Azeem English Magazine Vol. 22 Issue. 03

march 2022 - vol.
22 - Issue 03
ISLAMABAD’S
BEST
SELLER
PAGE 18
ESSENTIAL ADVICE FROM AN ARCHITECT
PAGE 28
THINK IT : BUSINESS FROM ANYWHERE
PAGE 28
PARENTING THe martyr
PAGE 44
AND CONFIDENCE of soil PAGE 14
THE FAKE WEALTH INDUSTRY PAGE 04
MAKING INFLUENCERS LOOK RICH

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURED SA A D RASH I D
THE FAKE WEALTH INDUSTRY MAKING 04 DADA JEE &THE LITTLE GOAT 40
INFLUENCERS LOOK RICH HASE E BA AB DUL QAY YUM
WINNING THE LOTTERY IS THE WORST 06 LITERATURE
THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME LIGHT & DUST 42
HUMAIRA R IA Z SARA NOOR
WHY ARE PEOPLE LEAVING HONG KONG? 08 MENTAL HEALTH
GROWING CHINESE PROPERTIES IN 10 PARENTING AND CONFIDENCE-II 44
UNITED STATES FAT I MA ALTAF
HOW WOLVES CHANGE RIVERS? 12
MIND SCIENCES
CULTURE & HISTORY BABYSTEPS & MOONSHOTS 47
THE MARTYR OF THE SOIL 14 A RM UGHAN MUNIR
IM RAN K HA N
EDUCATION
THEATRE IN BED OR IN CLASS ATTENTION 48
24TH ALHAMRA THEATRE FESTIVAL 16 SPAN ZERO
SUFISM A Z K A DURRANI
FAROOQI’S GUIDE TO SUFISM 18 HEALTH
THE INTERPRETATION OF LATEEFA BIRTH CONTROL PILLS CAUSE BREAST 50
(ENERGY-POINT) CANCER !
DR. M UHA MMA D A Z EEM FA ROOQ I H USSA I N K HAN
ONLY “WILL” TO SURRENDER 24
M UHAM MA D A L I ISLAMABLOG
FRANZ SCHUBERT’S WINTERREISE 52
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS ISLAMABAD GETS A NEW ART GALLERY 52
RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: 26 IN F-9 PARK
A HOAX ! FROM MARGALLAS 53
SHA JIA SA L EH SOOMRO WOMEN HOLD UP HALF THE SKY 53
LIFESTYLE ENVIRONMENT
ESSENTIAL ADVICE FROM AN ARCHITECT 28 PAKISTAN AT RISK! 54
AQIB JAV ED USA MA YOUNAS
HOMEMADE ENERGY DRINKS 30 HOW SOLAR PLANT SOLVED 56
IMPORTANT WEBSITES: 33 THE PROBLEM OF SHEEP FARM?
NETIZENS ALERT! - PART 2
ENTERTAINMENT
BUSINESS A RUN DOWN REEL OF HIP-HOP 58
THINK IT: BUSINESS FROM ANYWHERE 34 TAH I R I NQ A L A B SY E D
SAEED BA BA R
BONUS
KIDS SECTION WHY DO JUDGES WEAR WIGS? 61
COLOR THE CHARACTERS 36 WHY ARE THERE 7 DAYS A WEEK? 62
FIND WORDS 37
LEARNING FROM MISTAKES 38
HOW TO BEAT PROCRASTINATION: 39
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The
Fake Wealth Industry
Making Influencers Look Rich
04 MINUTES READ thinking they’re rich and therefore
Becoming a successful influencer worth watching. The same thought
isn’t a bad way to amass untold process applies to Instagram: people
wealth. A report earlier this year follow wealthy influencers and
COURTESY : VICE
found that simply having 42,575 follow- celebrities for their daily dose of
ers is enough to earn the average UK serotonin-sapping aspirational
salary in sponcon deals and ad content. Even if you’re not actually
revenue, while the influencer market- rich, if you can at least project that
ing industry as whole is projected to kind of wealth – or so the thinking
be worth over $15 billion (£11 billion) goes – the followers will follow.
by 2022. Lil Miquela, a “virtual For those who aren’t particularly
influencer”, is estimated to make over Photoshop-savvy, there are other
$10 million (£9 million) a year, and ways of going about this.
she doesn’t even exist. Earlier this year, a now-deleted
The problem is: it’s not quite as tweet showing influencers hiring out
easy as just “becoming a successful a Los Angeles photo studio staged to
influencer”. Being funny, hot or look like the inside of a private jet
“relatable” online is only going to get went viral. For $64 (£49) an hour,
you so far; if you truly want to become influencers and their friends can
blue tick royalty, you’re going to need pretend they’ve chartered a plane and
a massive stroke of luck, a reality TV live out their dream of writing
gig or another kind of helping hand. captions like “catching flights not
For some, that means turning to the feelings x” or “head in the clouds” –
“fake wealth” industry. and, of course, flex that they, unlike
On YouTube, there’s a trend of you, can afford a private jet in the first
vloggers using Photoshop to edit place.
themselves onto sandy beaches, or on In China, there’s an even cheaper
shopping sprees, to dupe viewers into option. For only 6 Yuan (less than £1),
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you can have a recording of your voice boxes from her now has genuine
added to stock videos of expensive sponsorship deals with luxury
cars, tropical views and stacks of brands.
cash, ready to upload to your IG story. Of course, that’s not to say that
While readymade private jet photo flaunting fake wealth is a failsafe way
studios and clout-chasing voiceovers to secure those deals, according to
aren’t widely available in the UK, Scott Guthrie, an independent
snapping up empty designer packag- influencer marketing consultant.
ing – like boxes or shopping bags – is “You can usually spot it – usually
commonplace. something is a little ‘off’ in the image,”
Search “empty box” or “empty bag” he says. “The accessory doesn’t quite
on Depop and you’ll find hundreds of match the outfit, or there may be too
results. It used to be that the only many ostentatious signals of wealth
people gagging for empty packaging in view.”
were Year 9s desperate to put their PE Not only is flaunting “fake wealth”
kit in an Abercrombie & Fitch bag. very obvious, says Guthrie, it can also
These days, wannabe Molly Maes are hurt the identities of certain luxury
at it too. In an interview with Input brands. “Creators masquerading as
Mag, an anonymous designer reseller, brand ambassadors may tarnish that
with a mainly influencer clientele, particular brand, rather than
revealed a recent uptick in requests promote it,” he explains.
for empty boxes from designer Instead, Guthrie suggests that
brands – namely Hermes, Pandora authenticity is a more realistic route
and Tiffany. “At first, I thought it was towards those luxury brand deals. “A
maybe to store some stuff at home, or better way to catapult yourself into
to recycle it as a gift box for becoming an influencer who works
someone,” she told Input. “I didn’t with a luxury brand is to tap into the
know they used it for Instagram values supporting that brand’s
shoots.” positioning,” he says. “So it’s more
On Depop, some sellers have an important to be creative and innova-
entire account dedicated to empties; tive with your content.”
one has posted over 600 empty boxes Ultimately, pretending to be rich is
and bags on their account. The items obviously much cheaper than charter-
are repetitive, mainly Chanel, Tiffany, ing a private jet or actually buying
Pandora or Selfridges bags and boxes, expensive jewellery – but it doesn’t
or dust bags from Gucci, Louis mean you should do it. The truth is
Vuitton or Dior. The listings are also that @ing Gucci in your Instagram
wildly expensive: a Gucci hat box for Story not only gives your followers
£35; a Dior shoe box for £30, four second-hand embarrassment, it’s
Hermes ribbons for £20; a Louboutin more than likely to close the door on
shoe box and gift bag for £55 (this one those brand deals you were hoping
does come with the original Harrods for.
receipt, to be fair).
While you might think stacking up
empty boxes is the definition of an
anti-flex, according to the seller in
the Input Mag piece, one of the
influencers who bought Pandora

Winning the Lottery
is the Worst Thing
that Ever Happened to Me
Humaira Riaz not organic enough. They start
Lawyer, Editor, Writer overspending and go to profligacy.
Twist of fate occurs when they don’t
think before extravagance.
04 MINUTES READ Life after winning the lottery may
Winning the lottery strikes like a bring big changes for the winners.
stroke of luck, but what about life Many lottery winners returned to the
after lotto? “Does it become a curse?”. same fate, as they used to be before.
We have seen many people who won Here are some examples:
lotteries worth millions. Winning a A boy named Carroll, aged 26, won
lottery sounds like a dream come $15 million in a British jackpot back in
true. Many woes are obliterated 2002. He was soon left with nothing
instantly, and the future looks bright. after dishing out cash on parties,
Surely, it seems fabulous at first cocaine, hookers, and cars. He was
glance, but there’s more to winning nicknamed "the lotto lout" and also
the lottery than it meets the eye. After spent his former fortune on a villa in
winning the lottery, their lives Spain, quad bikes, demolition-derby
change. cars, and flashy jewelry, the Huffing-
Life after winning the lottery may ton Post reports.
not stay glamorous forever. Whether Carroll was jailed in 2006 following
they win a million dollars or a billion, an altercation and was later convicted
eventually about 70 % of lotto winners of drug possession. A man named
lose or spend all that money within a Whittaker, of West Virginia, was
timespan of five years or sometimes, already worth around $17 million
even less. When they win the money, when he won a $314.9 million
they become overwhelmed and start multi-state Powerball jackpot in
spending money lavishly. They 2002.
usually don’t spend it on any produc- After his winnings, Whittaker had
tive activity. Mostly they do not grow hundreds of thousands of dollars in
due to the fact that their fortune was cash stolen from his cars, home, and

office. He pleaded no contest to pours.

assaulting and threatening to kill a Your desire for shortcuts makes
bar manager. He was arrested twice you an easy prey. The road to success
on drink-n’-drive charges and was is full of temptations. Cutting the
accused of groping women at a corners will get you off track.
racetrack. Shortcuts are just an illusion; there’s
But that wasn’t the worst of it. In no quick road to success. It’s not the
2004, his 17-year-old granddaughter way to get all the comforts in your life.
Brandi Bragg was found wrapped in a When one thinks to take shortcuts, he
tarp under a junked van outside her has to pay back too and in very little
boyfriend's house. State police report- time. By adopting this kind of way,
ed that her body had been there for only a short period of life can be made
weeks. She died of a drug overdose. pleasant but it doesn’t last forever.
His daughter later died of unknown People don’t grow organically and
causes. Both Whittaker and his wife they go back to the more tragic and
said that they wished they had torn unlucky consequences.
the ticket up. humaira.riaz1997@gmail.com
Billie Bob Harrell Jr. said, “Life was
good in June of 1997 when Harrell Jr.
and his wife Barbara Jean held the
only winning ticket to a Lotto Texas
jackpot of $31 million”.
After his big win, the “Houston
Press” reported Harrell Jr. purchased
a ranch, as well as a half-dozen homes
for himself and other family
members. He, his wife, and all his kids
got new vehicles. He made large
contributions to his church. If
members of the congregation needed
help, Harrell Jr. was there with the
cash.
But then his life started unraveling
and his spending and lending spiraled
out of control.
After splitting with his wife, Harrell
Jr. locked himself in his upstairs
bedroom, stripped his clothes off,
pressed a shotgun barrel against his
chest, and pulled the trigger, the
investigators said.
According to the Houston Press,
shortly before his death, Harrell Jr.
confided to a financial adviser:
"Winning the lottery is the worst thing
that ever happened to me."
By looking into these examples, it
is clear that, when it never rains, it

Why Are People Leaving
Hong Kong?
04 MINUTES READ later that same apartment was listed
Hong Kong’s economic and political online for 1500 dollars per month.
history has been primarily Instead of the 2100 dollars that he had
determined by its geographical to pay each month for two years.
SOURCE : UPTIN
location. The territory of Hong Kong That’s almost a 30% decrease but,
comprises two main islands (Hong don’t worry he was not a victim of a
Kong Island and Lantau Island) and a greedy landlord. It’s just that the rent
mainland hinterland. It thus forms a in Hong Kong keeps falling: this is
natural geographic port for Guang- basic supply and demand. Because of
dong province in Southeast China. In Covid, it has fewer people moving to
a sense, there is considerable continu- the city and more people leaving the
ity in Hong Kong’s position in the city which has caused rents to plunge.
international economy since its Although the article from the
origins were a commercial entrepot South China morning post says they
for China’s regional and global trade, are just plunging 10 to 15 % . Hong
and this still plays a role till date. Kong has been the most expensive
From a relatively unpopulated territo- residential real estate market in the
ry at the beginning of the nineteenth world. So, it is likely a highly welcom-
century, Hong Kong grew to become ing change if you live there. But here’s
one of the most important interna- the thing, it's not just the pandemic
tional financial centers of the world. that causes a decline in housing
Hong Kong also underwent a rapid prices. People are leaving quickly,
and successful process of industrial- majorly, due to political unrest that
ization from the 1950s that captured started in 2019 in which hundreds of
the imagination of economists and thousands of people protested
historians in the 1980s and 1990s. against Mainland China’s tightening
Uptin moved out of his Hong Kong grip on Hong Kong as Hong Kong is
apartment last year, and a few months expected to be fully autonomous till

