Zameer Ahmed Khan, is a crafts man, from a small city of Pakistan, who works tirelessly, dispute his disability, all day long carving custom made key chains, Company logos and monograms out of wood and making model buildings, and decorative items to earn his bread and butter.

His courage and confidence in himself and dedication to his work is truly remarkable, and a lesson for all of us to learn.

Suddenly you would find your self face to face with a puppy, an abandoned alone puppy, hungry thirsty, mute. sitting in the corner by looking at it no one can tell if its hungry or hurt, it doesn’t know how to express or what exactly to . Looking at you this puppy would just move more towards the corner, or would chase you around , and would try to climb your shoulders. This ugly smelly puppy would make you throw up, you will feel disgusted at its very existence and would throw it back to the corner where it belonged, the corner which is its right place.

and than suddenly there would be light, you will find your self standing in the garden, the sun shining bright, flowers beautiful, full of colors blooming and singing in the summer breeze, you will reach out to touch a delicate petal of one of the flowers, and it will suddenly slice your finger away, you will start to bleed , you will be shocked, you will look around and these flowers will seem like tiny blades coming closer to you to slice the very existence of yours, you will learn as hard as you can, out of this creepy garden, hoping you find a rocky patch but the garden is spread far and wide, you are running, you are thirsty, the sun has started to burn you, the grass is piercing through your skin and there is blood everywhere you pass out .

you wake up in the pitch dark again, your wounds are hurting, your thrust needs to be quenched but there is nothing, nothing at all around you just pitch dark, you run and run and run and suddenly you fall through something and and wake up to a fake world again, you know the black hole will again get you, unexpectedly and it will make you go through it all once again, and again and …..

It took almost the whole year to get rid of the unnecessary weight I had been carrying around, but by the end of it I feel as light and librated as I have never felt before in my life. I learned a lot of things during this period of time and have gained much emotional strength and have learned to deal with life even better. But still a lot that need to be learnt

This year has been unique also because a lot of faces from behind the fake masks were revealed to me, some of the revelations came as a surprise while others were sort of expected and a few were even shocking, but most importantly it insured that I am more firmly in my own control so its defiantly a god thing    

Also it was this year that I traveled to Malaysia and instantly fell in love with the country and mostly its people. This love I hope will insure a new beginning I hope but no I am not going to let go of my native land simply because I can’t disassociate from my own roots .

Three more days and we all will be stepping into a brand new year, and  with such amazing friends, family and people around me I have no doubt that the coming year would be even more amazing than the previous one .  Thank you to all my amazing friends, my sisters, my family and wishing you all a very happy new year.

It was a painful time, and I couldn’t have survived through it all alone, I was afraid of falling on the unfamiliar ground face first. I was unsure if these wounds would ever heal, or if I would ever recover from their pain. But the angels gave me all their support with great patience.

I know that in the process I gave these angels a very hard time. I can never thank them enough ever, but I don’t want to hurt them more, I feel I am well enough to carry my own little burden of dried thorny twigs, it would be so totally un fare to drag them in the whorl of my silly spinning universe, it would be so unfair to them, but I can’t ever let them down, would be only happy to be able to do what ever little i can for them.

Karachi which used to be buzzing with eid shopping activities is as quite as a ghost town. And no I don’t really ever shop for Eid my self, so it’s not really about shopping , it’s about those bright smile and joy of the up coming Eid on the faces of specially Kids , the bright smiles at the bangles stall or at the mehandi booth or at the shoe shops where kids tryout those crisp new shoes, of all sizes and all price ranges….

But this year those innocent eyes are not shining bright with joy, but they filled with fear and sorrow..

It was only a few days back that Dell Pakistan in collaboration with Mobilink Launched The Dell Streak 5 locally in Pakistan. Available at selected Mobilink outlets Dell Streak 5 is a powerful Android tablet and smart phone which was first launched back in June 2010 in the United Kingdom .

