Author: baqir shameem

The headline in the Newspaper was not conspicuous (Page 8, bottom) but it tickled my cerebrum! It read “Maha Adds Aamir Power to Save Water,” presumably Maha stood for Maharashtra. I was impressed, the Maharashtra Government had  finally discerned the control that Aamir, the film actor, commanded over the life giving and thirst quenching fast… Continue reading The Brand Ambassador →

The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines saints as ‘one officially recognized especially through canonization as preeminent for holiness’, although to a commoner such as me a saint is a person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and typically regarded as being in heaven after death. To the masses the general acceptance is that the saints are endowed… Continue reading Saints and Demons →

You could be born with a pretty smile, with bright twinkling eyes, to paraphrase a golden spoon in your mouth or leaded one, or may be an impairment; but you are never born with an ingrained message. Like all other portions of you which take various sizes and shapes over the years, your brain too… Continue reading The Indelible Message….. →

However much the first two images considered in tandem convey hurt to us but one can not shy away from ground realities; we actively participate as voluntary victims in one of the most speculative time tested antediluvian non tangible bartering with the religions’ dons to save us and our souls with their merchandise often taken… Continue reading A Survival Appeal →