Facts
2047.
During this time, people who normal-
ly would have studied in Hong Kong
but said they were actively trying to
move to the United States, Canada,
and United Kingdom. In short, their Nobody Asked For
parents wanted them to go to a place
with more certainty. This shows the
rising brain drain where some of
society’s smartest minds leave
because of economic or political
reasons but there’s an interesting
twist here. Hong Kong comprises 7.5
million people. An estimated 3 million
of them are eligible to apply for a
special visa that could guarantee a
path to citizenship in The UK. The
British Prime Minister predicts that
300,000 people who are eligible will
leave Hong Kong and might move to
Britain. Canada meanwhile is also a
desired location for Hong Kongers
leaving their country.
According to the Canadian govern-
ment, they saw a 30% surge in applica-
tions from Hong Kong when it came
to residency visas. Even politics aside,
remember if you are young, tradition-
ally you go where the jobs are. In 2019,
Hong Kong faced its first recession in
a decade, before the pandemic. In Butterflies often feed from decay-
2020, its economy shrunk by more ing animals, rotten fruits, blood ,
than 6%, which is a new record. animal feces, and urine. Flowers
Exports and imports both fell to 35% alone do not provide enough
and its unemployment is now 6.6%: sodium for butterflies, so they are
the highest in 16 years. Imagine all attracted to salty things. If a butter-
this while also trying to afford paying fly has ever landed on you, it is not
rent and just live day to day in the because it likes you or because you
world’s most expensive city. Perhaps look particularly like a flower;
it’s not a wonder to get a brain drain. actually, it is because the butterfly
was attracted by the smell of salt in
your sweat and blood and it
With 6.3 million emigrants, amount- wanted to eat you, but its proboscis
ing to over three per cent of the was so tiny that you didn’t feel it
population, Pakistan is one of the sucking at you.
top 10 emigration countries in the
world (UNDESA, 2019)

Growing
Chinese Properties
in United States
04 MINUTES READ
Plaza in 2011.
There was a decade-long tradition in Whereas in 2013, she bought 40%
America that whenever The United shares of General Motors Building
States President visited New York, he along with Chinese investors. The
would stay at The Waldorf Astoria HNA Group is the second biggest
Hotel. But in 2014, President Obama name of Chinese investment in the US
SOURCE : PROFIT
refused to stay there citing security which has invested billions of dollars
reasons. At that time, a Chinese in real estate in Chicago and other
company bought that hotel for about cities in New York and San Francisco.
two billion dollars. This is an example Not only real estate, Chinese
of China’s extraordinary example of investors have invested billions of
investment in the US. dollars in other sectors as well.
China invests billions of dollars In 2012, the Chinese Wanda Group
annually in the US, the clearest bought the American AMC Entertain-
examples of which can be found in ment Company for 2.6 billion $. And
New York where a sixty-story 28 the world’s biggest cinema became
Liberty Street also known as Winches China’s property. However, this
Plaza in the financial district of group sold the majority shares of
Manhattan and Baccarat Hotel is now AMC in 2021. Similarly, some Chinese
owned by Chinese Companies or investors also bought the shares of
citizens. Macbemon’s filmmaker for 3.5 billion
Chinese investors also have shares dollars. The highest investment in
in the General Motors building. New America by Chinese investors was in
York skyscrapers have a reputation 2018 whose volume was 45.6 billion $.
for buildings. In 2014, the Bank of However, Chinese investment in
China bought a skyscraper in Central America has started to decrease since
New York for 600 million $. The most 2000 and it was at a time when the
prominent name among investors in wealth and income of China and its
the US is a Chinese billionaire woman citizens were growing rapidly. But the
named Youngz. Her family bought pace of National Development was
60% shares of a 14 story Park Avenue slowing down. Chinese investors got

this fear. If this continues, the value of history. This group bought six and
Yuan (¥) could fall and the monetary half billion dollars shares in Hilton
value of its assets inside China would Hotel and 3% shares of Deutsche
also decrease, so Chinese investors Bank.
would start buying assets outside of According to Wall Street Journal’s
China. Transfer of money from news on August 19, 2018, “China’s
Chinese bank accounts to real estate Anbang Group puts a 5.5 billion
and companies abroad increased. dollars luxury hotel portfolio on the
The Chinese government is block”. Similarly, Reuteres reported
concerned that this withdrawal of on October 9, 2018, that the HNA
capital from the country’s economy group intended to sell the property
will increase pressure on the curren- worth 11 billion dollars. The New York
cy and its value will drop. The Govern- Post’s October 9, 2018 publication
ment has also begun encouraging stated, “Fosun looking to sale stake in
Chinese investors to withdraw their 28 Liberty to revalue at 1.6 billion $ ”.
money in addition to taking drastic America has also made foreign invest-
measures to curb the capital flow. The ment difficult by justifying national
government focused on major four security.
private business groups, HNA, When China's Alibaba group tried
Onbang Insurance, FOSUN Interna- to buy money through its subsidiary
tional, and Danyan Wanda Group. In company and finance, the US govern-
the beginning, we mentioned the ment stopped the deal. HNA also
word sixty story hotel in New York. It abandoned the intention to acquire
was bought by China's Anbang Group Sky Bridge Capital. American and
and they spent billions of dollars on Chinese investors are also withdraw-
purchasing these high level proper- ing due to trade tensions, and China's
ties around the world. investment in America reached a level
In 2018, the Chinese government it was ten years ago. Let's see if this
took over the company and arrested investment falls further or the chanc-
their chairman which means the es of growth come up again.
border of the Astoria Hotel is now
owned by the Chinese government.
Hanian airlines and the HNA group is
named after this which started with a
small airline in 1993 , but now this
group is investing heavily in hotel,
tourism, and real estate worldwide. “QUOTES CORNER”
HNA was the world's 17th largest
company in 2017 and its annual
revenue was 50 billion dollars. You will never be able to
In the same year, the HNA group escape from your heart. So it’s
bought 100% shares of Radisson Hotel
which were sold to Gemming Interna- better to liﬆen to what it has to
tional Holdings after one year in 2018. say.
In addition, HNA Group bought 245
Park Avenue Plaza in New York for 2.2 Paulo Coelho
billion $. It was the most expensive
office building sale in New York

How
Wolves
Change
Rivers?
04 MINUTES READ
nothing. They had just grazed it away.
One of the most exciting findings of But as soon as the wolves had arrived,
the past half-century has been the even though they were few in
discovery of widespread trophic numbers, they started to have the
cascades. A Trophic cascade is an most remarkable effects. First, of
SOURCE : SUSTAINABLE HUMAN

ecological process that starts at the course, they killed some of the deer
top of the food chain and tumbles all but that wasn’t the major thing. Much
the way down to the bottom. The more significantly, they changed the
classic example is what happened in behavior of the deer. The deer started
Yellowstone National Park in the avoiding certain parts of the park -
United States when wolves were the places where they could be
reintroduced in 1995. Now, we all see trapped most easily – particularly the
that wolves kill various species of valleys and gorges and immediately
animals, but perhaps we are less those places started to regenerate. In
aware that they give life to many some areas, the height of the trees
others. Before the wolves turned up, quintupled in just six years. Bare
they’d been absent for 70 years – the valley sides quickly became forests of
numbers of deer because there was Aspen, Willow and Cottonwood. And
nothing to hunt them had built up and as soon as it happened, the birds
built up in the Yellowstone Park and started moving in. The number of
despite efforts of humans to control songbirds and migratory birds
them, they managed to reduce much started to increase greatly. The
of the vegetation there to almost number of Beavers started to increase

because Beavers like to eat trees. And

Beavers like wolves are ecosystem
engineers. They create niches for Addicted to Diction
other species. And the dams they built
in the rivers provided habitats for
otters, muskrats, ducks, fish, reptiles, Profligacy
and amphibians. The wolves killed Reckless extravagance or wasteful-
coyotes and as a result of that, the ness in the use of resources
number of rabbits and mice began to
increase, which meant more hawks, Refute
more weasels, more foxes, and more Prove to be wrong
badgers. Ravens and bald eagles came
down to feed on the carrions that the Metaverse
wolves had left. Bears fed on it too and A virtual reality space in which users
their population began to rise as well can interact with a computer-generat-
partly also because there were more ed environment
berries growing on the regenerating
shrubs. And the bears reinforced the Acclimatize
impact of wolves by killing some of Become accustomed to a new climate
the calves of the deer. But here’s or new conditions
where it gets really interesting. The
wolves changed the behavior of the Nefarious
rivers. They began to meander less. Evil or immoral
There was less erosion. The channels
narrowed. More pools formed. More Nocent
rifle sections. All of which were great Harmful or injurious
for wildlife habitats. The rivers
changed in response to the wolves. Synchronous
And the season was that the regenerat- Occurring in real time
ing forests stabilized the banks so that
they collapsed less often, so the rivers Cloying
became more fixed in their course. Overly sweet
Similarly by driving the deer out of
some places, and the vegetation Ruska
recovering on the valley sides, there The process of leaves turning into
was less soil erosion because the different shades of red
vegetation stabilized that as well. So
the wolves, small in number, Phosphenes
transformed not just the ecosystem of The colors or stars that you see after
Yellowstone National Park, that huge rubbing your eyes
area of land but also, its physical
geography. Felicity
“QUOTES CORNER” The ability to find appropriate expres-
sion for one's thoughts
“The poetry of Earth is never Euneirophrenia
dead” The peace of mind that comes from
John Keats having pleasant dreams

The Martyr
Of The Soil
Imran Khan
IAMGE SOURCE : FREEPIK

Playwright, Poet, Fiction Writer, sons of the soil, who never submitted
Teacher of English Literature to the foreign tyrannic forces. A long
list of the sons of the soil who laid
their lives for the cause of freedom
04 MINUTES READ can be mentioned. Rai Ahmad
kharral, Murad Fatihana, Nizam
‫چرخ سے كیوں ِگ� كر یں‬ Lohar---are the few to name.
This March would mark the 91st
‫سارا جہاں عدو سہی‬ martyrdom anniversary of Bhagat
‫آؤ مقابلہ كر یں‬ Singh – the martyr of the soil. He was
born on Sep 28, 1907. His father and
“Why should we remain annoyed with uncle were also very active in all the
the world? Why should I complain revolutionary movements which were
against God (Ruler of Skies). Let us face fighting for the cause of freedom of
stoically the opposing world.” the masses. He was just 23 years old
(Bhagat Singh wrote this verse to his when he embraced death for the sake
brother Kultar in his last letter from of his motherland on March 23, 1913.
The Lahore Central Jail in 1913) At the hands of the British, he
The British throughout their 100 breathed for a short period of time
years rule (1849-1947) did never enjoy but in that short span of life he lived to
a smooth sail in Punjab. To annex the fill. He gave way to his lofty ideas
Punjab, Raj had to have two bloody of Nationalism, spent a clean and
wars and after annexation, the spotless life, and honored his passion-
memory of those bloody wars echoed ate commitment to the cause of
throughout the century in the form of freedom from the British Raj. He
poetic and physical resistance of the cherished dauntless courage, unweav-

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ing fortitude, and self-sacrificing Bhagat Singh’s father Kishen Singh

heroism. petitioned the Tribunal in a last
He had a scholarly bent of mind desperate effort to save his son. On
and was a deep thinker, a keen reader hearing this Bhagat Singh became
of books (someone who had always incandescent with rage and wrote to
had a book in his pocket), and a poet. his father in protest;
He committed to the cause of “Father, I am quite perplexed. I
freedom for his people since his fear I might overlook the ordinary
teens. In 1924, when his father tried to principle of etiquette and my
force him to marry, he left home while language may become a little bit harsh
leaving a letter to his father and while criticizing or censoring this
explained. “He had devoted his life for move on your part. Let me candid, I
the cause of liberation of the Indian feel as though I have been stabbed in
masses and had no time for a peaceful the back. Had any other person done
married life.” it, I would have considered it to be
He formed the Naujawan Sabha in nothing short of treachery. But in
Mrch, 1926, along with the Sukhdev, your case let me say that it has been a
B.C Vohra and Ram Krishan and weakness.”
played a leading role in the formation Bhagat Singh seems a staunch
of the Hindustani Socialist Republi- adherent to the philosophy that life is
can Association in Sep, 1928; took part not to die rather it is to die with the
along with Sukhdev, Rajguru and difference. Napoleon once said, “It is
Chandra Shekhar Azad, in killing of not death but the cause that makes a
British Police officer, J.P.S saunders martyr.” Bhagat Singh wanted to die
on Dec, 17, 1928 and on April 8, 1929 he for the cause of freedom because he
and Butukeshwar Dutt threw two knew his sacrifice would accelerate
Bombs in the Central Assembly Hall. the very cause even for the layman.
In the Second Lahore Conspiracy On the evening of March 23, 1931, with
case, which lasted from July 10, 1929 to the shouts of “Inquilab Zindabad” and
Oct 7, 1930, Bhagat Singh and his “Down with Imperialism”, the three
fellow accused formed, as had been great revolutionaries forced the
their intention all along, the court hangman’s noose. They were hanged
room into an arena for trying the while singing the following couplet,
crimes of British Imperialism against which has become a symbol of the
the Indian people, for propagating revolutionary immortality of Bhagat
their revolutionary programme and Singh and his comrades.
rousing the Indian masses to revolt
against the alien rulers who had so ‫دل سے ںكلے گی ںہ مر كے وطن كی الفت‬
abused their subjects.
In result of this proceeding the ‫خوشبوء وطن آئے گی‬
ِ ‫میری مٹی سے بھی‬
verdict given by the court was a
forgone conclusion with Bhagat “(Love for the motherland will not
Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev receiving leave my heart even after death / its
the death sentence, while seven fragrance will still be there in my
others were transported for life and dusty remains.)”
the remaining four never given prison
sentences for seven and five years. poetic_spurs
Compelled by the paternal feelings,

