Have we given up?

In Cricket ,senior team lost to a senior team and the junior team lost to Australia’s junior team . Winning and loosing are as common as sports themselves but when it comes to “V” the Pakistanis than winning always seems to be coming by chance or by luck and we never believe that winning is our right!

Why are Aussies always sure that they can!
And why are “V” always shaky that can “V”?

What are the stimulants of Hunger for victory?
Why do some nations keep on winning and some keep on justifying failures?

I analyzed various segments of our society and noticed few things.

Our poor people (People who have nothing to loose but still they keep on loosing!)

They scold the system but do nothing about it!and almost without exception they all are occupied with their physiological needs as one would expect but they really do not know the power they can have being large in number and getting united due to common interests the way the rich do!
They look towards the rich (Politicians) for help and rescue without realizing that the rich enjoy being rich to the fullest when they are surrounded by poor! So the interest of the rich would be that nothing changes around them!
The little that I know of about world history is that without exception no economic or political revolution became successful unless Masses (who were poor of the society) joined it and no autocracy survived once masses stood against it!
Inventions and Developments came by those who could see beyond the dinner table and beyond themselves when they had nothing to look up to!

When I look at the poor around than I observe dishonesty and laziness across all groups of people ranging from a Motor mechanic to a Molvi who teaches through the holy book! .They want to have free rides and lunches in the name of poverty but do not want work hard to alleviate it!

Our middle class (What would the people say? group)

They scold the system but do nothing about it! and people from this segment are always busy in portraying to the poor that they are rich and to the rich they portray that they are not poor! Our middle class overspends through borrowed money on occasions and events just to keep their Hats high! Their misery seems to be ever lasting and ever deepening! They save and borrow to spend at marriages/Death anniversaries and at number of occasions which have no religious or economic justification. Middle level socio economic groups just work or snatch!(through misuse of authority) to keep an image and status in the society as being rich and being in between rich and the poor they keep on consuming resources rather than investing them!

Our rich! (Big pockets but impoverish thinking group)

They scold the system but do nothing about it!.Religion and Economic systems both hold them responsible for rest of the society but they themselves keep on discovering new shapes and forms of hunger and they hardly work for self actualization. At parties the rich look desperate to have something which is just a drink! And they show off cloths/Mobiles and bags the way children do(impoverish thinking) and they never seem to realize that getting certified as rich through showing off consumption items is actually a sign that their heads are down towards their bellies and instead they should have been looking up to achieve something more than consumption of a human body!

When these social classes join than they also display few common traits!

“V” are Bad investors In terms of time and money (we consume a lot which could be avoided or saved like we spend billions of rupees to import Tea and Beatle leaf rather than using the money to grow such items in the country the way Saudis have become self-sufficient in growing wheat!)

“V” are not organized (Obvious signs come at roads, after prayer time at mosques, in our graveyards and our economic and social development policies!)

“V” lack self respect!(Consider conduct of our ministers/Heads of government/Heads of state, of those generals who withdrew in East Pakistan/Siachin/ Kargill, of those cricketers who are still desperate to play IPL after Indians have humiliated them, of us who still admire Indian stars without realizing what they think of us!)

“V” do not own our country (consider visa applications/immigration rate in our country!)

“V” do not believe in God so we keep on offending him through our acts!


We are sure that nothing is going to change but do we give up that easily on ourselves or on children when they are under performing? If not than why have we given up on our mother land? Please reply by adding comments to the post!

Does God understand Urdu?

As soon as our Elders introduce us to God ,they start telling us the ways to communicate with him and very soon one realizes that what a difficult task it is! as Arabic seems to be the only language which can travel from the earth to the skies so we have to speak it even when we do not understand it!

At later stages we learn expressions like inshallah which means with God’s will but practically our acts prove that we believe in everything but God’s Will like References to get Jobs or bribery for smooth functioning. We offer our daily prayers in Arabic and again when we do not understand what we are saying to God so deeds contradict the words. We rush to finish our prayers only to get back where we had left from in the life based upon the sole objective of directly or indirectly accumulating wealth.

When we are born than call for prayer (Azan) is made in our ears and when we would die than our prayers would be offered. In spite of knowing this as the time between the Call and the prayer we are occupied in everything which is temporary and we are ignorant of what would last beyond death. Probably without exception all the religious scholars are convinced that prayers should not be performed in Urdu (some might not be sure if prayers in Urdu would even be accepted)but if prayers are meant to discipline us than how can we follow a discipline which we do not understand ?



Similarly if we are handed over a machine manual than this manual is supposed to help us running the machine and if we can not understand it than it wouldn’t be of any use even if we learn it by heart. Quran is supposed to be the manual of Life. We take pride in finishing its chapter in 20 min, we show respect to the people who have learned it by heart by addressing them Hafiz saab but what’s the point in learning it or reading it with command when we fail to comprehend the code of life in it!

Is language actually significant in religion if we actually believe that God is all around us?

