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Three Poems by Allama Iqbal

‘Maa ka Khwaab’ (A Mother’s Dream) while on the surface a simple description of a mother's dream fearing for her child's safety, is a profound explanation of a core concept in child development, that of 'Separation-Individuation'

The Sacred and the Profane

Ms. L had been a challenge for me to treat for 3 years. She was from Lahore, my native city and the first time I had seen her, she had appeared extremely ill, fitting the layman description of ‘madness’.

Science and Enlightenment: East and West

‘Why the West craves Materialism and the East sticks to Religion’, the essay is an unabashed (and ill informed) defense of religious orthodoxy with some awkward, and factually inaccurate, jabs at Science and Reason.

Dark Angel

The dead take no medicines, do not get admitted to hospitals and make no money for anyone. Therefore, if it can be helped, people are not allowed to die.

Starting from the End

Wapda and the ministry of power have implemented an emergency load shedding plan to plug the gap between electricity supply and demand leading to more misery for millions.

Better Living through Chemistry

What would you give for a pill that made you happy or thin or helped erase the pain of losing a loved one?

The Agony of Remembrance

It may sound like a cliché but being thankful for what you have right now is the only antidote to the longing for the good old days.

The Power of Positive Thinking

After almost thirteen years working at a large multinational engineering firm, he had attended a workshop conducted by a consulting firm. He was so impressed (and probably so tired of the corporate treadmill) that he immediately began learning more, event

Rage of Angels

Nobody seemed to know who the protesters were or where they had come from. Having seen them up close, I would guess that they were alienated youth from the same poor localities, school drop outs, day laborers, the unemployed, the hopeless, the disenfranch

Death Be Not Proud II

We can see our kind massacred in the thousands on the news, then go about our business as if nothing has happened. Its only when the Grim Reaper takes one of our own that we mourn.

Growing Up Red

My maternal grandfather, ‘Nana’ to us kids, who I later found out was one of the root causes of my ’trouble’ was mostly absent. He had been in self imposed exile since being imprisoned in 1951 when he had spent 4 years in jail for

Immigrant

Immigrating (or returning) is an intensely personal decision that is based on a myriad of factors, most of them unique to each individual. Most of us, though, wonder, from time to time, how things might have been had we taken another fork in the road of l

Death Be Not Proud

It was close to midnight when I found out that Mani had died.

The Relationship That Heals

no one comes to see me because they are happy or content with their life.

Aap Amrika Main Hotay Hain?? (Do You Live In America)

This oddly discrepant way of looking at life and career appears to be quite the norm in Pakistan

Ali Hashmi

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