My Beloved, 'Fallen Tree'

The Fallen tree at SZABIST was cut down on 28^th of November’2010. It was said that they chopped it because of the complaint of the students regarding cleanliness and lack of seating area. The tree was very old, approximately 100 years or more than that. Promises were made by the SZABIST student council and the administration of SZABIST that benches with shades will replace the area.

Fallen tree was one of the trees of SZABIST 100 campus. It was different from all the other trees at SZABIST. A tree that majority of the student loved. It was called the fallen tree because it grew sideways.

The brutal murder of the tree was a shock for the entire students of SZABIST. The only thing I liked about SZABIST was the fallen tree and they chopped it away. It seems as if the administration and the student council have only looked at one side of the coin, neglecting the importance of trees.

Whatever we say or do, will not work now because our beloved tree is not with us anymore. I believe that the administration and the student council of SZABIST must promote democracy and must discuss such issues with the student of SZABIST, before actually practicing them.

Labaik Allahuma Labaik

The Hajj is the annual pilgrimage to Makkah, Saudi Arabia. It is currently the largest annual pilgrimage in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam, a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so. The Hajj is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submission to God.

Every year millions of people perform Hajj. These are not only Arabs put people all over the world go to the Holy city to perform this noble task. It is said that those are blessed who are able to go to the Holy city of Makkah.

Every year many people from Pakistan also leave for Makkah to perform the blessed pilgrimage. But the tragic event that happened with them this year was heart breaking. The people who went to the land of Saudi Arabia through the government Hajj scheme was left alone after reaching their. They were not provided with food or shelter. They we not even provided with tents while performing Hajj, added to this was the rain. The people faced very difficulties while performing Hajj, but despite all this the government doesn’t seemed to care about them. It was later the government of Saudi Arabia that figured this matter out and helped the Pakistani people.

The government of Pakistan must act responsibly; after all it was their people who were left helpless in another country. But thanks to the Saudi government who didn’t left them alone and helped them.

Its Their Job to be Responsible

A few days back a news that was being discussed everywhere was about the Chief Minister of Balochistan, Nawab Aslam Raisani. His photo was published on face book and perhaps on other sites as well, where he was sitting with a girl, with his head on her shoulder.

People and even the news media without any confirmation started spreading this news. The girl was labeled with disrespectful names. It was later found that that girl was the Chief Ministers daughter. The point that I want to make here is that we must not blame anyone without knowing the whole truth. Even if the girl was not her daughter even then it was the Chief Minister’s personal matter and the media or the general public is no one to interfere in any body’s private matters.

The purpose of media must not be to earn money but to convey the truth to the people, but it seems as if the media have forgotten its real task and is only there to earn money. The news media may act responsibly because its one mistake can lead to great problems. As in this case the family faced so many problems.

Aslam Raisani’s fans created a page against this photo and they want to remove this photo from face book with the stupid title. Yes the publishing of the picture is not an issue, but showing the wrong concept is an issue.

Cheaply Dressed Women

The Pakistani media has forgotten the ethics and morals of our society. At many places it seems as if the media is forgotten that they are representing the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a country that was achieved at the name of religion. Being free doesn’t mean that one may forget their cultural and religious norms.

The Pakistani media have started airing vulgar programs, the Mathira show being a prime example. Mathira is the host of an indecent show on Vibe channel. After all what she do is that she dresses cheaply and uses indecent facial expressions during her calls.

Mathira is definitely a very naughty girl. In her, a small time television channel has their biggest hit. People tune in to her show for entertainment. Callers call in and flirt with her and she flirts back with them.

Few days back there was an article in ‘Express Tribune’ named as ‘Say no to Mathira: Ban vulgarity not art’. This article mainly discussed that how the Pakistani channels are promoting vulgarity.

I believe that it is time that the Pakistani media realizes that they are representing the Islamic republic of Pakistan. And the media is representing our country worldwide, and they are responsible for making a positive image of Pakistan in the world.

The True Spirit of Eid Al-Adha

Eid al-Adha, the festive of sacrifice is an important day celebrated by the Muslims worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Hazrat Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Hazrat Ismail as an act of obedience to God.

