The Body Collectors This is pretty piognant work, although IMO would have served better as the opening chapter of a novel, since the reader seems to get lost on the context at some point. An attempt to squeeze a novel down to this size has rendered the material a bit incoherent, the prolonged description of radio and stuff does`t do any good to building up a plot strictly irrelevant. But Anil, you should seriously try your hands on a novel; your attention to details is very enthralling, and some ideas are very well laid out. Keep writing.

Finally, I Am Becoming Stupider No More Interesting, amusing and inspiring. Good work Mustafa.

But allow me to add that the condition of giving up food and sleep to do mathematics 19 hours a day to excel in science or in any other field, though might sound sufficient, is by no means necessary. History is full of such contradicting exemplars.

Love Affair Re: # 29 hmmmm...if there was no marriage involved, don`t tell us burpy those 300+ lbs were the reason you got ditched! :P

Love Affair Re: # 10 haha, atif payee would never let a single opporunity slip his hands! This aakash guy is not her patee, so doen`t look like a case of polyandry. albeit for a non-machoistic society, he would be termed her rakhail :D

Love Affair Ohh, and forgot to add, great work... very artistic and rythmic. keep more coming! (coz you know how this place gets so god-awefully boring and monotonous, with one political hanky-panky following another ;) )

Love Affair hey look, Amrita`s in the fishy tank `yet` again!!! :P

“You love me and I love you and then what?”

may not have supposed to carry the same nuance as the one I drew, this phrase perhaps hold true in any context. this `then what` thing...would never let go.

sorta similar story ot the one in a recent Indian movie Raincoat...fantastic movie that one too...but thank lord the situation there never turned this much haijaan angeiz :D

Magma thanks the A trio (Abskii, Amrita and Aimie) and Nadeem for dropping by and for your appreciation.

Magma First of all, a big thank you to all of you, Rahul, Atif and Jang, for reading and especially for commenting, or i was starting to develop this notion that i would have been better off without uttering the above words either. :)

#1 Rahul, your `second thoughts` captured the gist better. Your first point, which is rather interesting too, would imo be analogous to a situation of `staling` of thoughts or ideas. Unless the thoughts are fresh enough to counter the external pressure of the pre-existant thoughts, they would keep accumulating inside, and once a new thought is born it will be strong enough to out itself but again it will eventually encrust the peak and cause accumulation of further exhausted ones inside...and this cyclic process perpetuates. My refernece to `severed by ego` is what tends to differentiate the situation slightly. The ever mounting ego, won`t even let the fresher, more robust thoughts out, forcing them to cease to death within.
#2 however i might detest the idea of giving in to pragmatism, that alas is quite true. But i would rather call it death, not serenity...
#3 That`s an awesome interpretation indeed.

Temporary Marriage in Islam Re: # 20 Very well articulated urstruly janab.

Temporary Marriage in Islam Gill sahib,
There is certainly something missing about this article...oh wait, isn`t it that long list of references that you normally quote at the end of your every article?
Is that the result of lack of any research whatsoever on the topic? I mean, you raise such an important issue concerning 1.2 billion people dwelling, and regarding a faith that encompasses fourteen centuries, and no mention of Ibn-i-katheer, Hambal, Abu Hanifa, Ghazali etc? So you reckon a bare mention of Maudoodi and Darabi suffices for making conclusory remarks on the said issue?
I am not surprised.

Cartoon Clash of Civilizations hey look what a shayar (probably Hali?) has to say about Bina, as a token of appreciation for her immaculate insight into matters like this...

dil-i-Bina bhi ker khuda se talab
aankh ka noor dil ka noor nahiN

aadaab ;)