Illness

Illness can become the best or the worst of what this world has to offer

The Lahore Zoo

These pictures were taken a couple of years back and I thought about sharing them. Went a little bit overboard to insert the lens inside the cages at times so as to get the clear picture. The turkey was not from the Lahore zoo rather it was taken at one of the rest areas on the Lahore Islamabad motorway.

Inherited Knowledge

There is this seemingly indefatigable reliance on inherited knowledge. Makhi pai makhi martai ja rahai hain hum log. We are not letting anything novel come in and that is creating an absurd stagnancy in our lives.

Half Knowledge

Partial knowledge is perhaps the worst of all mental states; a person can find himself in. We read and listen with our minds shut and only let that information filter through which reinforces our already preset notions.

Pride is the only thing which doesn’t allow us to listen to a subordinate at the office or a maulvi at the mosque. Just because one of us has got a degree from a better institution or has read the Quran a couple of times makes one reject everything contrary to personal beliefs. We hold so dearly to our views that we don’t ever let the prejudice take a backseat and give the conflicting idea a fair chance. We go on to claim that our knowledge is perfect without even realizing what the heck we are blabbering.

Criticism is valid and healthy but I observe that we are scared that our beliefs might crumble. The defensiveness and haughtiness which accompanies arguments is only this fear manifesting itself.

Suo Motu?