The meat is divided into three parts to be distributed to others. The family retains one third of the share, another third is given to relatives, friends and neighbors, and the other third is given to the poor & needy. This act of sharing would increase love among the people.

 The rates of the animals were always high. But this year the rates went very high, mainly due to the flood that hit Pakistan and a large number of the animals died because of the flood. But people still bought animals in order to perform this noble task.

But with the passage of time the meaning of this noble task has been changed. Before it was done to make Allah happy and to practice religion, but now it is done merely for show off. People give millions of rupees to buy expensive animals even though they know that it is not worth it, but still they buy it only to show off. And the meat which was supposed to be shared among the people is stocked in the refrigerators for future Bar B Q parties.

Have people really forgotten the true spirit of eid al-Adha? I think it’s time when we all may realize that it’s not the how we celebrate it but the true essence is when we celebrate it the way our Prophets did it.

An Inspirational Men

E.O.B.I (employees old age benefit institutions), was established in 1976, and its main purpose was to give benefits to the retired people. In the beginning it was only concerned with the people who earn 1000 rupees or less/month, but as the policies kept on changing, now it is also consider the people earning minimum wages, i.e., 7000/month. E.O.B.I makes sure that the employees when retired does not faces any financial problem. Apart from retiring it also helps the workers who had been disabled, during or after work. But the main thing is that the workers need to register with E.O.B.I, in order to get those benefits, after retiring from job.

Director E.O.B.I, Mr. Hanif Baloch a very jolly and kind person. He belonged to a poor family living in Saleh Muhammad village. His father had a small shop in the village. “It was my struggle and hard work that helped me to reach at this place”; said Hanif Baloch. Hanif Baloch acquired its early education from a small school in the village. He did his graduation from Government Science College, and was enrolled in for the degree of M.B.A in I.B.A (Institute of Business Administration). After completing his M.B.A he went to U.S.A, on scholarship, and acquired the degree of M.P.A (Masters in Public Administration), from the Kennedy school of government.

According to him the major problem in Pakistan is, that the workers are unaware of such benefits, hence they do not register themselves with such institutions, therefore are deprived from such benefits. He also mentioned another institution, which is known as Service Social Security Institution, this institution is concerned with the financial solutions of the workers during their job period. He again and again focused on the point that they must be aware of these institutions, so that they register themselves with these institutions in order to enjoy the benefits that these institutions give.

Mr. Hanif  Baloch also mentioned that the government fund them to a certain extent. It is usually private institutions that are funding them. He mentioned that it makes their job very difficult when the government is not funding them enough. He also mentioned that the E.O.B.I also helps the families of the retired worker at times of need, for example when they suffering through diseases or at times of the weddings of the workers family members.

He said that the youth of Pakistan is very energetic. They must utilize their qualities, and must continue their struggle for a better life. He also said that to lead a better life one must work hard to become a better person.

Spirituality or home for Drug Addicts?

The places that were meant to be blessed and were meant to spiritual are shows a different picture now. Yes the shrines. The shrines that were considered to be places of spirituality are now considered to be the homes of the drug addicts.

Lets us take the example of the Shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi. A place which is never empty. You go there any time you will find huge amount of people there. People all over Pakistan including interior Sindh and Balochistan also go there. Special arrangements are made on Thursday’s as a huge amount of people from different places comes there.

But it is hurting when you see people sitting inside the boundary of the shrine are using drugs. Not only this shrine but you can see it going on all over the shrines in Pakistan. Drugs are very easily available at these shrines. It is really hurting to see that these drug addicts don’t have any respect for the people resting in the shrine.

I think that the government of Pakistan must take this matter in their hands and take some initial steps regarding the shrines, as the use of drugs at shrines is disrespectful as well as dangerous. The thing that triggers me all the time is that how can someone use, sell and buy drugs so openly? It’s time that the government show some responsibility in this regard and work towards ending such unethical acts.

Peace in Pakistan, Possible or not?

