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My Two Cents

Allhumdolillah! I am at a much better place since my last post with series of lab tests, utlrasounds, a mammogram and some other really scary tests, and a gut wrenching anxiety of results. I am doing well thankfully everything was clear except low iron levels with vitamin d3 deficiency. These deficiencies are now on their way to recovery. It is worth noting that I have been struggling with intense brain and physical fatigue since 2019 but not a single doctor was able to identify my problem. Once somebody is diagnosed with depression or anxiety then every health issue they complain about is looked from the psychological lenses. Nobody asked me to check iron, vitamin b12 or vitamin d3 deficiencies even my mum who is a dermatologist always assured me that I am fine and this weakness is just a phase.   It was a phase alright, it engulfed almost 8 years of my life pushed back my career and research ambitions.  This is not the case alone with me but there are many people who silentl...

Aangan Terrha

  Enchanted, mesmerized, charmed by the brilliant performances by all the gifted artists who performed in the theatre version of the classic Anwar Maqsood drama ‘Aangan Terrha’. Bushra Ansari & Saleem Nasir After waiting for months we finally got the opportunity to witness such exceptional performances. The director and every actor was so wonderful and honest to their characters that nobody desired to compare them with greats like Late Saleem Nasir, Bushra Ansari, Shakeel, Arshad Mehmood who initially acted in the original play.  All the new actors stamped their respective characters with new seals. I was a bit sceptic about the remake and also trying new cast but Anwar Maqsood Shb wrote exceptionally the stage version, intricately merging the earlier version with new one and also adding spice to the new script.  Punch lines, mannerisms & timing was all perfect and every one was in complete synchronicity. However, the one person we...

Birthdays, Chocolates & Cakes

Its been years since we last got together, although I sheepishly believed it has been not more than ten or eleven months.   My friend and I go together on her birthday and we had a blast.  5 th April was a day when all my long-term wishes were fulfilled, the wish list not only included meeting with my friend but also her entire family; then to have some coffee at a very chilled place and of course to do much awaited shopping. We are friends since we were in class 6 and its not only her that I am close to, rather it is her entire family- her parents, her siblings and their in-laws, uncles, aunts, cousins and even distant relations with whom I share a beautiful relationship. I do not believe in having friendships with one person but I need to be close to every family member. In the past, when for some reason I was unable to get close with the entire family, my friendship became limited to mere social contact. Anyways back to our special day when I ate lik...