How can we be proficient in a language (Arabic) which is not practiced in routine and if we need to practice it than what is that need?

Do you think Quran should be taught in Urdu at the age when our kids start taking its lessons?

Should prayers be offered in Urdu?


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Are we loosers because of our parents?

In any society (civilized or uncivilized), Systems prevail to coach the younger about ways to behave or survive .These systems are run by the elders and are adopted by the youngs as effectiveness of such systems is time proven and it continues to be so till the time some change is observed in the society or environment and the elders make modifications in the systems to adopt or reject such change and progression of the society continues. Civilization keeps on following the path to progress but its focus remains at the basics like Food, Shelter and clothing even though time keeps on redefining and reshaping our hunger and need for protection.

Such systems also prevail in our society where elders guide in the light of religion, culture and traditions but apparently our elders are not convinced about any single system(If fundamental guidance should come from Nationalism? Islam? Economic interests?).Whatever they teach is restricted to sustaining or improving family’s socio economic status. They emphasize on education as it brings greater job security (but that is all that it does!). They also tell us to behave like a Muslim (to the extent practices don’t displace us from our comfort zone and we can help the needy and perform Pilgrimage through the money earned by bribery and other unfair means!).


Being children our evaluation is on the basis of our obedience and ability to earn. Assuming that it is not an over simplification of the issue but at times I feel that the reason we are not growing as a Nation is that we missed parents like Jews have who made sure that their younger ones stick to their roots without loosing focus on their objective of controlling power centers of the world. Proof of Jews being better parents is the success which they have achieved in Economic, Media and Research related fields (probably three more blog posts can be uploaded just to list down Jewish Nobel Prize winners, Media enterprises, Financial Hubs and achievers).

Too much obedience kills spirit of free thinkers who can challenge the system and ill traditions. Our elders always look happy while telling us that how beautiful the past was (when they were young!) and how pathetic the present is and they almost always never realize that actually its because of mentally living in "The Past" which keeps them from preparing the young for "The Future!" Our society still has not learned that it’s the combination of wisdom by the elders and energy of the Youth which makes a nation progress and not by raising a breed which is just trained to follow the rules rather than challenging them!

Please participate in the discussion by adding comments for/against the following opinions and do mention your name at the end.

Should Economic prosperity be considered as a criterion to judge paternal abilities prevailing in a society?

Are Japanese, Jews and Americans better parents than us?

We the Pakistanis loose at every front (Sports, economy and system development etc) not because we are unfamiliar with struggle but because we don’t work hard and our elders have nothing to do with it?

Are we different from Meera (Irtiza Rubab)?

Before answering this question we need to describe her.

She is a Pakistani Film actress who was commercially successful in Pakistani movies /T.V commercials and later on she appeared in few of the Indian movies by mainstream distribution houses. That was when Pakistani Classes started noticing her and that was when Pakistani media started highlighting her poor English and immature media statements. Recently Pakistani media broke two scandals about her secret marriage and her failed attempt to host a program in English.

If we list down the reasons of her ridicule than here are the main ones

1: She speaks incorrect English

2: She did Kissing scenes in an Indian movie

3: She married secretly and denied it

4: She makes media statement which most of the Pakistani people find hard to swallow
Let’s see if she is an exception!

1: For her incorrect English
When I ask people that would they laugh in the same fashion if Julia Roberts speaks incorrect Urdu than the usual reply is Oh! She (Julia Roberts) is different! She is such a beautiful great actress and than I ask if looks and performance are the criteria than why are we stuck with Meera’s English and than they say “If she can’t speak it than she shouldn't try it!” but the fact remains the same that we find it stylish to speak incorrect Urdu but display our national inferiority complex when we judge people by their command over a foreign language rather than their expertise in certain areas.

2: Criticism over her Skin exposure and kissing scenes in Indian movies becomes the funniest!
When done by the people who are regular viewers of English movies and have absolutely no idea of what is going on in Pakistani movies! What she does on screen has no justification but if she is bad because of her extreme display than why are Indian and English movies allowed in Pakistan? And what about all the T.V shows on cable with viewer’s classification of 16&18 SNLV ratings but practically absolutely no viewer’s restriction?

3: She kept her marriage secret
the way most members of our society hide their corruption (which prevails from a motor mechanic to Head of the state. Major portion of our society is corrupt .More corrupt are the ones who have more authority and the less corrupt ones are desperate to expand their share!

4: She acts naive at media
than are the Politicians different in this regard? Any one can refer to YouTube to compare conversation between Firdous Ashiq Awan and Kashmala Tariq or Fauzia Wahab’s replies to Javed Chaudhry and more which have been collected through various channels and shows.

I am not a Fan of Meera and I have never admired what she does at or off the screen but I do appreciate the way some of our actresses try to face the world because if I had born in the neighborhood where most of them have born and raised the way they have been raised, I really don’t think I could ever face the world after knowing what it thinks about me!

What is your opinion? Are we (Pakistani society collectively) different from Meera?

Please reply by adding comments and do mention your name!