Before starting with how peace can prevail in Pakistan, I would like to define the term ‘Peace’ and how does a peaceful society looks like?

According to the oxford dictionary the word peace means a period in which there is no war or war has ended.

Peaceful societies are societies with a tremendously low level of physical violence among its members as well as shared values that diminish aggression and/or positively value harmonious interpersonal relationships.

The conditions of peace in Pakistan are getting from bad to worse day by day. The number of killings is getting higher and higher. It is time now to give a thought towards peace. I believe that some elements that if present can change the conditions of Pakistan and can make Pakistan a peaceful Pakistan. Those elements are:

·         Education

·         Equality.

·         Democracy.

·         Tolerance among the people.

To maintain peace in Pakistan education is very important. Education can change the overall personality of a human being and give them the sense to distinguish between right and wrong.

Then secondly to avoid fights and murders and to maintain peace it is very important that there is equality among the masses. Inequality and injustice is the cause of many violent actions. So until and unless equality is not present, peace cannot prevail Pakistan.

Further I believe that democracy must be strengthened and he people may be given the right of decision making.

Last but not the least; the most important thing is that tolerance must be there in the people of Pakistan. The masses just cannot fight with each other about everything.

I believe that if these four points are implemented then only peace can prevail Pakistan and then only Pakistan will become a peaceful Pakistan.

Healthier Pakistan, Successful Pakistan

The health system of Pakistan is getting from bad to worse day by day. People are dying not due to incurable disease but because the health system of Pakistan does not care about them.

The conditions of the government hospitals are awful. Doctors rarely visit the hospitals because they are too busy with their personal clinics. If some doctors even visit the hospitals it is not possible for the doctor to have a checkup of three hundred or more than three hundred people at a time and even if he does then also the problems that he figures out is not reliable.

The government does not pay any attention towards the hospitals. There are even such hospitals that opens only once a month and that is when the salaries are distributed. Nobody seems to care about it, not even the people who are responsible for this.

The well-to-do families use the private hospitals, but where do the poor should go? They don’t have this much money to go to the private hospitals.

The government of Pakistan must take this matter into consideration after all it’s a matter of life and death. We cannot let someone die only because we don’t want to work. Other than that the doctors must also realize that it is their job to take care of the people who come to them, though money is an important but a human life worth’s more than that.

 All the people responsible for this may realize the serious mistake they are doing in order to have a healthier Pakistan.

Help Them

The flood in Pakistan began on July 2010 following heavy moonsoon rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan regions of Pakistan and affected the Indus River basin. At one point, approximately one-fifth of Pakistan's total land area was underwater. According to Pakistani government data the floods directly affected about 20 million people, mostly by destruction of property, livelihood and infrastructure. According to a report the number of individuals affected by the flooding exceeds the combined total of individuals affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

After the flood people from Pakistan and different countries of the world helped the victims of the flood. People sent food items, medicines and other useful stuff. The students of Karachi organized rallies and other programs to collect fund for the flood effected people. All the people felt pain for them and wanted to help their brothers and sisters. A huge amount of donation was collected. Everybody contributed something or the other.

But now it seems that people have forgotten those people, even our government. Nobody is doing anything for them. Have people fulfilled their duties? Does those people don’t need any help now?

I think we all must help them the same way until they are fully settled again. And I think that the government must help them. They are the people of Pakistan and it is the duty of Pakistan must take care of them and must help them.

Can Art Bring Change?

It is said that art is the best source to change people’s thoughts and perceptions. Now a days we can see violence everywhere. People are ready to kill others without any reason. People have forgotten the meaning of love and our more indulged in tasks that will promote hatred.

Sometimes I feel that art has played an important role in promoting violence. The youth watches those art pieces and assume it to be reality and then practices what he observed. The young generation is a great fan of action movies, which portrays fights and murders. And our younger generation (that is already a great fan of these movies) starts practicing these things that they observe.

I believe that now art must change its direction and instead of making violent movies/plays they must promote peace. When art can manipulate peoples mind and make them violent, so it also has the power to make them peaceful.

