", and so far it has worked out for me.

then sometimes I think of my parents, everyone goes, I dun want to think about it but that is inevtible,God that's gonna be the hardest day of my life, well, 2nd hardest !!!

I dun remember that exact lyrics by shaukat ali but it goes like ... "rabba ... apna roop akhaonda aen ... fir mawaan nu ku lay janda aen".

Bless the mothers of this world.
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#2 Posted by zeejah on June 8, 2009 4:52:44 pm
Salman ... i have 6 grandsons and one grand daughter... i love them with all my heart ... i pray that i am as lucky as your grandmother and one day one of my grandchildren writes such a beautiful obituary for me... May God bless your Grandmother and may you never forget the lessons she taught you.
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#1 Posted by bjkumar on June 8, 2009 2:51:07 pm
A beautiful tribute to what was obviously a very pious life. In the subcontinent, many times the ladies' roles are from behind the scenes. Except in big cities, they mostly stay at home and indoors. Perhaps that is one reason why so many of them invest themselves so selflessly and completely to ensure proper upbringing of their little children or grandchildren and to inculcate the right values in them.

May the soul of your grandma rest in peace!
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    #1 bjkumar

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