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And the artist died...

The person who is born never know how much transition  are they going to endeavour in their life/ will take place in their life. The artist also didn't know that like the rest of the lot. From early age, the sensitive nature of the artist made it possible to observe the complexity of scenarios going on in the surrounding; some were understood while most appeared unimportant yet  they were observed very keenly . With the number of passing years, this observation started to show its true colours, the artist started to illustrate all  those observations in form of paintings; those little pieces of drawings and patterns on vases were of much significance than the world’s most precious art crafts to the artist. The artist knew what potential was being contained in much a small body. Perhaps it was this very basic (or over confidence) which urged the artist to write small pieces of poetry as well. “ I still remember, the first poem was on a doll. When submitted to the teach...

The blame game

Yesterday the history of Pakistan faced another strike on its future; the students of bacha khan university,  charsadda were attacked by militants. With the breaking news being streamed all over media, people were imploded by the immense fear that perhaps history is indeed repeating its self after such a short gap however this fear was over come by the military forces within hours and most of the people were rescued.  Nearly 21 deaths have been reportef by the authorities including one professor, four security guards and students. Whenever the future of Pakistan is at risk, we see a lot of controversy being rotated. People along with media channels start to question the hold of law inforcing authorities and are critically analyzed. Social media starts to boom with the debate on whether army and goernment are going the it job and the blame game continues. The most unimportant thing which is being encountered is the huge investments being made on some motivational songs (for A...

Sustaining life on Earth

Have you ever wondered how our Earth is sustaining life by keeping  all its biological (living thing) and non-biological components together. How bonds or interactions are built among both? An ecosystem is the minimal entity that has the properties required to sustain life. Earth is characteristics of ecosystems, not of individual organisms/populations. Life is sustained by interactions and functioning of many organisms together. Ecosystems ( ecological communities along with both biotic and a biotic components) form the baseline. An ecosystem consists of several species i.e Species which produce their own food Species which decompose the wastes of first species A fluid medium between two species. There are two processes taking place in an ecosystem i.e. A cycling of chemical elements Flow of energy No individual cell, population or community forms sufficient system to sustain / support life. In the presence of light; green plants algae and photosynthetic bacteria...

“Water Temperature Effects on Fish and Aquatic Life”

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Today I found this little piece of information in my personal "archives". It was probably the first ever assignment submitted at the beginning of my professional studies. Its fascinating how human knowledge grows over time.......... "Changes in temperature affect aquatic life. Temperature determines which organisms will thrive and which will diminish in numbers and size. For each organism there is a thermal death point. Also there is a range of temperature of that produces optimal abundance. Climate change is a cause of increasing concern to scientists and it will have decisive effects on marine mammals. How climate change will affect the ocean, which is home to marine mammals, is hard to predict since there are many factors that affect ocean ecosystems but here my emphasis will be on the effect of rise in temperature on “whales”. Long time ago, due to environmental changes, Marine mammals evolved to live in the ocean, but the effects of climate change may be ...

Fare......... fare

Scene 1: Three girls set from their university towards a near by hospital in order to do some community service. They had no choice but to use public transport . They decided to use a rickshaw as they considered it to be safer than cabs. None of them had much experience with the public transport but they decided to try their fate in the field of bargaining. They asked one Rickshaw about the fare he asked for Rs. 100. It was more than enough for such a short distance so they asked him to take Rs. 70. He agreed. They reached their within minutes and handed him a hundred rupee note and asked him for remaining money? "What money?" Asked the driver? I agreed on Rs. 100. Okay. "But we told you to that we will pay only Rs. 70?" They asked with surprise. "No way, I agreed on Rs. 100" He said while waving them away angrily. "Come on now, let it be, we will not die without it. HUH!" One of them said and headed straight. Scene 2: The same girls bo...

Chivalry in Pakistani men: Active or dormant

“Considering the place was empty, and I was there alone, I expected the worst from the waiters. Surprisingly, during this entire ordeal, not one of them acted the slightest bit offensive. They were complete and utter gentlemen. They may not have come from highly educated and affluent backgrounds but each one of them was probably more honorable and brave than majority of the men I come across daily in my social gatherings. (Saba Khalid, 2011)” Chivalry is a type of guidelines given to men by either their family background or their social status. According to Merriam Webster, it is a code of conduct associated with the medieval institution of knighthood was termed as chivalry. Later In the 19th century, there were attempts to revive chivalry for the purposes of the gentleman of that time. Researcher also termed chivalry as “Benevolent sexism” i.e. chivalrous attitude toward women that feels favorable but is actually sexist because it casts women as weak creatures in need of men...

“EDUCATION SYSTEM OF PAKISTAN”

Education is the simple process of learning and knowing. It is not only restricted to the schools or educational institutions, rather a child start learning things from mother’s lap. However, formal education starts from school where he gets the know how of his surroundings. Education is considered as the cheapest defence of a nation but unfortunately it is one of the biggest problems in Pakistan. The education system of Pakistan consists of primary, secondary, higher secondary levels but it is rotten to the core. With a good educational system a nation can progress to its peak and mark its way towards development. The main objective of an education system is to groom up a youth that is well educated and has the capability to cope with the changing conditions of the world. Before going in to further details, the term literacy should be taken into account according to   this region. In Pakistan “A person of 10 plus age is literate if he/she “can read a  ne...