मैं गुनहगार हूँ, मुझे सज़ा दोइल्म की तिशनगी है, सज़ा दोवहम और डर से बेज़ार हूँ, सज़ा दोनहीं इलज़ाम देता माज़ी को, सज़ा दो Rough translation please: I'm guilty, punish me Thirsty for knowledge, punish me Devoid of superstition and fear, punish me Do not blame the past, punish me तलाश में हूँ जदीद… Continue reading Main Gunahgaar Hoon …..
Son of the Soil
(Jawaid Baqir 15Jun 1965 - 15 Nov 2020) Losing a father is like losing a part of yourself. Even now it feels like he has just gone somewhere and will return soon.We still remember the day father taught us how to ride a tricycle. We have seen him going through immense pain, shifting from one… Continue reading Son of the Soil
Puerillis Consceleratus
The title may be a bit confusing, both are Latin words, and are relevant as I proceed to engage in presenting this write up. You may like to ascertain their meaning through Google, the source used by me. Needless to say, these words dilettante a person who is keeping his countrymen at tenterhooks (Picture by… Continue reading Puerillis Consceleratus
Simba My Pet
By Ayaan Shameem (Ayaan insists on proving it was due to his insistence with his mom that Simba is their pet. Now Simba is everyone's pet! Let us read in his own words as to how he acquired Simba!) My mom is driving me to the pet store.We have everything ready and we all decided… Continue reading Simba My Pet
My First Vote
By Pooja Shameem I will be voting for the first time in my life this November 3rd 2020. Voting is a right I haven’t had the privilege to exercise during the first four decades of my life. Ironically, I was only 13 when I had risked my life to fight for the right to vote,… Continue reading My First Vote
Connecting Earth and Heaven
Picture by Jafar Shameem The waterfalls, a traditional burial site to the Snoqualmie people, are the place where “First Woman and First Man were created by Moon the Transformer,” where “prayers were carried up to the Creator by great mists,” that rise from the powerful flow, and these mists rising from the base of the… Continue reading Connecting Earth and Heaven
My Story- Trip to Alabama
by Serena Shameem (A very short story by Serena, she said the next one will be longer) Constructed by Serena Shameem
New House
By Zen Abidi (Zen is the son of Sadaf and Jameel Abidi who are very close friends of my daughter Sabila and her family. Zen is in the 10th grade in a school in Boston. He was born and brought up in USA and therefore the story he narrates is well outside the confines of… Continue reading New House
The Bygone
by Ariana Husain (Ariana Husain our grand child, is the daughter of Sabila and Malik Husain. She is in the 10th Grade at a School in Boston. This is her first article and hopefully will continue to contribute many more in future. She is transporting us down memory lane, let us accompany her!) All of… Continue reading The Bygone
In Quest of Shangri-La
Sir Thomas More, in 1516 in his book Utopia, portrayed a fictional society in the south Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South America. He pointed out the similarity of utopia to ‘eutopia’, which is from Greek: εὖ (“good” or “well”) and τόπος (“place”); hence eutopia means “good place”. Through Merriam-Webster dictionary we now learn… Continue reading In Quest of Shangri-La
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