Sonya Syed

I know that I don’t have to, but being Sonya, I have to. Else I would not be able to contain this in my being. Today I used all of my will power to watch a very much hyped movie called “Aye Dil Hai Mushkil”. Aur sirf yeh mera dil hi janta hai key mujhe iss muskhil ko dekhne kitni shadeed mushkil hoee hai. I am very happy that Fawad Khan was not the entire part of this ‘Ashfaq Ahmed Sahab cum Bano Qudsia cum Haseena Moeen’ type philosophical love story. Karan Johar has used everything one could possibly imagine, from Shah Rukh Khan, Ali Bhatt, PIA logo in the Ashwarya-Ranbir scene, to the glorious voice of Madam Noor Jehan, the enchanting poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, classic Hindi motive songs, cancer idea of Rajesh Khanna’s ‘Anand’ and of course an extremely beautified Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, to illuminate his movie but alas… it was a puff of smoke. Love is the central theme of this film, someone is calling it heroine, someone naming it a cancer. All central cha...

Time flies by so quickly, it seems as if we are travelling with the speed of light. Months have become days and years have changed into months, it was almost one month since I last wrote.  Today I strongly feel to talk about depression. We are inundated these days with articles, surveys, and medical/ scientific updates on depression and anxiety; however, nothing so far has been absolutely successful when it comes to completely eradicating this disease. In fact, the more research and awareness we have the more rapidly depression is increasing. There are very interesting views in our society about depression, some people believe that too much thinking causes depression- so stop thinking or think more positively and your problem will disappear. Some recommend daily exercise, while others suggest praying and seeking spiritual cures and so on. Each of the above treatments are part of the overall depression-cure program, but what we lack in understanding that the thoughts t...