In Pakistan we have seen Shima Kirmani and Madeeha Guahar promoting peace through art. Art has the power to change the society and change the thinking of the people living in a society. When art have moved people towards violence it can take them back to peace as well. And this can bring peace to the people living in that society.

Liberalism Yes or No?

The destruction on the battle field during World War I gave birth to international relation. And soon after its emergence the first theory that was proposed in international relation was ‘Liberal Internationalism.’

Liberal internationalism is the adaption of broadly liberal political principles to the management of the international system. This theory talks about peace and love among states instead of war. The three main propositions of this theory are that human beings are generally good by nature, violence is the product of evil institutions and human beings are concerned with other people’s welfare.

They believed in democracy and suggested that state must practice democracy, because in a democratic state the major decision are taken by general public opinion and the public generally don’t go to war. And they also believed that international anarchy must be removed. According to them if these two objectives are achieved their won’t be any future war.

Although this theory is a good one and promotes peace but it has faced many criticism. Some of them are:

·         It questions about human nature. Is human nature really good and peaceful?

·         It says violence is the product of evil institutions not human beings. But the theory ignores the fact that institutions are also governed by human beings.

·         According to the theory democracies do not go to war, but history has shown us that democracies do go to war.

My opinion about the theory is that it is an idealistic theory. It promotes peace but it is not applicable to the present condition of the world.

We all are equal

Since the beginning she has been discriminated. She has always been reminded her limits. Her acts are always associated with the honor of the family. While on the other hand whatever a male member does, doesn’t matter for the family. Her rights and wishes are always been ignored.

This is what happens with the majority of the women in Pakistan. More than half of our population consists of women, but not even half of these women are allowed to do a job. The thing that hurts the most is that these that our country’s economy is declining day by day. I believe that if these women are allowed to do a job they will be able to participate in the economic affairs of Pakistan and therefore will be able to change the economic condition of Pakistan.

I think it’s time that the people of Pakistan especially the males may realize that women are capable to work along them. They have innovative ideas, talent as well as courage. I believe that the participation of women in the economic field will benefit Pakistan. I guess it’s time that the people put away their stereotypes and prejudices against women; instead they must encourage them to take part so that our country benefits from it, and the talent of these women is not wasted.

The City of Lights,Now In Darkness!

We live in an independent country. A country that is free. But we really need to think that are we really free? Are we safe? I believe that a person is free when he is free from disturbing thoughts. But are we free from such disturbing thoughts?

Well I think that we aren’t. Whenever we move around the city we feel unsafe. I believe that this is merely because of the incidents that we see happening around us. The thought that there will be a bomb blast etc always threatens us.

The thing that made me write about it because I am very disturbed by the conditions of our city Karachi. Though terrorism has ruined this city but to me the main cause of the problems of Karachi is lack of brotherhood among the Karachites, and another thing that causes problems in Karachi is ethnocentricism. We see muhajir, sindhi, balochi, Punjabi etc all supporting their people even if they are wrong. They are not concerned with the benefits of the people but their race.  

Except these problems there are many other problems which not only Karachi but whole of Pakistan faces, such as load shedding, high taxes, lack of schools and hospitals etc, but first of all the killing must be stopped.

I personally think that the people of Karachi must give a thought towards peace and may realize that Karachi is an important cities of Pakistan and that any harm to this city will be a harm for the Pakistan’s economy.

Why English??

We live in the third world, where technology is plays an important role in our lives. People have changed from what they were before. The world is moving towards modernization. All this sounds very good and even makes me happy, because now we have excess to things that were not possible to achieve before. But the only thing which I dislike and don’t understand and is quite hurting even that why people are forgetting their culture and language? Even we see in our own country that rather than speaking our own national or mother language people prefer speaking English.

A few days back I saw a woman in a shopping center, she was talking to her daughter in English and the innocent child was unable to reply back in the same language. Probably she doesn’t speak to her in this language at home. Well, that’s what I assumed.