The Gadget runs android 2.2 on a large 5 inch TFT capacitive Gorilla Glass display, which is large enough to conveniently read, write, watch movies or browse the internet and just small enough to fit your pocket.

Its very promising to see these smart phones, and tablet devices getting more and more popular in Pakistan, insuring a deeper penetration of ICT and bring societies closer to each other. A handheld device is all that you need to stay in touch and connected with the whole world. These smart phones and tablets have great potential to educate the masses and address their issues more conveniently.

For more information on Dell Streak 5 in Pakistan click here

As I entered the Atrium Cinema a huge red carpet outside the box office accompanied by a pair of beautiful macaws were all there to give everyone a warm greet. I was very happy to see these amazing birds, with their huge beaks and colorful feathers, matching the characters on the posters of the movie. As I proceeded forward some cool celebrities came in my view and so the meet and greet session kicked off. I Met Sania Saeed after months, actually the last time was after her katha performance, she was there with her mother and her two little angels, also present there was Tapu who is a big fan of animated movies was also present at the event and could barely keep his excitement concealed. I also ran into Khalid Anam who was stressing the urgent need to put a curb on piracy, and how its eating away our talent and our media industry, and i couldn’t agree more. We also exchanged a few words about the commercialization of our main stream media and how TV channels don’t often think of the deeper social impacts of the programs they air but we both agreed that some quality programs are also on the spectrum, we departed with a promise to continue the discussion in greater depths some other day as the show was now about to start.

Punctuality was the first lessen people learned as the show started sharp at the scheduled time. The comfy chairs, pop corns to pop in and soda to wash them down, cell phones switched off, 3D glasses resting on my nose, and every thing was off my mind, I was now completely in another world, The world of a blue domesticated macaw, living in Minnesota, and around him the story spins.

I wouldn’t go into the details of the story line, but I tell you what the movie is truly so fascinating that you will completely be lost in the story, you will laugh with the characters, you will panic with them, you will jump off your seats in excitement, and you will certainly cry happy tears because its just the kind of movie the whole family will not only enjoy but it will also rub off a little on them leaving its impressions for quite a few days and i bet you would want to see it not just once but a number of times and yet you will enjoy it just like you enjoyed the first time you watched.

As the movie ended, I walked out of the cinema my mood was completely lifted, I found the two macaws on the red carpet, but now i looked at them as a pair of victims, bound in chains for some money, and that is one of the strong message the movie quite efficiently delivers. Who ever miss out on this movie will sure be missing a lot of fun. and i Must say since the Cinema are returning to us we must also give it a warm welcome and enjoy the experience more often. but for those of you who still prefer to watch the movie at home please buy original videos because piracy is theft and a crime.

King ? I don’t really know much about kingdom ships, about wealth, Gold, silver and all that shines. I know chairs make out of drinking straws, I know about colors, smiles, warmth of the sunshine. I know the the values of the textures of life, of colors which i always felt were missing from my orbit, since the day i stepped into this whorl of life, which spun me so hard that the world around me had always felt like fast moving streaks , streaks so sharp that they would cut through my skin, in attempt to take life away from me, you steal my soul, steal it and make it the worlds slave, chained in greed, dipped in the poison of deep selfish green, a color so common on the planet earth, as is often mistaken for life.

But i was lucky, lucky to be strong enough to hold on to my soul, until the sharp edged streaks spinning around me gave up to turn blunt. So blunt that a few days back i saw them attack me, they touched me, with force, with all their might, using all their poisons, but they couldn’t even scratch through my skin.

I am the King, and the crown holds the power, the power of truth that three little angels made me see, three because they came from all directions, at equal distance, because i waited and didn’t let go the fragile flame of hope, and kept it safe burning within my soul fueled with the power of faith.

That crown that sits on the top of my monitor is a piece of paper, its energies and powers are within my soul, this paper is a just a reminder that one should always hold on long enough for prayers to be answered.