24th Alhamra
Theatre Festival
06 MINUTES READ ‘Talawan’ and was translated into
Punjabi by Tanveer Syed. Dastaan
Since Covid hit the country, theatre Hazrat-i-Insan was staged by Ghayyur
aspirants felt wobbled as there was no Theatre and Arif Amin Dramat-
theatre and cultural activities around. ic(group).
After a long wait, the 24th Alhamra Azaad Theatre's play ‘Deewana
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Theatre Festival was announced. It Bakar-e-Khwaish Hoshiyar’was present-
was postponed twice due to adminis- ed. The play was written by Rafi
trative hurdles and strict Covid-19 Pirzada and directed by Nadeem
SoPs. But somehow, Lahore Arts Abbas. In the play, the bitter realities
Council managed to pull it off. of life were presented in a light-heart-
The 24th Alhamra Theatre Festival ed manner of comedy.
featured 10 dramas from renowned The Maas Foundation presented
theatre groups at the Lahore Arts Parmeshwar Singh. Its performance is
Council ( Jan 31 and Feb 6), providing a treat for all those theatre lovers who
the people a chance for entertain-
ment and aesthetic pleasure. The
festival kicked off with the one-act
romantic drama Junoon performed by
Aks, a parallel theatre group from
Lahore. The play is written and direct-
ed by Afzal Nabi about the global
pandemic. The story revolved around
an old-age couple and how their lives
changed due to the pandemic.
Salamat Productions staged Hor Da
Hor. The play was an adaptation of
Saadat Hassan Manto’s radio play

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strongly believe in interfaith and various interpretations and stage

harmony. It is a story of a Muslim boy techniques. Apart from that Sanwri
who gets separated from his mother play by the Norton Theatre, Meda Ishq
during the partition of India and v Tu by Creators Productions, Shah
Pakistan. Hussain Madho Laal by Dolphin
Ajoka Theatre presented the play Communications, and Ye Bhi Koi
Lappar. The play is about prejudice Zindagi Hy by Sangeet Theatre were
against girls. Its was performed well part of the festival.
in signature Ajoka style while address- All the plays were written,
ing serious issues in an artistic and produced, and performed well.
entertaining way, Lappar has songs Without any doubt, it was a big
and satire to amuse the audience. achievement on the council's behalf

Diwana-Bakaar-e-Khesh-Hoshiar was on organizing such a successful
originally written as a radio play by entertainment - filled drama festival.
Rafi Peerzada in Urdu, then translat- Hopefully, it won’t stop here...
ed into Punjabi and made into a stage
play by his son Imran Peerzada. First
performed in 2011, the play was SEE WHATS NEW?
staged thrice at Alhamra in Lahore. It
was based on a radio drama, and the
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Farooqi’s Guide to Sufism
The Interpretation of Lateefa

(Energy-Point)
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places. These places are always

blessed with Allah’s blessings and are
called, “lataayif”.
We can quote the example of a Cell
Phone, where if a person, let’s say
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from America dials the number of a
person from Pakistan, the dialed
Allama Muhammad Saeed Ahmad number rings a bell on the phone
Mujaddadi (RA) in his book “Albayy- number of the person living in
inaat Sharah e Maktoobaat” has Pakistan: and thus, a connection is
mentioned the ten commandments established.
which are termed as Ten Energy
Centers (Latayif e Ashra). Five out of Lateefa e Qalb( Energy point in
these ten commandments are Heart)
referred as realm of command (Aalam Each organ of the body has its own
e Amr) and the other five to realm of functions, but when there’s a message
creation (Aalam e Khalq): these from the Realm of Command, the
co-relate to a human’s spiritual and place where the blessing finds refuge,
physical existence. If we talk about is called the energy center (lateefa),
the ten Energy Points (Latayif e and to a certain extent correlates with
Ashra), a question arises “what is the heart. So, the heart indeed is the
Lateefa”? core of the energy center.
There is clear guidance in sayings
Energy Point (Lateefa) and deeds of Allah’s Messenger
The physical attribute of a person (PBUH) with reference to this point.
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comprises of a very energy point He (PBUH) made statement in this
(lateef), “Mahal e Noor”, which could regard:
also be termed as rational soul (Nafs e
Natiqa). “During revelation of the Holy Quran
on my heart I would listen: sound of
“And it is a spiritual energy that is ringing/jingling bells, sometimes
matter-free” blowing of windstorm and buzzing of
(Book of Definitions) bees, my forehead would get sweaty and
I would be totally under control of some
The literal meaning of energy heavenly intuition”.
point as per Hazrat Saheb, is ‘Palace
of Lights’ (Mahal e Noor). The abode to Hazrat Ali (RA) demonstrated that
all these energy points lies above the Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) was
skies, but they have a very phenome- thoroughly influenced physically as
nal connection with humans. With the well as spiritually during those
purification of all these energy points, moments of revelation. He further
the spiritual seeker evolves in the added: “Once, in company of Alllah’s
Aalam Amr( Realm of Command) Messenger, my thigh was under
The home to all this light (noor) is Prophet’s knee while sitting that the
Aalam e Amr, but when a person Holy Quran started revealing/ I
consistently keeps remembering observed that the Holy Prophet’s face
Allah (zikr), and gets connected to the got reded, drops of perspiration
heavens above, it gives birth to these appeared on his forehead, and I fold

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unbearable burden and load on my secret point and the most hidden
strong thigh which seemed to be secret point respectively). The home
cracked but the condition suddenly to these five energy points are the
changed as revelation process was skies above.
completed and I got relief”. The way computers are connected
Would the Companions (RA) also to Hong Kong, Singapore via
got sound of jingling bells etc? “No… satellites, the main server is in Ameri-
Not at all.” They were unable to listen ca, in the similar manner the central
but the face-expression and body-lan- point of the realm of commands is in
guage of the Holy Prophet would the heavens. In order to grace the Sufi
explain the descendance of Holy with courage and blessings on his
Quran & Wahi (Allah’s instructions). path, or to upgrade their database,
The Allah’s messenger would get Allah’s zikr is recommended to them.
attentive and engrossed immediately For instance, the data (faiz in this
and spontaneously to receive and case) receiving capacity for the case of
conceive the “Divine Message” and by a P-IV is limited, if the data is more,
this he acquired Allah’s words. then the hard disk and RAM should
have more capacity, with that, the
Internet and Heart processor should have more receiving
The example of internet technology capacity to cater all the faiz. The more
can be quoted. A message is sent from a Sufi keeps at practicing the zikr of
the sender’s screen and is received at Almighty, his capacity to receive and
the receiver’s end. A message can not give faiz also enhance, thus his energy
be delivered, without either, the centers (latayif) also enhance.
sender and the receiver. In order to
receive the message, it is important to Base of Blessings Beyond Heavens
turn your heart’s computer on, and Initially the Sufi is asked to not
tune into the frequency of the energy impure his heart, recite the zikr
center and be focused completely. “Allah” from your gut as you inhale,
Practice your Shaykh’s prescribed and exhale “Hoo” and strike it on your
zikr (remembrance of Allah). The heart. Strike it on your soul, then your
moment frequencies of both the crown, then khafi, down to akhfa,
screens get tuned with each other, a keep striking all the five energy points
connection is formed and blessings at the same time. When all these
are transferred silently. energy points are awakened, then the
Take the five energy centers (realm Sufi is asked to embrace Allah not
of commands) of a human as a from your heart, but from the harness-
computer, and the body as software, ing point, and strike Hoo at the core
its true residence is above the sky. of the universe. Strike Hoo at your
And when someone gets connected to rooh (soul), then the crown, then
this system, the data gets in sync with khafi, and then at the core of akhfa
the universal receiver, and on that (the central core of the universe) and
very instant, the faiz (blessings) get deduce faiz from it, afterwards.
downloaded and the heart feels Sometimes, the faiz occurs to the Sufi,
anxious, and if the faiz lands on the and the other many times, the Sufi
soul, then the soul feels anxious. In has to pave way for it, by handing out
the similar way, crown/head is the his receiving email address and
example of khafi or akhfa (hidden sometimes the access is granted to

the Sufi by his Shaykh. Some are any Momin’s (Believer) life posses-
granted access to Naqashbandi, Chish- sion. Keep the spirit alive and the soul
ti to some, Qadri to others, and Suhar- could sustain, so that it could get to
wardi to another, and a password is more people.
given. All these connections are
connected to Madina, and then to the Blend of Bodily Existence & Heaven-
omnipresent source. ly Abode
Peer nagar ko jaa kar Nabi nagar ko jaa These energy centers are the five
Nabi nagar mein beth kar yaar ka core points inside the human, which
darshan paa are connected to the central core of
(Seek way to your spiritual guide first the universe. There comes a time
then Prophet’s abode and to Allah when all these energy centers travel
Almighty to attain endless bliss) the universe before even the Sufi
meditates. And with time, his wisdom
Virus and Anti-Virus would travel as it flows. Then there
When a Sufi meditates, and strikes comes a time, when meditation takes
Hoo at his heart, faiz auto-syncs with over the human to the point that the
the universal core. Keep striking Hoo Sufi’s humanness (bashreeat) takes the
in order to retrieve the data, so that shape of the vessel (of faiz) containing
you can transude your heart from the it. And that, is termed as, Fear of Allah
worldly affairs, and install a firewall (khasheeat e Ilahi). The Holy Prophet
protection – an anti-virus against all said:
the material viruses. So that more of
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Him.” forward direction, hold something,

(Bukhari) left it, and took his hand backward
direction. He repeated the act twice
Enjoyment of Allah’s Engross- or thrice. After the prayer, his
ment/Nearness companions asked him, “O Holy
Humans cannot see, hear, smell or Prophet! Today you performed
touch God. For He is not seeable, something other than routine”. To
hearable, feeble. The more a person’s which The Holy Prophet responded, “I
energy centers awake, the more he was reciting the Holy Quran, the
gets aligned to his God. The more he verses were regarding paradise, I felt
is aligned with his God, the more he heaven in my heart, and I started
can observe Allah in the micro-details visioning paradise. I saw the views of
of the universe. The more his energy Jannah (paradise), after seeing the
centers are connected to the central fruits and (some) other seeds (of
core of the universe, the more his paradise), I wanted to eat (those)
heart, soul, crown, khafi and akhfa get fruits. I lifted my hand above than the
attached to Him: The Almighty, and seven skies to hold it. I was about to
even one’s wisdom and one’s pick one, (at that moment) it occurred
existence. (to me) that Allah has preserved these
The Flower from Heaven and The (fruits as rewards), (they should
Holy Prophet (PBUH) remain) in disguise, they should
It is narrated from a Hadith, once the remain veiled, and hence I receded.
Prophet (PBUH) was going to offer his But, then I again wanted, and then
prayer. He moved his hand in a again thought the same, and

receded.” who do believe in a reference, tend to

It implies, that these energy centers get easier access, for instance, a
of a person can get awakened to the person with a reference for the same
point, that we can travel the case of getting admission in a universi-
unknown. ty, will have an easier access to work
Close Intimation with God & Hazrat things out in a better way. So, a
Ali person with a reference of his Shaykh
Hazrat Ali said “I cannot bow (in will have an easier access to the Holy
sujood) without seeing Allah”. This Prophet.
level is one step above ilm ul yaqeen
and could be termed as haqq ul True Instance of Murshad
yaqeen. This whole process initiates Once my Shaykh shared this with
by practicing zikr (of Allah) in the us, I visited Roza e Rasul once, I
realm of command and a connection meditated, prayed for quite a while, to
is a must. When we chant zikr of seek a connection. Waited for an hour
Allah, we connect with our spiritual but nothing happened. Then I saw a
guide (murshad), i.e., The Holy Proph- long queue, it felt like the queue
et. started from Madina and extended till
Gujranwala. Heard a voice that
How to Get the Password? instructed me to get in the line. He
Think of this example as, someone added, erstwhile, a feeling struck my
gets an admission in a university, for heart, and I referred to Khwaajgaan
the admission we need to get (elders), with their reference I sent
ourselves registered in the said the message inside, and within a few
university, that is the real way of moments, all the doors opened, and I
doing it. But if someone says, to not met the Prophet (PBUH).
get admission, and being enrolled, Huzur said (PBUH) to Hazrat Bilal
and being considered as a regular once, “O Bilal! You would enter
student at the university, and to be paradise before me”. Bilal responded,
able to enjoy all the privileges of a “O Apostle of Allah! Why so?” Replied,
regular student of the university, “Because you will be forward, holding
which however is not possible. For the halter of my carriage”
this, the person has to get registered In the similar manner, one holding
via admission form, and universities the file, or the bag, i.e., the assistant:
do not give away an admission just goes along with the master.
like that. They tell you a way out,
which is, they send you to an affiliated “O believers! Be mindful of Allah and
university, college or institute: to get seek what brings you closer to Him and
admission in that institute, they will struggle in His Way, so you may be
connect you with us. In this way you successful.”
can enjoy all the privileges of a (Al-Maidah: 35)
regular student.
What is Reference (waseela)

In the same way people, who do not
believe in the concept of reference
(waseela) have to wait or find another
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To
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accountable before Allah SWT and
Writer, Sport Enthusiast thinking of life beyond the sphere of
materialism. Human Internal sweet
desires and “Nafs” are becoming the
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more irresistible thing in life and war
All human beings claim that they own against it must be tried to fight till the
land, house, car, wealth, clothes, last breath.
mobiles, jobs, kids and so on. A huge Keeping in view of the man’s greed
long list is there around us that we for the worldly affairs Allah SWT says
humans claim “meri” “my” or “mine”. in Quran,
Since childhood the thought that
prevails in our mind is to try hard to “Have you seen him who has taken as
own some worldly things by using any his ilah (God) his own desire? Would you
kind of source. This decides the then be Wakil (a disposer of his affairs or
success or failure of a person in the a watcher) over him?”
society. So bringing up or living in (25:43)
this society remains only for material-
istic things. Social fabric around us Or.
holds the only thought of having a “Do you think that moﬆ of them hear or
huge list of things for which the words underﬆand? They are only like cattle;
“My”, “Mine”, “Meri” or “Mera” can be nay, they are even farther aﬆray from the
used. Path.(i.e even worse than cattle)”.
There is no nurture of the thought (25:44)