It is normally seen that the people talk among themselves in English even in their home. To a certain extent I agree that it’s a good thing but we must also promote our language, instead of promoting English. I remember one of my teachers who used to say that if you want to kill a nation, kill its language. I know many of such families who don’t speak their national or mother language among themselves, instead they prefer speaking in English, as a result their children don’t know how to speak in their own language.

 I believe is that it is no harm to speak another language but we must not forget our own language.

My Peace Hero

Who is Madeeha Gauhar? Madeeha Gauhar is a theatre director, an actor and a women rights activist. She did her graduation in literature studies she lectured at a university in Punjab, travelled widely in the country and became involved in theatre both on television and stage. She is the founder of Ajoka theatre group. Ajoka produces TV/video plays, promoting human rights and social changes. Ajoka has been part of the struggle for a secular, democratic just, humane and egalitarian Pakistan for the last 21 years.

I feel she has been doing a great job. She has been working for the rights of the people of Pakistan for more than 21 years. The thing I like about her the most is that she never used violent methods to achieve her goal; instead she used art as a tool to end violence from the Pakistani society.

I am a true believer of art. And I believe that art in any form, be it music, dance, acting or literature, can manipulate peoples mind and can change their perceptions. Madeeha started working for the rights of women at a time when women were highly oppressed in the Pakistani society. This in itself is a very big achievement. And the fact cannot be ignored that she has been working for peace since so many years. This is the reason I refer her to be My Peace Hero. At present she is working on a project to develop peace among Pakistan and India, and I hope she continues her struggle until she is successful in achieving her goal.

The Roots of Destruction!

Luxurious houses, carpeted rooms, golden ears, fingers glittering with diamonds, pricey nametags of T.J’s and Chen One, shoes of Adidas were the only qualities because of which people were shinning and being respected by a large gathering at the corner of the chowk. A little lad wearing rags, eyes wrinkled due to continuous sun exposure and an untidy getup was also watching all this drama. Have you even thought what was going on inside that little brain? It was the roots of corruption, the aim to become a millionaire in the future, to collect money and only money by hook or by crook. Who is responsible for that little brain to be influenced by corruption? In my opinion due to this corruption our middle class is demolishing and because of this monopoly of affluent people, a wide difference is growing between the rich and poor.

As money has become an essential tool of today’s world without it you are neither considered noble nor respectful. It is believed that education cannot improve your personality but money can. The question that arises here is from where this huge amount of money is earned? The only way to earn this much money so soon is the illegal use of power. As Shakespeare once said; “No one can become a millionaire honestly.” Wealth collecting is the be-all and end-all of their life. Illegal use of power results in the removal of true spirit of honesty, truth, justice and caring for one’s soul. This also gives inferiority complex in one’s mind. Thus, corruption is the root cause of destructing moral values. The eclipse of moral values in the age of materialism saying good bye to time-honored concepts of simple living have created a fertile soil in the minds of people for corruption to take firm roots and thrive. The breeding ground of corruption is the society of upper class. If corruption is to be eradicated it needs to start from the top management of the country.

Shoe thrown on the President

An unidentified man throws his shows at President Asif Ali Zardari in Birmingham while he was giving a speech in the International Convention Centre.
Suddenly, a man of around 60 years of age took off his shoes and threw it at President Asif Ali Zardari. The shoe missed him and landed besides him on a table but the shoe-thrower was arrested immediately.
As no television cameras were allowed inside the hall, the local media quoted witnesses and reported the incident. However, Broadcasting Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira and other officials denied the incident and blamed the media for spreading rumors.
Pakistan is currently facing one of the greatest floods in history and despite this, President Asif Ali Zardari left for his Europe tour instead of being there for the people of this country.
I believe that this incident shows that how angry the Pakistani living abroad was. Even the Britishers along the Pakistani protested against President Zardari, and suggested that he must go back to his country as the people of the country need him the at this time, but despite this the President continued his tour.
Despite all this, the way media covered this story was wrong. No matter what ever happened the media was not supposed to cover the story the way it did it. It was nothing to be proud of or to make fun of. Though the absence of the President during this disastrous moment was heart breaking, but still we must not forget that he is the President of our country and we are suppose to respect him.

