musaafir-e dasht

LADY UTTERWORD . What an extraordinary way to behave! What is the matter with the man? ELLIE . [ in a strangely calm voice, staring into an imaginary distance ] His heart is breaking: that is all. [ The Captain appears at the pantry door, listening ]. It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace. -George Bernard Shaw, Heartbreak House .

"The purpose of my life is to live a life of purpose!"

"We never become. We always remain in the process of becoming!"

"mehv-e-tasbeeh tu sabb hain magar idraak kahan Zindagi khud hee 'ibaadat hai magar hosh nahi" - Jigar Muraadabadi

A teacher at our department passed away yesterday. She taught me for three years and I still can't believe that she is no more. This is how certainly uncertain life is. She was supposed to teach us some courses this semester but she herself never knew that she would never be given an opportunity to join the department this semester. She had been ill for the past six months and cancer was diagnosed when it was in its last stage. And yesterday, she departed. Another death that I came to know about yesterday was that of a young man of twenty-six. He died in a car accident. The only person who supported his family along with his brother's family. And yesterday only, Dr I.S. was talking about death in his class while teaching 'Wuthering Heights'. Death always reminds me of what Iqbal thought of it: "Maut ko samjhain hain ghaafil ikhtataam-e-zindagi Hai ye shaam-e-zindagi, subh-e-dawam-e-zindagi" Death does not put an end to life. It's simply Allah's way of ...