Even our body and soul are not which Allah directly explains human
ours and all the human claim about nature in a simple and explicit way
“meri” are the blessings of Allah for with examples for the betterment of
the limited time only while one think humanity and to keep continuous
that it is one’s own forever.The improvement towards the right path.
Human’s only claim as its own is the Moreover, it emphasizes that the
only It’s “own will”, “marzi”, “irada”. people who embraces Islam and want
The only thing which can human to understand and feel the “Eman” in
surrender before Allah SWT is It’s the the deepest valley of heart and to
“own will”, “marzi”, “irada” and can feel the deep inner essence of “Eman”
pave the way to develop the associa- with the core of heart must surrender
tion with Allah SWT and that associa- their “Will”, “Marzi” and to the Will
tion will become a guiding star in this and Marzi of Allah. So, success or
worldly life and hereafter. failure is the only success or failure as
The humans put their utmost efforts described by Allah and a person who
in the way of achieving worldly wants to travel on the motorway of
desires only and keep neglecting their success must be ready to surrender
ultimate goal …“Akhirat”. Allah SWT his “Will” only.
says in the Holy Quran,
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“Verily! They love the present life of this
world, and put behind them a heavy Day”
(76:27)
The increase in the ownership list

of worldly things, especially wealth
increases the rate of satisfaction and
success in the human mind. As Allah
SWT says in the Holy Quran,
“And verily, he is violent in the love of

wealth”
(100:8)
This Love of wealth never ends but

the life ends as Allah SWT says,
“The Mutual rivalry for piling up of

worldly things diverts you until you visit
the graves (i.e. till you die)”
(102:1&2)
In Toto, The lifestyle of the people is

the epitome of untiring efforts of
enhancing the ownership of worldly
perishable things only keeping aside
the way of attaining these.
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Right to Freedom
of Expression:
A Hoax !
and how much of its execution is
Shajia Saleh Soomro allowed? Or is it just a mere fancy
Law Student at IIUI phrase to keep everyone in a fool's
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paradise?..
04 MINUTES READ The answer is in our Constitution of
The idea of Freedom of Expression is Pakistan, 1973. Under the provisions
not a novel idea for the masses. of Article 19, the citizens of Pakistan
Starting from what we say in our are given all the rights to Freedom of
personal circles to the publishing of Expression. The article states that
this magazine, the expression and “Every citizen shall have the right to
rights related to the freedom of it freedom of speech and expression..”.
comes into operation. To know the If looked into commentary, the defini-
basics, freedom of expression is a tion of freedom of speech and expres-
right given. It exists prior to the sion vividly suggests all the ideas and
formulation of expression and opinions of an individual, given the
remains intact after expressed too. due importance to it’s expression
Which means before it even the without repression.
expression is born and it is just an This article (19) talks about three
idea in one’s head. It has protection of kinds of freedoms. One is freedom of
rights and later when it is expressed expression as we discussed, second is
by any means, in any way of expres- freedom of speech and third is
sion, they are protected then too. freedom of press. This means, the
The question arises, how much of citizens of Pakistan are free to not just
these rights are available to the express through whatever means they
citizens of Islamic Republic of find but also have rights to say what
Pakistan? Or is it just a hoax!? Do we they want through the mode of
really have any such rights, can they speech. Along with the third right of
be claimed? How can they be claimed press which gives freedom to commu-

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nicate with masses on mass level will not be tolerated and such expres-
through press. Be it printed or online sion is not protected by law under this
press. Whatever one writes or express- right to freedom of expression.
es and shares it with the masses is Similarly, if proved, the defamation by
their constitutional right. slander or libel against any legal
It is important to know that the person or institution will also be dealt
freedom of expression and related under the penalties of Pakistan Penal
rights are not absolute. The right to Code.
freedom of opinion for instance is the The aim for this information is to
right to hold, have and express the make sure every citizen of Pakistan
individual opinions without interfer- knows what rights they have when it
ence from state, state forces or public comes to them having an opinion.
offices. It cannot be subject to any What ways do they have to make sure
exception or restriction, but it is they express these opinions through
important to know that this right is different means and through different
not absolute. It carries with it proper ways of expression. When can your
extensions and specific responsibili- right be subjected to restriction, and
ties, which are special duties. And this when it will be a violation of your
right may be restricted on several right if some arrangement tells you
lawful grounds. otherwise when you use your right to
With every general rule and princi- express. Article 19 of Constitution of
ple of law, there is always an excep- Pakistan gives you independence to
tion. This right also has few excep- use this right and when read into the
tions which makes the use of this details in the commentary, it would
right unlawful. The restrictions of this help you understand how you can use
right is “time, place, manner". The this right more profoundly.
limitations imposed on the general It is also a moral duty of every
right to freedom of expression consti- citizen to abide by the law while using
tutes of these three elements. To the rights. And as we know, every
safeguard the national interest of the right has few duties associated with it.
country, legitimate governmental Using every right while abiding by the
interests, and for the sake of internal responsibilities which comes along
matters of security of the country and with it, to make sure the enjoyment of
its citizens, such limitations are right is legal and whole. One can
imposed. always whine about how freedom of
Freedom of expression has limita- expression is just a hoax whereas, it is
tions on certain grounds, such as not!
national security, public order, public shajiasoomro3@gmail.com
health, and public morals. When the
opinions expressed do not consider
the laws and are in contrast with
them. When they are a direct threat to
matters of national importance, the
use is disrupted. For exam-
ple the blasphemy
laws. Anything which
comes under the “blasphemy”
as per the rule of law of the state

Essential Advice From an Architect
error.
Aqib Javed For those with no insight into
Co-Founder Archine construction, the most important
thing to do is to hire a good architect.
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It is a very common practice to get
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Why hire an architect? A question suggestions from people around but it
asked by many who consider building is highly unlikely that the end result
their new home. With the ever-ex- will be in accordance with your partic-
panding construction industry, ular needs and choices and in most
architecture has been, for many cases the jumbling of multiple ideas
reasons, an option for the one-percen- ends up with something even worse
ters. Most people have only a vague than its counterparts. It is very
notion about who an architect is, or important instead to invest in a good
what architects do? Unlike other architect you can trust and be
professionals most people don’t comfortable with, and to discuss your
interact with an architect on a regular particular requirements and choices
basis, if ever. The idea of hiring an so that the architect is able to come
architect to design a home seems like up with a customized design to cater
a luxury to many who are unaware of to the client specifically. It’s better to
why architecture matters and the pay a little more and have this
value added to a house by hiring an guidance than save money and end up
architect. with a house you are not happy with.
Few people realize how complicat- The design of the house will
ed it is to build until they find depend largely on your personal
themselves lost in the complexities of requirement but you need to be sure
multiple design options, bye-laws, that it is in-fact your requirement
contractors and so on. Being in the rather than someone else’s idea of a
field could be very tricky if you don’t good design. Common practice may or
have experience but even with tons of may not work for everyone. Sizes, light
experience there is a possibility of quality, kitchen requirements, single

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unit or double unit, lawn or front view project contract with an architect, the
rooms all these requirements vary for contract needs to be detailed and the
different families. It is important to architect needs to be selected very
have clarity on these requirements carefully. This contract is helpful
and to discuss these with your when the owner is not available for
architect. supervision and budget is not an issue
Another very important aspect to as the overall budget goes higher and
consider is to have a good construc- the contract to be made needs to be
tion team. Once you get hold of a good very detailed to avoid any confusion
team it is very important to ensure in later stages. Quality control might
that they are handled properly, and to also be in question, which could be
let go off the idea of a good contractor taken care of by hiring a quality
who will take over e v - control supervisor to oversee
erything without any s u - everything. If budget is a limitation
pervision of the owner and a separate contractor needs to be
because that’s next to hired, a labor-rate contract is a much
impossible; the better option than a time and
owner’s supervi- material contract but owner
sion throughout su-pervision is a must in
the whole both cases.
process is a When you
must. decide to
build
your
It is o w n
not house,
you are in
for
quite a ride.
B y the time you’re halfway there,
you’ll probably wish you never started
in the first place. But when the house
uncommon, although certainly not is done, all those little details you
advisable, to tweak the initial design thought of and debated on in your
on a minor scale once construction head for so many nights will be
starts but it is very important to keep absolutely priceless. It’s not a house;
the architect in the loop and balanc- it’s your house and it was made for
ing the requirements of the builder you, perfectly shaped to your desires.
without involving the builder in the aaqibja@gmail.com
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Homemade
Energy Drinks
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The season is changing as we know, Take 500 ml of milk. Put it in a pan

we need to include some drinks in and bring it to a boil. Add ½ teaspoon
our daily routine to keep ourselves of turmeric and ¼tsp of crushed black
healthy in the changing season. You pepper into it. Whisk it well. Take a
need to keep yourself energetic and in tea spice infuser and add some
good shape . The immunity should be cinnamon sticks, ½ inch piece of
strong enough to fight any disease. ginger, 3 pieces of green cardamom,
These drinks will keep you fit and and 2 pieces of cloves. Close the tea
hydrated throughout the day. spice infuser, put it into the milk, and
So, here are some cozy and healthy cook on low flame for 4-5 minutes.
drinks. It’s like being hugged from the Then turn off the flame and add 2tsp
inside. of honey or brown sugar. Mix it well
1 - Golden drink and it’s ready to serve. Put it into
glasses and add some chopped
almonds for decoration and enjoy the
delicious drink. This drink will boost
your immunity, be anti-inflammato-
ry, and fight cold and cough, in this
season.
2 - Classic Hot Chocolate
Ingredients are,
• Milk (500ml)
• Turmeric (½tsp.)
• Black pepper (½ tsp.)
• Ginger (½ piece)
• Cloves (3 pieces)
• Green Cardamom (3 pieces)
• Cinnamon stick
• Honey or Brown sugar (2 tsp.)
Ingredients are,

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• Milk (half a liter) cinnamon sticks, and ¼ piece of

• Sugar (2 & ½ tbsp.) nutmeg. Roast them for 4-5 minutes
• Cocoa powder (2 tbsp.) until fragrant. Let it cool. Then add
• Dairy-free dark chocolate( 50 gram) roasted nuts to a blender. Grind them
• Ginger and cardamom( 2-3 pieces) to make a coarse powder. Now take 3
Take a half-liter of milk. Put it into cups of milk and bring it to a boil. Add
a pan and boil it. Add 2 and ½ 2tbs of brown sugar or honey to the
tablespoons of sugar to it. Then add milk. Add grounded nuts and spices,
2tbs of cocoa powder, 50 grams of mix it well and boil it for 4-5 minutes.
dairy-free dark chocolate, and mix it It’s ready to drink now. Put some
well. Add some fresh pieces of ginger chopped pistachio for garnishing and
and cardamom into it. Whisk it until enjoy with your family and friends.
combined completely. And cook it on This drink is healthy and keeps you
low flame for 4-5 minutes. Strain it hydrated.
and put it into the cups and now it’s
ready to have. This drink will feel you 4 - Beetroot Latte
good and change your mood.
3 - Energy Milk
Ingredients are,
• Beetroot (5 pieces)
• Milk per requirement
• Medjool dates(2 pieces)
• Vanilla extract (1tbsp.)
• Maple syrup
Ingredients are, • Cinnamon
• Desi ghee (1tbsp) Take some beetroots, peel and cut
• Chopped Pistachio (2 tbsp.) them into pieces, and boil until they
• Dry chopped dates are softened enough. Add 2 cups of
• Cinnamon stick unsweetened plant-based milk of
• Nutmeg ( ¼ piece) your choosing, fully steamed
• Milk ( 3 cups) beetroots to the blender as well, two
• Brown sugar or honey gooey Medjool dates with the pits
• Nuts removed, and finally 1tbs of pure
Take one tablespoon of Desi ghee, vanilla extract. Then blend this on
put it into a pan, and let it melt. Add 2 high until it’s nice and creamy. Now
tbsp. of chopped Pistachio, 4-5 dry just strain the mixture through Sieve
chopped dates, 10-15 chopped before you heat up, just to remove any
almonds, 2-3 green cardamom, 2 chunks. You can make it without

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straining. Now put the mixture into a also a handful of fresh cranberries
pan and heat it on the stove. While into it as well. Now place the pot on a
heating the mixture continuously stir stove on high flame and bring it to a
it so that it may not stick to the pan. boil and reduce to a simmer and
Add cinnamon stick while heating the partially cover with the lid. Let the
mixture as well. Then add 2tbs of spices and flavors infuse for about
maple syrup if you like your drink a 20-30 minutes. Now it is ready to
bit sweeter. Now remove it from the serve, pour it into the glasses and
stove and add it into the cups. Add enjoy. Its deliciously sweet drink and
some crushed raspberries and enjoy. the aroma from this is going to make
You can turn it into a latte by adding a your entire home smell like holidays.
shot of espresso. This drink will boost It will improve your digestion and
your iron level up. help in weight loss and will keep you
hydrated.
5 - Mulled Spiced Apple Cider
Unpopular
Opinion
Ingredients are,
• Apple cider juice
• Oranges
• Ginger( 1 piece)
• Cardamom( 6 pieces)
• Cranberries (a handful)
Autobiography
• Cloves ( 3 pieces) shows not
To make this fresh and flavorsome determinism but
drink, pour 2 liters of apple cider or
apple juice into a pot. Take one large self-obsession
orange and thinly sliced it into pieces
and add this into the pot as well. The which is
citrusy flavor is goona slowly seep
into the drink. Then add a one-inch
narcissism in
piece of ginger by cutting it into
slices, 6 cardamom pods partially
intellectual
cracked open in halves. Then all these terms
things into a pot along with 3 whole
cloves and four cinnamon sticks. Add

