Lost. I wonder often, If it's okay, To feel underwhelmed, Of life. Even though you have, An understanding of all, That the Lord has done, for you. The flowers stand firm, Even in the strong Bahawalpur sun. I wonder why, Does it feel obligated? I hope this passes away soon, I have not forgotten His Grace, But I am not Okay too, baba It is hard. Please hold my hand, And let me be free again. #lilies #red #reflection #reminders #thandaparathathinks
Title: Kashmakash 2/12/23 Samundar kabhi kabhi Kitna shant lgta hai. Lekin us k ander Kya talatum hai woh kaisay pata kray koi. Akela khara hai asman mei chamkata woh ek sitara, Kis kis Soch se hai guzarta woh kaisay pata kray koi. Ay kash ke Zindagi bhi ek seedha sa Rasta hoti, In morron pe bataty hui raston mei se Kya dursat Rasta hai, Iska intekhab kaisay pata kray koi. Bharosa, hai wahid takaza Khuda ka insaan se, Is takazay se inkar kaisay bhala kray koi. #dubai #burjkhalifa #musings #urdu #peotry #kashmakash #thandaparathathinks #ruthgoestravelling #uae #life
Sometimes I laugh, When no one can guess why, A private thought, a response, an epiphany, Or a discourse. Sometime tears just appear, Unbidden, unexpected when least anticipated, Thoughts of a human mind, Flows away heedlessly. Sometimes we believe, That we are in control, We are the ones making choices, when in reality, It's always the Lord. #thandaparathathinks
This has rested in my phone for almost a year now. Waiting to be posted but I never got the chance. Actually I didn't know what I felt whenever I looked at it beside marveling at it's symmetry and hygiene. Today seems fitting. With the global pandemic disrupting the lives of many, we should remember that they are people who are right dealing with it as a war front. When this is all over and I pray it gets over soon, we must remember that life required attention and we were in panic because we are not used to giving life any attention due to our selfish desires. From top to bottom, death does not discriminate. It never does. #covid19 #thandaparathathinks #healthworkers #paramedics #doctors #nurses #hospitals. #medicalservices #quarantinedays #Sustainability #sustainabledevelopment #naturestrikesback #respect
Bowed head will always be shadowed. . . About yesterday, everything was very bleak. No Sun, no relaxation and the realization of all the burdens I am carrying right now. And then the sky caught my attention and there it was, my motivation literally hanging there in the clouds for me to notice it and move on with new vigour. Meeting your oneself is very interesting considering that we often do not even notice that we are lost. #thandaparathathinks #sky #clouds #lahore #januarytales #spirit #motivation #nature #sun #evening_sky #dusk #light
So careless the wanderings of these rock pigeons are, on a sheet of green going about there business. So is human unit busy with the usual when an idea develops in the brain and progress through its many stages, sometimes in one's own mind and sometimes with an input of other minds as well. #culture and ideology are interrelated sometimes and piles apart other times but both works side by side to help us come up with our very own version of the right and wrong. The recent #ThandaParatha session was very interesting starting with the common dilemma of our nation not taking pride on our national language to the variant and vibrant television programs we used to watch a decade and many decades ago. People learn from people, they see and adapt. This is a basic human nature. For many what they have been doing growing up, is how life is supposed to be and there is nothing wrong with what they believe in from their respective point of view. Those who know better, or have the power to influence others have an added responsibility to transform the world. #ThandaParatha #culture #values #thandaparathathinks #lunch #lunchtime #reflections #workstories #pigeon #birdsofinstagram #birds
Munching food with your eyes on the aromatic pages of a book is a perfect combination. Another is having a great conversation over lunch. But what is even more appealing is eating while going over the contents of your current read with an equally excited nerd friend and this is what our #ThandaParatha posts are made of. Today we went over the last of Ranjit Singh's bloodline while discussing the ending chapters of Kohinoor The Story of Worlds' most infamous Diamond by William Dalrymple and shared our perspectives on the partition as we moved on to the partition story Train to Pakistan by Khuswant Singh. While I lamented how Duleep Singh has the talent of playing rebellious yet in the line, giving just 'not enough' good reason to their apparent benefactors, still got drowned @fatiarif @racheltarafarhat and I agreed on the fact how in the worst of times we actually find out what someone is made of. The stories and characters in both these books may have been different but the binding connection remains the values that a person live by is well out of the control of time and place. #ThandaParatha #Books #History #Stories #Lunchtimes #bookgram #bookstagram #FoodThoughts #khushwantsingh #workstories #culture #currentlyreading #Punjab #storiesfrompunjab #bookreflections #travellingechoes #thandaparathathinks @williamdalrymple