'Azaadi'

Dressed in green with a promise in their heart that they will help the people of Pakistan, student of SZABIST organized the ‘Azadi flood march’ for three days i.e.14th, 15th and then 18th of August to raise funds for the flood victims. The march began from 90 Clifton and ended up at 2 talwar. The energetic students of SZABIST actively participated in the march and collected more than seven hundred thousand rupees in not more than six hours. On the other hand student collected funds and other useful things such as water bottles, medicine, food etc, from the faculty members and students in campus as well.
This march was a combined effort of all the students of SZABIST. The student of SZABIST after all the collection of funds bought useful things which included food items, such as rice, flour, sugar, tea, biscuits, juices, milk etc. Apart from this they bought medicines, cloth, shoes. Student of SZABIST also donated their own cloths to the flood victims. “We have donated from our own pocket money and are also convincing our friends to do so,” said some of the students of SZABIST. These things were sent to different relief camps around Pakistan.
By this great act of kindness the student of SZABIST have proved to their Pakistani brothers and sisters that they are not alone, there are people who think about them, care for them, love them. Although these efforts may not work in the long-run, but by this great act the student of SZABIST have sent a message to the flood victims that the youth of Pakistan is with them.
Many people made fun, many criticized, but surely this act of humanity brought smile on the faces of the flood victims.

Spread Love not Hate

Pastor Terry Jones had threatened to burn the Muslim Holy book on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks over plans to build an Islamic center near where terrorists brought down the World Trade Center nine years ago.
He flew to New York and appeared on NBC's "Today" show. He says that his Gainesville, Fla., church's goal was "to expose that there is an element of Islam that is very dangerous and very radical."
They planned to burn 200 copies of the holy book of Muslims. Reaction to this came from all over the world. Many officials made special call to the church to cancel their plan of burning Qurans, as it will hurt the sentiments of millions of people. But the church seems to neglect all these requests and said that they are ready to sacrifice their lives but they won’t back off.
Though the burning of Quran didn’t take place, but by this aggressive act they have shown the Muslim world that some of the people their hate them.
The present conditions of the world cannot support another war. The people of all the societies may work towards bringing peace and love to this world and end hatred. The responsibility relies more on the educated people than any other. And it is their duty to neglect war and hatred and promote peace.

Positive Thinking

Man is a creature of many moods. Sometimes we feel sad and sometimes this sadness is over taken by happiness. Sometimes there is anger while at the other time there is thankfulness in our heart. All of these feelings are based on what’s going in our lives. At many points, in our lives, we feel down, due to something tragic that has happened to us. Either someone dies or is terribly sick, but we must not lose hope, and always think about moving on. Life is a precious gift; it does not stop with any mishap given to us. So we must think about all the other good things in life and enjoy the other aspects of that life offers. Also at times we face such problems that may seem impossible to solve, but we should never get disheartened and keep thinking positively, because one never know what the fate has stored for us. Most of us have read or heard about King Bruce of Scotland. He lost a battle ad hid in a cave where he learnt a lesson from a spider’s constant struggle. He said to himself “If a spider could work continuously to achieve what it wanted, why shouldn’t I?” In the end he finally liberated his nation from the British.

We must also learn from our Holy Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H), who set an example for us. He faced constant opposition from his own tribe, but he never gave up and finally the day came when he succeeded in his task and the whole Arab community started believing in, what he was preaching for years.

Even in our daily life, we must see many people who keep on working through thick and thin, and believe that they can achieve what they want. We must also follow the footsteps of such people, so dream big, think big, think positively and do not get discouraged by any mishaps along the way.

'Peepli Live'

Peepli Live, an Aamir Khan Production movie, is one of best satires that Indian cinema has seen in a decade. The film is directed by Anusha Rizvi and stars Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghuveer Yadav, Shalini Vatsa, Farrukh Jaffer, Malaika Shenoy and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the lead roles. The music is composed by Indian Ocean band, Brij Mandal, Ram Sampat, Nageen Tanvir, and Bhadwai.