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powerfully, he says, ‘to survive in this
hyper competitive environment, it is
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04 MINUTES READ
The internet has made many things not sufficient to excel in low cost,
possible including online business, customer oriented or quality which
work from home, online banking, to established players can do better than
name a few. In the recent past online you. You have to differentiate. You
was considered a niche. But the have to give your customers a compel-
Covid-19 pandemic made it to the ling reason to buy your product
mainstream. Now we see many of the instead of your competitors’. He
businesses shifting to online process- summed it up as “To differentiate or
es. Thanks to the Metaverse, soon we To Die”.
shall be hanging out with friends, The first thing you need to do is to
participating in business meetings, generate an idea. The big question is
attending seminars.and doing a host ‘where do ideas come from?’ Ideas come
of other unimaginable things in a from discussion with friends,
virtual reality. Online business has business people and also looking
provided many opportunities to the around and observing deeply ‘what is
youth. It offers to earn passive income happening’.
without quitting the regular on-site Thinking how you can create
work and also saves us from the something new or how you can
confines of an office, saves us from re-imagine the old processes e.g.
the heft of a boring and dull commute Amazon thought of selling books
for hours besides many other online, AirBnB thought of hotel
benefits. We can work from home or reservation online, Uber thought of
from anywhere. We can be digital online taxi-hiring-service. Early on
nomads - working, doing business, Amazon never stocked books, and
making money from any place. just placed the product on its website

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and bought from the publishers and its problems as one entrepreneur
sold to its customers. AirBnB did not remarked that “if we had more
have any property but used the money, we would have made more
internet to offer vast choices of home mistakes.” Amar Bhide has excellent
away from home and Uber without advice on Bootstrapping. He says,
having any vehicle used the internet ‘improvise at every stage, go for free
to offer commuting from home to a resources or use resources in a clever
specific destination. In all these cases, way to avoid disruptions’.
the companies re-imagined the old Internet is full of many business
processes and created something services with freemium model i-e,
new. Steven Johnson has answered offering limited services free and
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ideas come from - The Natural tion. Early on use these free services
History of Innovation”. He has also like Google which offers free storage,
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develop good ideas. service, free online meeting service,
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having at hand Google Maps that At a minimum level all you need is
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guide that keeps you on the right way. importantly, an idea.. a good idea to
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also created your business model and
now comes the hardest part to
arrange the necessary finances to get
going. Without finance no idea, even
the best, can be materialised. Not
many entrepreneurs are lucky
enough to get the required finance at
the right time. The birds don’t sing
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Learning from Mistakes

Syed M. Shayan Shah someone. Making an effort to
02 MINUTES READ apologize for a mistake will show that
Nobody is extraordinary. Everyone you respect the people who you may
makes mistakes. Mistakes are the have affected with your behavior.
stepping stones to learning. Making Make yourself a responsible person
mistakes is a part of life. We learn and admit all your acts whether right
from our mistakes. Mistakes tend us or wrong. It will lead you towards
to learn, grow and move on. Mistakes progress. .
are committed unintentionally. The
only way mistakes can be avoided is to Find lessons
think before you act. Therefore, in my A key step of learning from your
opinion, mistakes are something mistakes is finding lessons in your
from which we learn to do better next mistakes. For example, maybe a
time. To commit mistakes can be a mistake taught you something that
lesson for us if we take it positively. you didn't know before. A mistake
You will be able to learn from your could also show you where you need
mistakes and it will also help you to improve your skills. Picking out the
improve your skills and your knowl- lessons you've learned from a mistake
edge. Everyone is likely to make can help you improve yourself and
mistakes at some point and you need your work.
to overcome those mistakes positively
as soon as possible. Additionally, Analyze your mistakes
learning from mistakes and viewing Think about what caused the
them as positive experiences can help mistake and how you can resolve it
increase your confidence and free you and note the acts that you did well or
up from fear of failure. Don’t think not. Analyzing and understanding
that highly successful people don’t your mistake can help you determine
make mistakes as they often make what you need to do differently to
more mistakes than those who are in ensure that the mistake does not
the process to succeed. They succeed happen again. It will also help you get
because they learn from every the solutions for future mistakes.
mistake and turn them into stepping God has made no one with perfec-
stones. Our parents also advise us to tion, but if we try we can make our
never lose hope and these mistakes acts better.. Everyone has the capabili-
are part of life.. Here are some steps ties to do something special but what
which you can adopt to learn from do we do? We are human beings and it
mistakes and overcome them. is normal to commit mistakes
sometimes unintentionally, so
Acknowledge your mistakes learning from those mistakes can
When you make a mistake, don't help us to be successful. So why not
hesitate to acknowledge your mistake learn from these mistakes and make
and try to admit it as soon as you can, our lives better with learning and
and apologize if you think that you acceptance.
have done something wrong with

How to Beat
Procrastination
Do It Today, Not Tomorrow
given to both children and adults like
Saad Rashid bringing water from nearby, buying
Grade 7 Student fruits and vegetables. These little
tasks make you responsible from
03 MINUTES READ childhood. That’s why we should do
It’s a little complicated, we think the work at its required time. Don’t be
about doing a thousand things and just lazy-bones and complete the
most of us can’t even do one. Mostly tasks assigned to you. Building a
these include, going to the gym, business or career is hard. It requires
dieting, going for a walk, etcetera. you to do difficult, tedious, and
Every day, we forget to do the things unsatisfying tasks. If you want more
which we have delayed. If you delay clients or work, no one is going to
work, the burden will get more and hand it to you. You should make a
eventually you will get tired. In your timetable of what you are going to do
daily life, you have multiple things to today. Making a to-do list is a much
do, and delaying them or forgetting better idea. Spending your time on
them could be a big mistake. This these daily tasks rather than wasting
world is running with a cycle like an your time on televisions, social media
animal’s cycle. That’s why if you delay and games is a much better idea. It
work, it can produce many effects on will be for your own good, it will get
your life. It can have long-lasting you everything you want on time, you
effects too so completing them in will get strong both mentally and
time is necessary. This world is like a physically. By doing this, you will also
race, if you delay your work and rest learn many new things and you will
as the hare did, you will lose the race. also get more respect. You will also
But the man who completes his work get to know how this world keeps
on time always succeeds. Procrastina- running and eventually this will make
tion is a form of laziness. It’s just you more hard-working than
about your routine if your routine laziness. Here are some important
includes everything like study, play, point :
and other things. Now, easy tasks are CONTINUED ON PAGE 41

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asked him to bring firewood, which

they used to cook food on. He went
Haseeba Abdul Qayyum further and further, looking for kikar
A Potter Head, Literati, Writer. trees and woods.
Kikar branches were feeble, so they
03 MINUTES READ
were easy to break and lit. Finding
and collecting kikar branches, he saw
It was a fine evening when dada jee a little goat on his way back. The Goat
decided to go out for his daily evening was white with brown spots on it. It
walk. He had diabetes, so Hakeem was weak and had big brown ears.
sahib advised him to walk at least an Finding a goat in the deepest part of
hour a day. He lived in a remote
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Dada Jee
&the Little Goat
village of Jhang district named Kot the woods had Dada jee amazed
Shakir. It was 1968, so you won’t find because typically, there were just
that many houses, especially in a insects in this part of the forest. The
far-flung area of Pakistan where there Goat couldn’t walk correctly and after
were just vast deserts, trees, and looking closely at him, dada jee
abysmal woods. Dada jee usually went concluded that his forelimb was
to the bazaar, an hour away from his broken. He was not a physiotherapist,
house. That day, he thought of going but he was known for mending
into the woods because dadi amma broken bones. People far across Kot

Shakir came to him to get their
broken or dislocated bones in place. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 39
So he started treating the Goat. Its
forelimb was severely broken and was Less use of Social Media and Screens
bleeding. There was no water nearby, Social Media has had a great
so it was challenging for him to clean influence on our lives. It kept us away
the wound, so dada jee took off his from our family and work as mosmost-
turban and, with its help, removed ople are spending half of their day on
blood from the Goat’s leg. After an social media and mobile phones. It
effort of 2 to 3 hours, he managed to has also made us lazy. Tiktok,
free the Goat from pain. Its bone was Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and
now mended, and the bleeding had other social media apps had made us
stopped as dada jee tied his turban impractical which at all is not a good
around its leg. Dada jee wanted to thing. So, turn off your laptop and
take the goat home, but he thought his mobile phones and start being useful.
mother would be around, so he quit
his decision. He looked for drinkable Completing Routine Works on Time
water and finally found a pond. He This is another tip that can help you
gave it some water to drink, left it in many ways. Doing Routine work on
where he saw it and left for home. time can benefit you and your family.
When he was chopping some wood, Bringing vegetables for dinner on
he accidentally threw the ax on his time will mean that you will have your
foot on his way back. His foot started meal at the right time but delaying
bleeding, and no one was around to them can also delay your meal which
help him. He quickly rushed towards could affect your routine and timeta-
his house to avoid blood loss. ble.
As he walked back home, he heard These are some of the tips from
leaves behind him rustling as if which you can beat procrastination
someone was following him. He first which will help you succeed in your
thought it was the Goat following him, life. And remember doing things on
but whenever he turned, the rustling time is full of advantages!
stopped, and there was no one. When
he was about to leave the woods, he saadrashid.pk@outlook.com
was shaken to his bones. Chills ran
down his spine as he turned and faced
KEY TO WORD SEARCH
a human-like creature with dada jee's

turban tied around his leg. It was
white with thick brown hair, and he
bowed his head to dada jee as if dada
jee had freed him from some excruci-
ating pain. This creature moved his
paw-like hand on dada jee’s wound,
and the bleeding stopped, and his
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LITERATURE 42 MONTHLY AZEEM ENGLISH MAGAZINE
Light
&Dust
Sara Noor
Writer, Novelist, Dramatist
04 MINUTES READ
A conclave of angels in the heavens before!”

was keenly observing visions- so The head angel plunged into a brief
starkly opposing to the holiness of history of the hitherto unfamiliar
their gathering- from a distant galaxy species, “When earth was depleted
displayed before them in a 3-D form. gradually due to climate change,
Chew. Crunch. Swallow. The collec- constant wars and breakdown of
IAMGE SOURCE : FORBES

tive noise of a group of people Civilization, mankind regressed into
trillions of light years away, eating a degraded species.” A note of
voraciously, reverberated in the sadness crept into his voice, some
meeting room. The leader of the yearning for an age gone by, but still
angels explained the rudely shocking remembered endearingly, a shadow
images of an alien species to the of the original Adam alive in his
sacred chorus. memory, perhaps.
“It is a nation fond of eating. They “The earthlings adapted themselves
constitute man-eaters, land-eaters, to survive on the meanest resources.
and eaters of everything and anything Sometimes, these gluttons would
that grows between the sky and earth. even eat part of themselves to hasten
Dozens of them would turn in on a death or to pass time or simply
weakling of their own kind and eat because they are bored.” The
him too if there was nothing else to atmosphere inside the meeting room
eat.” All the angels gasped at this. became stuffy at this.
The leader continued, “Even if there “Some of them also drink the blood
were something else to eat, they of fellow gluttons,” the leader contin-
would still do so merely for a change ued in a sad voice, ignoring the
of taste, and, out of habit,” the leader consternation visible on his fellows’
anticipated the audience's query and faces. “One may deprive another of
answered beforehand, “No, they are his rights, and thus, squeeze
not savages, or cannibals. They,” he life-blood out of him. The powerful
paused as dramatically as his station mince and slice all those whom they
could allow, “are the gluttons.” can. Religious ones sacrifice belief on
A chatter of voices broke. “The the altar of money. Knowledgeable
gluttons?” “We have not heard of them ones manipulate knowledge for paltry

MONTHLY AZEEM ENGLISH MAGAZINE 43 LITERATURE
returns. Businessmen build empires breathe our spirits of light into their
on living skulls. Such is the fattening clay forms. The result may be a
diet of this avaricious species.” terrific change in behavior”.
There was great unrest among the “You’ll have us fly there on a ‘may
gathered angels. be’?” a young angel retorted smilingly.
“Such depravity!" "Heart breaking.” “Some hopes are stronger than
“Callousness.” certainty.”
“But why is this being brought to our Skeptical though they were, the
attention?” team members got ready and flew
“Yes. What are we supposed to do?” downwards to perform their duty
The leader cleared his throat and amidst the hell let loose on earth by its
continued cautiously, “Our team has foolish inhabitants.
been tasked to...” He could not carry When light got mixed with dust, a
on. subtle change aroused deep within
"Crush them?” supplied one of them. the breasts of the clay forms. It was
"We don't want anything to do with not overnight, but it happened. They
violence.” began to abhor what had been their
”Besides, our team's specialty is not normal and struggled to find alterna-
combat." tives. First, a group of revolutionary
“Yeah. We're meant for guiding and laborers, peasants and students
assisting the needy.” challenged the dietary patterns and
”Yes. And this lot looks like it needs switched their diet to vegan and dairy,
the assistance of combat angels, not claiming that they felt guilty and
reformist ones like us!” pained by consuming their own kind.
The leader flapped his wings and Seeing a sizable portion of the popula-
everyone fell silent. “The warring tion demanding change, large corpo-
angels have inflicted natural calami- rations and governments thought it
ties on them, but they haven't amend- necessary to introduce reforms. And,
ed their ways. Therefore, our team so they began to transform existing
has been tasked to reform them.” practices of harmful consumption of
Suddenly, the meeting room was food. Earth was slowly freeing itself of
abuzz with protests and grumbling. gluttonous desires and their conse-
"Reform these...these stains on quences.
humanity?" The world did not become a
This time the leader not only had to paradise. Neither can it be one. But
flap his wings, but also charge sparks deep- stirring compassion and
of light through the length of his sincere efforts of a few humans were
translucent, venous wings to bring enough to light up the globe like stars
the room to order. amidst the dark and somber, silken
“The hearts of mankind are corrupt- skies. The host of angels, having done
ed with greed. That is why they prey their task so discreetly and swiftly,
upon nature and their fellows. They also, began to marvel at these strange
have ruined the balance of the creatures called humans who could
cosmos. Even so, there is a chance for descend lower than the lowliest being
them. Where punishment has failed to or soar higher than the highest seraph
move them, compassion and love may
change their hearts. Our mission is to
fly down to this ruinous place and saranoor722@ gmail.com

Parenting and Confidence II
Fatima Altaf their ideas and views, which need to
be accepted by the parents above all.

