Author: baqir shameem

Why did I go to Najaf? I heard and read the words of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and had no other choice as a Shia! Sharing these with you. “Ali is from me and I am from Ali.” “Ali is the first person to believe in my Prophet hood and will be the first person to… Continue reading Safarnama Iraq: Najaf →

a (Picture by Jafar Shameem) The scriptures dictate, “follow one path, the right one” for a long and happy life I scratched my head when I read the book and said to myself “I will surely strife” My parents taught me to obey and respect the tutors, the elders and seek friendship My teachers in… Continue reading The Right Path? →

 “What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet.” So declares Juliet as she laments the name of her beloved in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet I suppose the great Peer had this in mind when he tutored Juliet, “what matters is what something is, not what… Continue reading What’s in a Name? →

Stepped into Fortune Manohar hotel, located at Begumpet, Hyderabad and walked through the corridor lined with flower pots with Bonsai plants of different vaiety. Entered the convention hall filled with visitors attending the World Bonsai Convention. https://videopress.com/v/tCeg3SeS?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Col Zafar Naseem, my younger brother, an ardent Bonsai gardener, left the presentation to educate me about the… Continue reading An Absorbing Experience With Bonsais →

Na paas hone se bhi paas HonaNa Nazar hone se bhi Nazar Aana Ho Gaye ho bahut door tum humseRahte ho dil Dimagh mein muddat se Subah Uththe hi jab Salam deta hoonMuskurate  labon se jawab pata hoon Ab bhi hain wohi Gulab Gulshan meinIntezar mein baghbaan se kab milen Ho gayen hain kaarinde berozgaarKho… Continue reading Justuju →

(Continued from Majnun's Agony - Part II) The doctor heard Yousuf without interrupting him. He glanced at Luyana, seated across the table whenever Yousuf mentioned the issues with his private parts and noticed her looking back at him with no expression. Dr vineet was an Andrologist who had specialized in men's health, particularly relating to… Continue reading Majnun’s Agony – Part III →

(Continued from Majnun's Agony - Part I) Liyana listened to Yousuf's mother as she narrated the harrowing experience that Najma, their next door neighbour underwent. She was diagnozed as having Lukemia cancer, three years after she had delivered her second child. Her husband worked as peshkar (manager who presents papers and letters to the judge)… Continue reading Majnun’s Agony – Part II →

It was not that he was chasing skirts and was a forlorn lover, the reverse was in effect. Females in his village from sixteen to sixty years were in love with him. They called him ‘my Majnun’ (a person madly in love) though he avoided them. He was tall with rugged looks. His head was… Continue reading Majnun’s Agony – Part I →

“The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values." - WS Burroughs "Knowledge is Power." - Francis Beacon Our attempt is to impart values and the power through knowledge to young minds especially in rural enviroment, the cradle of of our country. A modest begining has commenced the details of which… Continue reading In Knowledge We Trust →

I am in love with every church And mosque And Temple And any kind of shrine Because I know it is there The people say the different names Of the One God Hafez I last visited the Moula Ali shrine in nineties. A twenty minutes fairly even drive from where I stay. To reach the… Continue reading Moula Ali – A legendary Shrine →