The famous Bollywood superstar, Mr. Amitabh Bachchan twitted on his twitter page, “"Delighted with Peepli [Live].. so real so nostalgic so superb. Loved it!!" He also said, “No stars, no foo faah, just a simple tale put across so effectively. So impressed with the first time director!

 The movie attempts to highlight the problems and struggle of the Indian farmers and takes on the so-called politicians and bureaucrats in India. The story revolves around two poor farmers Natha and Budhia, residents of an Indian village Peepli. On the eve of national elections the two brothers face losing their farm lands over an unpaid government loan. They seek help from a local politician, who advised the farmers to commit suicide to benefit from another government program that helps families of poor farmers who have committed suicide from debt. When a journalist overhears Budhia to urge Natha to commit suicide, the media invades the village of Peepli, to find whether Natha will commit suicide or not, however, nobody seems to care for Natha and his fate.

Peepli live, depicts the story of hundreds of poor Indian farmers that commit suicide because they are not able to pay their debts. It also shows the role of media in the daily life’s of people and how the politicians use people just to get votes.

Aamir Khan and the whole crew of the movie have done a great job. Peepli live will definitely make its place in the history of Indian cinema.

Women in Pakistan

"No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you; we are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the houses as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable condition in which our women have to live."
Mohammad Ali Jinnah, 1944

Since from the beginning the words she heard were “you are a girl”. Her family loved her brother more than her. At times she used to feel as if she is an adopted child of her parents. She was sent to a small school, near the house, while her brother was sent to a convent school. She felt discriminated in her own house.

It is not a story of one girl, but the majority of the girls, living in Pakistan face the same problem. Although today men claim that they are educated and broad minded, but when it comes to women’s freedom and giving equal rights to women, they always have a problem. It seems as if they don’t realize that women have equal working capacity as men. It is even observed that not only men but at times women also discriminate and discourages other women.

A major problem is that women are considered as subordinate to men and people think that a man's honor resides in the actions of the women of his family. This is the main reason for the restrictions on women. While on the other hand a male member of the family is free to do whatever he wants to do.

I think that the people must change their perception and give equal rights to the women, so that they can also work for the success and progress of the country.

They Must Be Given Their Rights

Pakistan is a very diverse society with various ethnic and religious minorities. Some of the religious and ethnic groups living in Pakistan are the Afghans, Ahmadi’s, Hindus, Sikhs, Christian etc.

Pakistan was achieved on the name of religion. At the time of the creation of Pakistan many people migrated to India and many migrated to Pakistan. There were some families who didn’t agree to leave their homes and were left here. Though right after the creation of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam gave a speech in which he mentioned that all people are free and thus no one will be discriminated on the basis of religion, but despite this fact we can see people discriminating others on such basis.

The Hindus that were left in Pakistan were not given equal rights as the Muslims and are still deprived from their rights. The Hindus living in Pakistan are mostly poor. The jobs provided to them are mostly of sweepers and sort. They are made to work on low wages for long working hours.

The Pakistani people and the government of Pakistan may stop this discrimination towards the minorities and must give them equal rights as the other citizen. We have seen in history that the hatred between Hindu and Muslims started when the Muslims felt that the Hindus are being given more rights than the Muslims. Now it is the job of the government to make sure that history doesn’t repeat, because if it will did it will bring bloodshed along.

Character Building

Back in school, we used to have a class known as ‘Character Building’, it wasn’t a subject that we were marked on, but the major purpose of this class was to build up the character of the students. They weren’t any books for this class, but the lectures of the teachers were beyond anything written in any of the books that we read in other classes.

This class was different from other classes we used to have. The teachers in a friendly and funny way taught us many things that will not only help us in our academic life but also after it. It will be with us and will help us until we’ll die.

In this class we were taught many things from how to sit and walk, to the great lessons of love and respect, sharing and caring.

We have schools that take huge amounts of fees but are rarely concerned about the characters of the students. I believe that every school must have a character building department so as to build up the characters of the school going children’s and I m quite sure that this will help them throughout their lives. After all we may not forget that these children are the future of our nation and if their characters are well built only then our nation can progress.