Psychologist, Painter
A parent’s acceptance of the child’s
views, ideas and their approach of
06 MINUTES READ seeking pleasure at a child’s achieve-
In the very initial period of life ments is the platform through which
parent’s approachability and connec- a child endeavors out into the world.
tion to their babies have an emotional The self-esteem and self-confidence
and psychological impact on the of children are highly affected by the
development of self-confidence. This over or under-involvement of the
contributes significantly to the parents. It helps the child to know
development of self-esteem and that their parents are there to support
self-confidence. When parental and provide them assistance practical-
involvement is limited, children ly and emotionally, parents also need
usually receive negligible reflection to understand and know when to step
or encouragement. As children back to allow their children to make
mature, the dynamics in the decisions, struggle, fail and succeed.
parent-child relationships naturally When parents accept their children’s
change. They grow and develop, with views, give them space to fall and
growth and development comes their stand with their support; a balance is
own preferences, views and with developed. This balance between
these preferences comes refusal, providing provision and giving
sometimes children refuse or seek to children the freedom to learn their
compromise with parental expecta- own individual desires, strengths,
tions. The parents here need to under- and weaknesses is the basis of how
stand that it is not rebellion or misbe- children develop self-confidence.
havior, just a whole being presenting Parental reflecting through early

MONTHLY AZEEM ENGLISH MAGAZINE 45 MENTAL HEALTH
childhood, adolescence, and young

adulthood communicates acceptance, 3. Protecting them from their
acknowledgement, and admiration. emotions
This contributes significantly to the How the parent’s react to their
development of self-confidence. children's emotions has a big
influence on the development of their
What is the most psychologically emotional intelligence and
damaging thing you can say to a confidence. Provide your children
child? with a structure that helps them
Karl Ngantcha added that saying explain how they feel so they’ll have
nothing at all is the most psychologi- an easier time dealing with those
cally damaging thing you can do to a emotions in a socially appropriate
child. He said: “By nothing I mean not way.
talking, communicating or interact-
ing with your child at all” 4. Make allowances for a victim
mentality
When do children develop Neither host pity in-front of your
confidence? children nor let them play the victim
Most children develop a sense of or exaggerate their misfortunes,
self-esteem and self-confidence as encouraging them to take positive
early as the age of five. action; actions which would lead and
teach them how to face the misfortu-
What destroys a child's confidence? nate events in life. Children who
Emotional abuse by parents recognize their choices in life feel
happens when parents create fear or more confident in their ability to
guilt in the child. Tempting them to create a better future for themselves.
become angry, disrespecting them
through decreased words and 5. Being overprotective
actions, is emotional abuse. Inducing Protecting and keeping your child
shame, fear, anger etc. will ruin the safe is one the basic duties of the
child's self-esteem and confidence. parents, but if you don’t let your child
Parenting mistakes that crush a go out of the protective bubble, it will
child's confidence: do away with their expansion. Parents
though, are the protectors, but
1. Letting them escape responsibility instead of focusing on being a protec-
Doing age-appropriate duties helps tor consider themselves as a guide.
them feel a sense of mastery and Give your children the opportunity to
accomplishment. gain confidence in their ability.
2. Preventing them from making 6. Expecting perfection

mistakes When a child views expectations as
Preventing them from making too high, they might not even bother
mistakes deprives them of the oppor- trying. High expectations are healthy,
tunity to learn how to bounce back. but expecting too much has its conse-
Life’s a great teacher lets them learn quences.
on their own which will help them to
build the mental strength they need 7. Punishing, rather than disciplin-
to do better next time. ing

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There’s a huge difference between tend to develop greater competence

discipline and punishment. Children and self-confidence when parents
indeed need to learn that some have high-but reasonable and consis-
actions lead to serious consequences. tent- expectations for children's
In other words, discipline gives your behavior, communicate well with
child confidence that they can make them, are warm and responsive, and
smarter, healthier choices in the use reasoning rather than oppression
future, while punishment makes to guide children's behaviors.
them think they’re incapable of doing
any better. fatimaaltaf924@gmail.com
Why are parenting styles important?

There are many other things that
influence a child's development, well
above all of them and the most import-
ant is the parenting or the parenting
style the parents or a parent decide
on to adapt. Researchers say it's A poor relation–is the most irrelevant
important to ensure your parenting thing in nature,–a piece of imperti-
style is supporting healthy growth nent correspondency,–an odious
and development, because the way approximation,–a haunting
you interact with your child and how conscience,–a preposterous shadow,
you discipline has a lifelong impact. lengthening in the noontide of your
Physical, sexual, or emotional abuse prosperity,–an unwelcome remem-
may be the most striking and overt brancer,–a perpetually recurring
causes of low self-esteem & low mortification,–a drain on your
confidence. Being forced into a purse,–a more intolerable dun upon
physical and emotional position your pride,–a drawback upon
against one's will can make it very success,–a rebuke to your rising,–a
hard to like the world, trust stain in your blood,–a blot on your
themselves or trust others, which scutcheon,–a rent in your garment,–a
profoundly impacts self-esteem and death’s head at your banquet,–Agatho-
confidence. cles’ pot,–a Mordecai in your gate,–a
Lazarus at your door,–a lion in your
Which parenting style is effective? path,–a frog in your chamber,–a fly in
Authoritarian parenting styles your ointment,–a mote in your eye,–a
generally lead to children who are triumph to your enemy, an apology to
obedient and proficient, but they rank your friends,–the one thing not
lower in happiness, social compe- needful,–the hail in harvest,–the
tence, and self-esteem. Authoritative ounce of sour in a pound of sweet.
parenting styles tend to result in
children who are happy, capable, and
successful. Studies have found that
authoritative parents are more likely An Extract from “Essays
to raise confident kids who achieve of Elia” by Charles Lamb
academic success, have better social
skills and are more capable at
problem-solving. In general, children

MONTHLY AZEEM ENGLISH MAGAZINE 47 MIND SCIENCES
Babysteps
& Moonshots
Armughan Munir The beauty of a Moonshot is that it

Transformation Coach, doesn't matter if you fail or succeed.
Student, Podcaster The only thing that matters is that it
makes you GROW.
02 MINUTES READ So many of us, bore God with our little
Shall a Little kid from India dream of tiny 'realistic' thinking.
Going to the Moon? What matters more than achieving
Peter Diamindis, The founder of your goals is the growth that comes in
Xprize, wanted to privatize space the process.
travel. The problem with a realistic thinking
Naveen Jain is an Indian-American is that,
Entrepreneur who came to the US to It doesn't oftenly makes you grow.
live the "American Dream". I know you might be thinking,
This Indian boy thought, “Okay but how am I supposed to get to
"What if I could do it?" my Moonshot?”
He gathered a team and made a The answer is simple, Take Babys-
small company called, "Moon teps.
Express" Wanna be New York times Best Seller?
In their efforts, they failed multiple Go and write the first paragraph of
times and went through a near death your book.
experience. Wanna make a million dollar compa-
Long story short, ny?
They didn't win the Xprize to Privatize Start by taking the first step in that
Space Travel. Infact. No one Did. direction.
However, In the process. All you need to know is the first babys-
Moon Express invented some of the tep.
cheapest, fastest ways to land on the The rest will unfold as you grow.
moon and NASA bought Moon “When I look into the Future, It's so
Express for 2.8 Billion Dollars bright. It burns my eyes” - Oprah
Naveen went for a Moonshot, Winfrey
And even though he failed, he landed What going to be your Moonshot?
among the stars.
A Moonshot is a symbolic representa-
tion of what a single person can lifethroughlearnereye@gmail.com
achieve.

EDUCATION 48 MONTHLY AZEEM ENGLISH MAGAZINE
the difficulties faced by students and

Azka Durrani teachers alike due to the online
Teacher mechanism of education. However,
the emphasis has always been on the
technical or administrative issues
04 MINUTES READ faced due to circumstantially
Yesterday, while compiling results for enforced online pedagogy mecha-
a BS semester I realized that many nisms.
students kept on reiterating that My observation lies in the emotions
papers should not be held on campus. of the students associated with these
Rather should be conducted online. I online platforms of education. I have
was bemused and wondered why in my classes three types of students;
those students demanded that. These one group is a staunch advocate of
students were able to achieve in their campus learning (the enthusiastic
previous semester A, A+, B+s while on learners), another group loves
campus they managed B, B-, Cs. It reminiscing the past and asks for the
was not hard for me to evaluate what online system to get back and yet a

In Bed or in Class
Attention Span Zero
they missed about online exams. The majority of students remain quiet and
demand of average Pakistani students express no concern at all for either
“GPA 3.0 se above rakhna” was becom- online method or on-campus
ing easier and more convenient. lectures. My interest lies in all of them
This is how it goes on campus: but I am rather curious about the
University students have to be on third. Let me present a rough
campus for a 1.5 credit hour lecture, analysis.
sometimes for a combined 3 credits Students who advocated campus
hour-depending on the availability of learning are either those who desire
the venue, free slots and stamina or an ‘eye contact’ with the lecturer, they
choice of the lecturer. The same goes search for the expression of the
for online class hours. Lecturer-stu- teacher or the look on fellow students
dent availability should be ensured in face when they tackle with a difficult
the allotted time frame. Education- topic or simply, because they want to
ists, academics, and social workers get up in the morning, catch their
have reiterated time and again about bus, hang around in corridors before

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arriving late in the class and choosing like short attention span, adult ADHD,
the back seat to lay back and relax. individual will power and self-driven
And then there are those who are, as motivation and discipline. Interest in
we say in American lingo: geeks or the field, core subject and studying
theetas; they seek recognition and environment also plays a crucial role.
validation and they want to suck in However, in online education these
even the invisible aura of knowledge factors resurfaced to another level
emanating from the lecture room. I because the student was challenged
believe these people miss the on-cam- to adopt a new structure setting aside
pus experience because they associ- his/her idiosyncrasies because he/she
ate their functionality with it. will go through an exam and will have
Other students who advocate to pass it eventually. And this is where
online learning could be introverts, the sad part comes in: Grading on
perhaps. Usually those who despite behalf of the lecturer and cheating on
the disruption in routine were behalf of students.
self-disciplined enough to get up in These two ethics of exam-conduc-
the morning and sit at their study tion cannot be merely inculcated by
table to listen to the lecture being conventional educational methods or
delivered via zoom or Google dictation in morning assemblies. It
classrooms. Another reason can be comes from the society… the
the comfort that comes with it – culture… and the primary nurturing
avoiding the morning hustle bustle or unit: family. Why is it normal to cheat/
simply the convenience of less travel plagiarize during an online exam?
time. Students who remain indiffer- Why is it normal to give ‘grace
ent to the means and medium of marks’? Why is it normal for lecturers
lecture strike as worrisome for me. to make a couple of slides, describe
They are the ones who we call as “khuli and explain it, give a random assign-
ankhon ke sath sonay walay”(sleeping ment and call it a day? Why has this
with eyes wide open). They are there been normalized as “pass kardein
in campus, passively sitting in those inko”? These questions and its
uncomfortable erect wooden chairs solutions fall beyond the parameters
and in online classes, they are those of internet availability or failure of
who are half dozing off in beds with university administration to conduct
micss off and earphones plugged in as classes online. These dilemmas are a
the teacher delivers lecture at the directive of something deeper in the
other end, half the time feeling as if collective psyche and practices of our
she is talking to herself. Even if asked society. From normalizing lecturers
to switch on their video call, the lectur- not to engage students critically to
er simply cannot trace her eyes on the normalizing corruption in upper
screen and shake a student up to pay echelons of leadership, these
attention (that also when my screen is students and lecturers alike, need to
open for a class of 30-40 students). ask themselves this primary question
So, the dilemma is not unique to which ideally should strike to them on
experts of pedagogy: why are some an existential level: are they zombies
students active and others remain living on autopilot mode of existence
indifferent and passive learners? If or have they lost the will to strive for
psychological evaluations are made the truth?
we might say that there are factors azkadurrani@yahoo.com

Birth Control Pills
Cause Breast Cancer !
Hussain Khan Pharmacologically, oral contracep-

Cancer Biologist tives, or birth control pills, are
hormone-containing medications
taken to prevent pregnancy. Majorly,
04 MINUTES READ there are three types of oral contra-
IAMGE SOURCE : VICE

Can birth control pills cause risk of ceptive pills: estrogen, progesterone
breast cancer? It is a big YES; birth and combined. The most commonly
control pills increase the risk of prescribed pill is the combined
breast cancer in women. hormonal pill with estrogen and
Breast cancer is a cancer that progesterone; however progesterone
develops from breast tissue. The is primarily responsible for prevent-
incidence of breast cancer is rising ing pregnancy.
worldwide; therefore it is of major The main mechanism of action is to
importance to evaluate the role of inhibit follicular development and
modifiable risk factors to better guide prevent ovulation. Another primary
future primary prevention strategies. mechanism of action is progester-
Signs of breast cancer may include a one’s ability to inhibit sperm from
lump in the breast, a change in breast penetrating through the cervix and
shape, dimpling of the skin, and fluid upper genital tract by making the
coming from the nipple, a newly-in- cervical mucus unfriendly.
verted nipple, or a red or scaly patch A woman’s risk for breast cancer is
of skin. According to the Centers for linked to her reproductive history and
Disease Control (CDC) source, it has with her lifetime hormonal exposure.
been estimated that roughly 14 Among the known risk factors for
percent of women ages 15 to 49 breast cancer, current research has
currently use the birth control pill established a conclusive link between
globally and this number is far above oral contraceptives pills and develop-
in Pakistan. ment of invasive breast cancer.

