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Inadvertent Rituals

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It was so cold that they could hardly breathe. Its been an hour since the sun came out. Yet the clouds owned the sky. Their breaths were the only impression in otherwise invisible world. Tea mugs warmed fingers lightly. The excitement of being away from everybody else's prying ears was too much to be bothered from biting wind. Or the icy floor. Both were at peace on the rooftop. Enjoying the early hours of the day. Everything bathed in fog. They could hardly see the park right across the road. Even that could not persuade them to leave. The couple wanted to seize one more minute with each other before entering the craziness of their worlds. Each passing moment was precious, much earned and well spent on that rooftop. They were silent. There was no need of words as the fog engulfed them. Separating the two silhouettes from the outside world.  Her universe was breathing beside her. Warming her insides. What could be better than having him all to herself. No beeping phones to distract

Mother Bear

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  How A female bear nurtures her cubs? They are born in hibernation. This duration is five months long; from November to April. There is no food stored beforehand. As its snow all around them, she can't go out and leave the infants alone. She breastfeeds them even though she hasn't eaten for days even months. Yet she nurtures them with all she can muster. We would question; how does she feed them then? God has designed her biologicalsystem in such a wonderful way that her body fat melts and turns into milk for the newborns. For five months she feeds them and stays in the cave with her babies. Spring comes. The snow melts into rivers. Mother bear comes out of the cave with her babies. They have to climb down the steep cliff. It is very tough for the li'l ones. Yet it is inherent in them to follow the footsteps of their mother. They step where mother left the mark. She keeps looking back to ensure they are coming behind her. The family climbs down successfully. The strea

How To Break Writing Ice

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  I started getting a lot of notifications of related articles ever since I took content writing/Freelancing course. I used to open all of them and read what they have got to say. I got tired. There is so much advice on writing great blog posts on internet that one feels intimidated by the task. The simple writing becomes ominous because of the constant barge of Google's smart notifications on: How to start earning six figures; how this freelancer started getting more clients; etc.. It just wears you down. You are afraid of looking at the blank screen. Instead of that advice helping you to get started, it hinders you from writing at all. How to avoid that intimidation? I wanted to write without being burdened by constant guidelines on internet. I decided to shut off all the pings I was getting from Google and other sources and stared at blank screen. What I really wanted? I want to put my unique voice out there. The voice that will make the difference in the world. There are

How To Teach Toddlers Self Writing

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  Every step in toddler's life is a giant leap towards self reliance. The toddlers go through an array of emotions from excitement to fear to anxiety. It is quite natural to feel this way. On one hand self reliance is good and ensures their independence more. While On other hand the little angels are afraid to let go of your gentle arms. They want to stay a little longer but that cannot be the case. The transition should be made smooth for the innocent souls so they are happy about it and not anxious to get it done. My elder son is 5 years old and he can write himself. I was quite anxious that how my 4 year old, who still acts like a baby, would learn to write himself. The thought of teaching him made me tense. I was afraid that how I would achieve it. I feel this is a crucial moment in Talal's life. It's a big step towards self independence. He is afraid of writing himself as he is used to of holding my hand while tracing the patterns. A hack came to my mind to help my

Internet Of Things

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  David is driving down the road and he sees a red light going on the dashboard indicating long due engine service. He asks his car to take him to the nearest mechanic, and voila! It does.  To make it more interesting; the mechanic can use IoT to generate savings coupons; making new customers and hence, increasing his business. The car in this scenario is the Thing, in which a software is installed and is connected to the Internet. Yours truly, IoT.  According to Wikipedia , “The Internet of things (IoT) is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines provided with unique identifiers (UIDs) and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction.” It comprises four components. Hardware Data Software Connectivity The physical things around us serve as hardware. And they could be animals, humans, appliances, even doorbells. This hardware connected to the internet through chips then transmits data, wh

Silence is Powerful

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We have a saying in Urdu, " ایک چپ سو کو ہراتی ہے۔ " I had always been a person who believed to retort back in same way if someone criticize negatively. OK, and I have been kind of a person who never had to hear any criticism from anybody at all. In fact my khala used to say, "be a little tough or else people would take advantage of you." And that's what happened. I didn't know what was going on at first because I never imagined it would happen to me. But a lot of things happened. With bitter experiences I learned to stay quiet. I used to hate myself for being quiet and took it as my weakness. But then I read a hadith narrated by Hazrat Anas (razi Allahu Anhu) سب سے بڑی نیکی خاموش رہنا ہے۔. And since then I have made it my lethal weapon. We take silence for granted. We take God's delay as affirmation to our actions. We are so full of ourselves in our heads that we don't give a damn about anything. But God has His own ways of showing who is

Protecting Children

It was a post on Facebook about bush fire in Australia and how to protect children from watching TV as its traumatic for children. A person commented "but you cn't shield them from the world and raise them ignorant." She didn't mean to make the kids watch news or talk to them purposefully about it. I agree with her. Ever since I have read about end of times, I have always wondered how would I prepare my kids about it. How much should I convey to them in what ways? Because that is something related to nurturing the right values from the very start. also the signs are beginning to show rapidly. Everythings is on our fingertips, our children's too. So they have to be educated about it so that they don't fall prey to these factors. Frankly, I was taken aback by the book and what it had to offer. It was well-written, researched yet radical in some way. May be for me. Because I had no prior knowledege. I was consumed byt this world. listening to songs on radio, E