Sonya Syed

Unexpected twists and turns spice up life, especially the good ones. How beautiful it is when one does not expect anything from anybody, there comes a moment out of the blue which shows us an entirely different perspective of people and circumstances. And then we are humbled and grateful for relinquishing the belief that there is no more virtue left in the world. New avenues have been lined up for me and I don’t have a clue as to where to proceed, but I don’t need to worry because as usual I shall consult the Higher Power to guide me towards the right path. Most of the day was spent either walking or reading some academic material the aim of which I am still unable to understand, but we do what we have to. Finally the hot and happnin issue of the matrimony of two international stature celebrities has been settled, yes Shoaib and Sania are about to tie the knot, InshaAllah. I never had any interest in either cricket or cricketers but thanks to the bombardment of this news from all co...

There are days which have no events to narrate, nothing to express, one simply sits idyllic and just be; however, this has become monotonous in my case. I don’t write a word unless I have an intense impulse to begin, it might sound to few a form of laziness to just depend on some intuition and not be pro-active, of not taking charge of things. Believe me most of my life I had never taken a back seat, if anything needs to be done then I would immediately start to think of how to take action and make necessary calls, that’s what most of us do. Nevertheless, I have come to a better understanding, instead of telling God what I need to make me happy I just tell Him that I want to be happy and the way to get to it would be shown automatically. A point comes when one has exhausted all possible resources and thinking and still we get nowhere, it is then you consciously decide to handover the matter to the Higher Power to show the way. Many a times the way is not shown immediately it might ta...

After a peculiar incident we finally got out of the situation safely. Thank God for that! Healthy entertainment is difficult to find these days but if we are fortunate enough to discover it then I say, grab it by both hands and make the most of it. Yeh that’s what happened in my case I almost discovered a venue which was for couple of years located right under my nose and I just didn’t see it. It is bizarre when something that we deeply desire is within our easy excess but we are just unable to notice it. I hope that doesn’t happen to anybody else. Anyways couple weeks ago I suddenly noticed Arena, entertainment & recreational club, in the midst of Karsaz Road in Karachi. I had seen its hoarding a thousand times but ignored it every time, I thought it would be some sort of children play area-cum-restaurant place. Today we finally decided to bless this place with our gracious visit and to my pleasant surprise it is a real cool place to spend time. The visitors were all gentry and h...

Disappearance from my beloved blog had been due to exhaustion, mainly because of domestic work rather than professional. To look into chores that have been missed out at home save for when simple cleaning starts bordering to obsessive compulsive disorder then the obvious result is exhaustion.  My argument for cleaning up is that it feels like every encumbrance around you and within you just cleaned up, leaving you fresh and renewed. With New energy, new hope, new expectations. However excess of anything is poison and to get high from cleanliness is not a healthy tendency either. It worries me when people visit my place and I get so much into this cleaning business that even a switchboard in kitchen or rooms has to be wiped clean with damp soapy cloth to remove all traces of dirt. Firstly, this is a highly hazardous habit and second some of the guests become over-conscious about the quality of maintenance of their own home prior to my visit there. Once I went to see...

It is fulfilling when days are spent in doing something, not just being busy but productive. Although I didn’t sculpt David yet if I am able to enjoy the fruits of my effort and hard-work then nothing is more creative than that. By the end of the day I got beautifully tired and to write in drowsiness is never a good idea. We make certain decisions that we might not like but due pressing circumstances such choices become inevitable. At times I have also taken some decisions that I am/was not comfortable with, ones feels rather insensitive but then certain situations compel us to behave callously. After all, prevention is always better than cure. I got excited when the Blogspot people finally introduced new templates, they are all fresh and hip plus there is a huge variety to choose from. It was absolutely dull to keep on writing on the same ole same ole backgrounds. At first I opted for an abstract theme but then it turned out to be too bizarre for me and Amma thought it looked l...

Sham is far more dazzling than authenticity. Shah Rukh Khan was once asked about the on-camera chemistry he shares with Kajol when they are only good friends while the same chemistry lacks in Kajol-Ajay duo who are a real life couple. He replied simply that, camera is incapable of capturing the truth but what it could capture is pure acting . People like camera are only able to see the allure of pretence, alas! There are those who love a good mystery and if there isn’t any they would happily create one. Playing around with ideas, concocting stories and characters; a mere notion then transforms itself into a distorted fact, a fictional reality that would ultimately convulse the truth. But what about genuine mysteries, the unknown workings of some phenomena should we try to solve them or let them be just the way they are, unsolved . Earlier there used to be an urge in me to know everything, to have answers; however, now I don’t allow myself to find or know everything. Through our e...

23 March- PAKISTAN RESOLUTION DAY 23rd March of 1940 a milestone in the struggle of all the Progenitors and great leaders to achieve an independent country, Pakistan. The Lahore Resolution or Qarardad-e-Lahore , popularly known as the Pakistan Resolution or Qarardad-e-Pakistan , was presented by A. K. Fazlul Huq and was the formal political statement adopted by the Muslim League at the occasion of its three-day general session on 22–24 March 1940 that called for greater Muslim autonomy in British India, held at Manto Park (now Iqbal Park), Lahore. The Lahore Resolution had been largely interpreted as the demand for a separate Muslim state. Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan, the then Chief Minister of the Punjab, drafted the original Lahore Resolution. The Resolution was placed before the Subject Committee of the All India Muslim League for discussion and amendments. The Resolution text unanimously rejected the concept of a United India on the grounds of growing inter-commu...