MONTHLY AZEEM ENGLISH MAGAZINE 51 HEALTH
Given the public health importance of during and up to 10 years after

breast cancer and the popularity of stopping the pill. However, cancer
hormonal “pills” as contraceptives, diagnoses in women who had taken
the impact of oral contraceptive use birth control pills were less clinically
on breast cancer risk assumes advanced than those who had never
relevance from both a clinical and a taken the pill.
social point of view. Overall, the available level of
Naturally, estrogen and progester- evidence, established on epidemiolog-
one stimulate the development and ical data, but no functional studies,
growth of some cancers that express have demonstrated that the risk of
receptors for these hormones, such breast cancer is 20% higher in current
as breast cancer. Because birth and recent users of hormonal contra-
control pills contain synthetic ception than in those who had never
versions of these female hormones, used the drugs. Furthermore, the risk
they could potentially also increase will be lower when birth control was
cancer risk. Furthermore, the breast used for less than one year, compared
is an estrogen sensitive organ. Many with longer use.
females who have been on birth Given the tendency for women to
control pills or estrogen replacement start using birth control pills at young-
have found that the medications er ages and to use them for longer
result in enlarged breasts which intervals prior to first birth, current
over-stimulate mammary cells and research is directed to evaluate the
trigger breast cancer. These cells are clinically significant risk of oral
more susceptible to the carcinogenic contraceptives for breast cancer from
effects of hormones from the prenatal menarche to first pregnancy.
period through puberty, until the first Future work will be required to
full term pregnancy, because the draw conclusions on the use of oral
breast has not yet completed cell contraceptives and breast cancer
differentiation. onset by establishing “tailored” risk
Through evidence of epidemiologi- factors, based on studies focused on
cal data and years of investigations, it “precise” biological mechanisms. I
has been found that; there is an associ- believe that in this era of 4P (predic-
ation between the exogenous adminis- tive, preventive, personalized, partici-
tration of female sex hormones, as pative) medicines, adopting and
contraceptive pills and with a slight promoting the “prevention” strate-
increase in the risk of developing gies with the full “participation” of
breast cancer. women can enable them to choose
According to a recently published healthy styles of life.
case-control study, it has been nazeerkhan@bs.qau.edu.pk
observed that for women younger
than 35, there is one additional breast
cancer cause for every 50,000 women “QUOTES CORNER”
who used hormonal contraceptives
for a year.
Research reveals that, in women Hope is a waking dream
taking combination birth control Ariﬆotle
pills, the risk of being diagnosed with
breast cancer is slightly higher, both

Franz Schubert’s Islamabad Gets a New
Winterreise Art Gallery in F-9 Park
An art gallery, established by the

Capital Development Authority (CDA),
Franz Schubert's Winterreise (A was inaugurated in Islamabad’s F-9
Classical Music and Contemporary Park in February.
Dance Performance) was organized CDA Chairman Ameer Ali Ahmed
by Goethe-Institute Pakistan in collab- inaugurated the gallery in a ceremo-
oration with the Pakistan National ny, which was attended by artists as
Council of the Arts (PNCA). well as the public.
Winterreise, German for Winter He said that art and culture should
Journey is a cycle of 24 songs for male be encouraged, adding that “our artist
voice and piano composed in 1827 by community has a more important role
Austrian composer Franz Schubert, to play in highlighting it, and it is in
with words by German poet Wilhelm this spirit that the building has been
Muller. renovated to promote art and
The poetry is written in the voice of culture,” as reported by Dawn.
a young man who, upon seeing his The building, which had been in a
beloved marry another, sets out on state of disrepair, has now been
foot in the deepest winter to escape renovated, and, according to Mr.
memories of her. His heart is broken, Ahmed, while there was also a propos-
and his life is a torment of memories, al to convert the building into a restau-
dreams, and present pain. Schubert’s rant, officials decided to develop an
music perfectly captures that torrent art gallery instead. This is indeed
of emotion with his exquisite control welcome news for art lovers as
of the harmonies and melodic flow. Islamabad’s galleries are few and far
The subject matter of a wanderer between; there’s the Nomad Center,
alone with his sorrows was a popular the Tanzara, and the PNCA- Pakistan
theme of the Romantic Era. National Council of Arts. A new
Andreas Heise's Winterreise is a gallery on the block is surely a great
unique interpretation of Schubert's addition.
work. Besides the usual duo combina- According to Ali Ahmad, the “exten-
tion of voice and piano, he is adding sive gallery” will also feature the
the element of dance. “history about the inception of
Islamabad.” Artists from the city will
be part of a non-official board to run
the center.

Margallas
From
Women Hold Up
Half the Sky
In Celebration of Women’s Day.
Satrang Gallery is holding an Art
A fresh survey has been initiated to Exhibition Opening of ‘Women hold
identify more illegal commercial up half the sky’ featuring the works of
activities like food restaurants in fourteen young graduates from the
protected Margalla Hills National Prestigious NCA (National College of
Park (MHNP). Pakistan Environmen- the Arts).
tal Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) has NCA is the oldest institute of
formed a committee to conduct a Higher learning in Lahore, Rawalpin-
survey and prepare reports about di & Islamabad.
illegal commercial activities in the “At the National College of Arts
national park. Various social circles (NCA), we imagine a world. Not one
are raising questions that Monal world, but many. One for each of us,
restaurant has been sealed but other one from each of us, with these we
restaurants in the area are still doing write the autobiographies of our
business in the vicinity of the MHNP. times, in objects, in lines, in mortar,
An official said “The survey will identi- and in perishable clay. In tracing
fy all the restaurants that are illegally ourselves, we leave traces. These are
doing business in the national park. the traces that make our cities. Turn
We will serve notices and will not us inside out like pillowcases with
allow them to violate the existing laws that remembered smell, like shed
introduced to protect the national skins. These are the traces that
park.” populate our nights, and from these
He said that these restaurants are traces, we dare to dream again”.
causing damage to the natural Excerpts from NCA teacher -
environment and forest park and students conversations.
changing the protected buffer zone The young artists represent all the
into a busy picnic spot. A survey different parts of the country, hailing
conducted some years back also from the four provinces, Azaad
showed that 45 percent of the area in Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
the national park is in a ‘bad shape’ This event is set to take place on
and eight percent ‘partially degraded’. Wednesday, 11th March in Satrang Art
The rest of the area was in relatively Gallery, Serena Hotel Lobby between
‘good condition’. 5:30pm to 7:30pm.

Pakistan At Risk! Pakistan. Uncertainty surrounds
Usama Younas projections of change in annual
Geophysicist, Digital Content Creator rainfall, some shifts in seasonality
seem likely. In the context of
04 MINUTES READ Pakistan’s heavy reliance on the Indus
Pakistan faces some of the highest Basin for its water resource, the uncer-
disaster risk levels in the world, tainty around future glacial change is
ranked 18 out of 191 countries. This significant. The impact of climate
risk ranking is driven particularly by change on the Karakoram glaciers has
the nation’s exposure to earthquakes been the subject of debate, with some
and the risks of internal conflict. studies suggesting glaciers have been
However, Pakistan also has high increasing in size due to increased
exposure to flooding (ranked jointly winter rainfall. However, a review
8th), including, riverine, flash, and conducted by UNDP shows shortcom-
coastal, as well as some exposure to ings in these studies, particularly
tropical cyclones and their associated related to the lack of a comprehensive
hazards (ranked jointly 40th) and inventory of Upper Indus Basin
drought (ranked jointly 43rd). glaciers. With an uncertain future for
Disaster risk in Pakistan is also driven glaciers in and neighbouring
by its social vulnerability. Pakistan’s Pakistan, including temperature rises
vulnerability ranking (37th) is driven and changes in the precipitation
by its high rates of multidimensional regime, there is a need for further
poverty. Pakistan scores slightly research and precautionary disaster
better in terms of its coping capacity risk reduction measures. In addition,
(ranked 59th). it suggests that in the shorter-term
the climate change impact on water
Climate Change Impacts resources in Pakistan may be of lesser
Water significance in comparison with the
While increases in the severity of issues presented by growing human
extreme events of both flood and demand for water and other issues
drought seem likely, there is some including the poor efficiency of
uncertainty regarding the long-term Pakistan’s irrigation and water
outlook for water resources in storage systems. However, UNDP

MONTHLY AZEEM ENGLISH MAGAZINE 55 ENVIRONMENT
emphasizes the strong likelihood that restore Pakistan’s natural environ-

longer-term temperature rise will ment, including through major tree
result in glacial loss, and reductions planting efforts over the period
in the runoff which feed the Indus, as 2016–2021.
well as changes to its seasonal profile.
The extent to which changes in Agriculture
rainfall might offset this loss is uncer- Climate change will influence food
tain. D.R. Archer provided a useful production via direct and indirect
overview of the potential impacts of effects on crop growth processes.
climate change in the Indus Basin. Direct effects include alterations to
Issues highlighted include the declin- carbon dioxide availability, precipita-
ing and insufficient capacity of tion and temperatures. Indirect
Pakistan’s reservoirs to serve its effects include impacts on water
needs under future development and resource availability and seasonality,
climate change scenarios, and the soil organic matter transformation,
likely pressure this will place on soil erosion, changes in pest and
groundwater. disease profiles, the arrival of invasive
species, and decline in arable areas
Land and Soil due to the submergence of coastal
Issues of land degradation, deserti- lands and desertification. On an
fication and dryland expansion are a international level, these impacts are
major concern in Pakistan. Around expected to damage key staple crop
80% of Pakistan’s area is arid or yields, even on lower emissions
semi-arid, processes linked to human pathways. Shifts in the optimal and
development such as overgrazing, viable spatial ranges of certain crops
over-exploitation of water resources are inevitable, though the extent and
and over-cultivation, and excessive speed of those shifts remains depen-
use of fertilisers are combining to dent on the emissions pathway. A
degrade land quality and expand further, and perhaps lesser appreciat-
drylands. Ministry of Climate change ed influence of climate change on
reports on the challenges Pakistan agricultural production is through its
has faced in implementing the Nation- impact on the health and productivity
al Action Programme to Combat Deserti- of the labor force. Work by John P.
fication. Jianping Haung suggested Dunne, a foreign researcher, suggests
there is significant potential for that labor productivity during peak
climate change to drive an increase in months has already dropped by 10%
the land categorized as hyper-arid as a result of warming, and that a
(the driest category) under higher decline of up to 20% might be expect-
emissions pathways. This phenome- ed by 2050 under the highest
non has already been documented in emissions pathway. In combination, it
some regions, as droughts become is highly likely that the above process-
more frequent in arid and semi-arid es will have a considerable impact on
areas. Potential impacts of the expan- national food consumption patterns
sion of drylands and desertification both through direct impacts on
include the sedimentation of internal agricultural operations, and
reservoirs, generation of dust storms, through impacts on the global supply
and loss of biodiversity. Initiatives chain.
such as “Clean Green Pakistan” aim to uby@aec.org.pk

How Solar Plant Solved
the Problem of Sheep Farm?
03 MINUTES READ Unequivocally!

Solar energy refers to technologies
that convert the sun’s heat or light to What do sheep have to do with solar?”
another form of energy for use. It is Tom Warren has installed 56,000
the most abundant, renewable energy solar panels on his property.
SOURCE : THE CLIMATE COUNCIL

source in the world. It does not emit
any greenhouse gas in the energy Farmer: “The sheep we’ve got here
generation process. However, the are Merinos. There are about 160 of
cost of solar energy is a barrier to its them. And we believe that if the
adoption. Additionally, sunlight varies drought has not broken out here. We
depending on geographic location, could probably put in quite a signifi-
season, and time of the day which all cant number more.”
creates limitations on its use. Home Central Western NSW has been hit
solar is a clean, emissions-free, and hard by drought in recent years. The
renewable energy source. Unlike panels on Tom’s farm helped create
fossil fuels such as coal and natural green grass for the sheep to eat when
gas, home solar doesn’t release there was no rain.
harmful pollutants or greenhouse gas
emissions—like carbon dioxide—into Farmer: “The solar panels warm up
the air and water supply. Here’s the during the day and they cool down at
story of a farmer who used solar night. They create a layer of condensa-
panels on his farm,fed his sheep and tion on the top of the panels which
also earned money from it. then collects and dribbles off at the
end of the panels each night and that
Farmer says, “If I hadn’t had is creating a ribbon of green grass
transformed any farm to the solar right through the drought. It’s quite
farm, I would have been forced to sell clear that if I didn’t have a solar farm
all of my sheep. during the drought then I would have

had to get rid of the sheep otherwise I
would have had to have fed them for
in excess of two years.”
Solar panels are not just saving
Tom’s money on feed, they are now
even making him money! Our Trust
Trust children. Nothing could be
Farmer: “I continue to get the income more simple, or more difficult.
from my grazing but I also get a signifi- Difficult because to trust children we
cant lease fee which is paid annually must learn to trust ourselves, and
from the owner of its facility itself. So, most of us were taught as children
it’s a win-win for me. And it actually that we should not be trusted – John
increased the amount of money that I Holt
am getting in return for this land.”
More and more Australian farmers Our Respect
are turning to solar to cut their Adults who are respectful of children
electricity bills and make extra are not modeling a skill or behavior,
income. they are meeting the emotional needs
of those children, thereby helping to
Farmer:“I think that renewable create psychological conditions for
energy and farming are absolutely children to treat others respectfully –
fantastic. Clean energy in Australia Alfie Kohn
just makes sense.”
I would love more solar. Our Guidance
YES! If you can control your behavior
It is quite clear from the above talk when anything around you is out of
that the solar system can be beneficial control, you can model for your
for energy in Pakistan too. Many children a valuable lesson in patience
benefits can be achieved from install- and understanding and snap an
ing the solar panels here and energy opportunity to shape up character–
can be saved. Jane Clayton Johnson
DO YOU RELATE? Our Unconditional Love

There are times as a parent when
you realize that your job is not to be
A ﬆrange noﬆalgia you feel the parent you always imagined you’d
when you enter a new phase in be, the parent you always wished you
your life, like it's not the old had. Your job is to be the parent your
child needs, given the particulars of
times that are gone, it's the old his or her own life and nature – Ayelet
you that are gone too, the Waldman
feeling when you realize this Our Fun
exiﬆence of you in every phase Play is the language of childhood.
Speaking our children’s language may
of your life is juﬆ temporary sound like nonsense to us, but it
sounds like love to them – L.R. Knost

A Run Down Reel of
Hip-Hop termed as Desi Hip Hop. DesiHipHop

emerged from the streets of Califor-
nia, when Bohemia, a Pakistani-Amer-
ican rapper and music producer
06 MINUTES READ
started doing his thing, in the late 90s
he is considered as the pioneer, or as
Hip-hop as a medium of art has been he likes to call himself Raja, of this
IMAGES : UNSPLASH
in the world since like the past 5-6 movement, alongside many of his
decades. Rap music, the sub-domain peers like J-Hind, an Indian-Ameri-
of Hip-hop, is America's most can rapper and music producer.
streamed music genre. Hip-hop It took more than a while for the
occurs to you, it’s a lifestyle. It started culture to hit the fan. The first wave of
off in Bronx, New York, and imported, this movement started off in the early
more like imparted to other parts of 2000s. And more people started
the world. Hip-hop is a movement, if joining in and that’s how the caravan
you feel it, you live it. To be hip-hop, went on. It was more of an exclusive
is to be. It’s just you in the purest form club, just only the people who knew
of you. That’s how the charm of about it, were aware of it, and were
hip-hop works. It gives you a chance often made fun of. You might have
to embrace and accept you without seen people rapping at your birthday
any exceptions. You feel it. parties or welcome or farewell parties
Hip-hop, however has a growing as well, if you grew up in those times.
influence, and the movement goes on, The people who were hip-hop at that
there have been growing movements time were usually disregarded or
of hip-hop in the non-other than made fun of. Some of them really did
America parts of the world, which good by keeping on their journey,
keeps on, for instance, we’ve got UK reppin’ themselves, as themselves.
hip-hop, there’s hip-hop movements This is how the second wave of this
in the Persian world, i.e. Iran and movement hit the shore, when the
Iraq, in European nations like Germa- people who identified with this
ny. The movement that came to movement, waved along, and decided
Pakistan and India combined is to make something out of it, by just

MONTHLY AZEEM ENGLISH MAGAZINE 59 ENTERTAINMENT
not rapping to someone else’s beats, producers to rappers to

but making a craft out of it, of their b-boys/b-girls, beatboxers, battle
own. This movement flourished in the rappers, graffiti artists who made it
first half of the 2010s decade. We saw cool to express in the most purest
many rappers, and producers doing form of expression, and now
their thing on their own. YouTube and everyone is interested. You see a
other social media platforms are to be rapper in almost every commercial, if
credited for this wave, as it gave a not the rapper, there must be hip-hop
name to the many unheard and dancers. To go commercial is consid-
unseen artists. The artists appeared, ered a sin in the orthodox old-school
and so did the crowd. school of hip-hop and among the
Third wave was the time of confu- old-school artists of hip-hop, but it’s
sion, and disbelief, when the artists good that people are getting paid, in
got recognition from the audience, such an industry like Pakistan’s. At
but were not validated by the least, we get something out of it.
mainstream media. The many artists Now, we are living somewhere in the
at that time flourished and made a fourth phase of hip-hop, where
name for themselves, on their own, everything is clearer, and both, the
without any help from the art, the artist, and the audience, are
higher-ups, who were found not more flourished than ever. But how
interested in this movement. But did we get here, majorly due to the
guess what, now everyone’s interest- fact that over the years, people got
ed. It was probably post Gully Boy, the more interested in this medium of
Indian film, that actually got everyone art. One of the primary reasons is the
interested in this artform. It takes us fact that hip-hop, or rap, or b-boying,
someone from the outer world, to get or dj-ing, or graffiti, is quite inclusive,
our eyes focused on something, and is very relatable, for any person. A
atleast, it got the people interested, rapper for instance, raps their heart
and I’m glad. Before Gully Boy, out, writes the word, and says it over a
hip-hop was still made fun of, but beat, with a flow, and cadence, tells
who’s laughing now? their story before the world. And it’s
They-See Battle League is to be pretty safe to say that the people are
credited for their contribution to the same, all of us are quite alike, and
hip-hop, a label that promotes our problems are pretty much the
hip-hop in different many ways, like same, and so are the themes for any
organizing battle rap events, recogniz- track.
ing artists, and promoting their Hence, there’s a growing influence
content on their own channel. Other of hip-hop among the people, particu-
artists, aka the OGs like Xpolymer Dar larly the youth of Pakistan. At least the
and The Rap Engineers, Adil Omar, youth is drawn towards some positivi-
Ghauri, DJ Abdur, Moji, Sunny Khan ty for that matter. A developing nation
Durrani, Young Stunners, Farish takes more time to progress, and in
Shafi, Talal Qureshi, Anarchy: (a collec- the meantime, it is the youth that
tive of hip-hop dancers), Daranti suffers the most. Due to different
Group, Gawky Records, BeastBox factors like inflation, extremism,
(beatboxer, who organized interna- terrorism, art movements are always
tional beatboxing competitions) and a better way to cope and deal with it,
other many people involved, from as they give a person some room to

ENTERTAINMENT 60 MONTHLY AZEEM ENGLISH MAGAZINE
express, and more room to relate to, people believe that hip-hop paves way
avoiding the negative traits. And of for violence and anger. That is right,
course, there are some aspects to but that’s not all to it, there’s more,
hip-hop that the earlier generations there’s expression, and the violence
might find hard to catch up with. But and hatred aspect only gets channel-
that is the thing with culture, it goes ized in a good expression.
on, and is not entirely static. Do not impose, when there are
Recently, a motivational speaker already less ways or mediums of
cum preacher’s video surfaced on the expressions for the youth to voice out
internet, and went viral, and faced their opinions, it would only draw
quite backlash as well as endorse- them back towards their shell of
ment from the netizens. The motiva- angst, anxiety, and depression. And if
tional speaker cum preacher was one is truly worried that their
found preaching against hip-hop and children might sway away from the
rap, the person
believes, more
like confuses
hip-hop with
some sorta’
satanic rituals, I
as a rapper, and
part of this
hip-hop fam,
would most
politely ask the
person to chill,
it’s only wrong if
you make it look
wrong, and a
person who is a
speaker, and
spews all hate,
definitely has an
impact, and
makes it look
negative, which, it is not. culture, then, educate your children
Why is it so, that whenever any new to not sway, make them aware of the
progression takes place, you’ll find consequences of any XYZ circum-
people advocating against it. Well, it stances. Don’t ask them to stop experi-
could be due to the fact that we the encing things, let them experience
homo sapiens, particularly, from this some experiences, let them express,
region are not adaptive to change. No and let them be. Believe it or not,
change is good initially, it takes a hip-hop is here to stay, and will only
clock two round circles to call it a day. flourish in the coming many years.
And a lot happens between those
twenty-four hours. Verily, there are
many aspects to this artform, which
are not likable, for instance, some

Why Do
Judges Wear
Wigs?
02 MINUTES READ
Have you ever wondered? Why do
judges wear wigs? Well, the short
answer is Colonialism and British Raj.
The costumes worn by judges are just
about the most distinctive working ed wholesale until 1685. In 1760, the
wardrobe in existence. But that’s not era of George III, the wig fashion
altogether surprising: after all, not started. These wigs are made up of
many uniforms have had seven horse hairs. These wigs were not used
centuries to evolve……. The judges for beauty but their reason was
who decide someone’s life and death, something else. Because of unhygien-
if they wear a wig it is very difficult to ic conditions, the people in Britain
take them seriously. There was a time got lices in their hairs and they had
SOURCE : THE CLIMATE COUNCIL

when every person used to despair in hair loss because of sexually transmit-
the crowd with this kind of look. ted diseases. To avoid this, they
Strange as it might seem now, when started wearing wigs. The wigs style
judges first started wearing robes and changed till 1780 because judges
wigs they probably wouldn’t have wanted them to stand out. Judges
stood out on the street. wore only full-bottomed wigs until
The costume of a High Court judge, the 1780s, when the less formal, and
for example – a long robe, a full hood smaller, bob-wig, with frizzed sides
with a cowl covering the shoulders, rather than curls, and a short tail or
and a mantle (or cloak) – was more or queue at the back, was adopted for
less established by the time of Edward civil trials.
III (1327-77) and was based on the The full-bottomed wig continued to
correct dress for attending the royal be used for criminal trials until the
court. 1840s, but is today reserved for
This dress code was considered ceremonial dress; smaller wigs are
suitable for the courtroom. In 1660, in used on a day-to-day basis.
the era of Charles II, the first appear- That wig trend doesn’t have any
ance of these wigs was found. The relation with our religion or culture.
judiciary, however, took some time to This trend started in Britain and
convince; portraits of judges from the prevailed there for a long time. Now,
early 1680s still show judges defiantly this trend has changed a bit.
sporting their own natural hair, and
wigs do not seem to have been adopt-

BONUS 62 MONTHLY AZEEM ENGLISH MAGAZINE
7 Why Are There

Days a Week?
02 MINUTES READ Norse God of war tiw. Mercury day

Did you know that there’s only one was renamed “Wodins day”, after the
thing every single culture, country, Norse God of Wisdom Wodin or Odin.
and religion in the world agrees on? Jupiter day was called Thor’s day.
And it is that there are only seven days after the Norse God of thunder. The
a week, not one more not one less. venus day was renamed after the
Christians, Muslims, Jews, Europe- Goddess of love, Frigg or Freya. So, it
ans, Arabs, Asians, from China to was called “Freya day “. Many cultures
Antarctica, everybody has seven days tried to change the week like the
a week. But why 7? What’s so special Egyptians and Romans who had 10
about that number that every person days a week instead of 7 but it never
worked out because almost every
SOURCE : NAS DAILY

on the planet agrees on?
Thousands of years ago, people other country of the world was happy
didn’t have iPhones or watches to tell with 7. Actually, the world fell in love
the time, so they would look up at the with 7. That number became so
planets and their positions to guess it! popular that we started using it
They saw 7 planets including the Sun everywhere like seven wonders,
and the Moon. And believed that each rainbow, sins, continents, seas,
had superpowers. So, they started to chakras, piano keys, harry potter, it
worship them. One would be the God became a lucky number. So lucky that
of justice, the other would be the if you hit it 3 times in a slot machine,
Goddess of love. And in this way, you’ll become mega-rich. It’s so
every planet became a God. They popular that even Cristiano Ronaldo
wanted these Gods to watch over picked it up as his jersey number and
them 24/7, so they assigned one God James Bond uses it as a codename,
to every hour of the day. And eventual- scientists found out that the reason
ly, they even gave a whole day to each. we love it so much is that we can only
And that’s how it ended up with seven remember 7 things at a time in
days for seven Gods i.e. Moon day, short-term memory anything more
Mars day, Mercury day, Jupiter day, than that we would need to write it
Venus day, Saturn day, Sunday. These down. So the next time you feel like
people were the Babylonians. Their your week is too long or you can’t wait
week system got so popular that it for the weekend. Just remember it
spread to Spain, France, India, Malay- could’ve been much longer if we had
sia, and the North Pole, that’s how followed the Egyptians.
Mars day became Tiws’day after the

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march 2022 - vol.

ESSENTIAL ADVICE FROM AN ARCHITECT

AND CONFIDENCE of soil PAGE 14

THE FAKE WEALTH INDUSTRY PAGE 04

MAKING INFLUENCERS LOOK RICH

CAUSE BREAST CANCER !

Editor-in-Chief Art Driector

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The Interpretation of Lateefa

places. These places are always

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What is Reference (waseela)

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