May – June Meanderings

Hospitals humble you. There are many cases with such intensities that your suffering seems incomparable to them. We are taught countless times that ‘Health is wealth’ and we all must have written dozens of essays on the same topic.

Helplessness aggravates when you God forbid have neither health nor money to support your treatments. The irony is people would invest in life insurance but not in health insurance which actually gives you a better quality of life. I myself also never did.

What about a poor over-populated family who have no means and accessibility to the bare necessities? All this at this moment in time, what’s me to get down to my knees and be thankful.

I know I would’ve cholesterol (even it’s on borderline and not that severe) because of my weight and eating issues. I also have minor gallstones diagnosed this month. I was advised for urgent surgery but I am thankful that through this process I now know that how can I manage all this. Major problem for my pains was actually an acute liver infection and my surgery was cancelled after second opinion but finally I feel I am back on the track of healthy lifestyle.

So this month, I got admitted not in Aga Khan University’s surgery ward but in the university’s Institute of Educational Development for M.Ed program. Now this is what you call a close call.

I always wanted to study in AKU. It was a silent wish. Never thought much about it all my life as I never wanted to go into medicine. The major reflection I went into, was only when I got to know about the Teacher Education program for Masters in Educational Development by a friend and decided to apply. Now I know this is it!

God is kind, mashallah.

ps: We take so many blessings for granted and during this process, we might also end up abusing those blessings. We should think more about the choices.

Satrangi Re!

It’s like nearly a month that I have not blogged and that is bad.

I went to day screenings of Kara Film Festival today which comprises of shorts, documentaries and indie work. Had a great time. Every time I go there, it reminds me that I had a passion for direction which seems to be sort of distant dream now. Priorities are also in a maze. Then IBA is organizing a documentary competition for students. Should I give it a try? Okay I will come up with a concept and even a script but I don’t have fund for equipment. Even if there is equipment, I don’t have a team who knows how to use it. Making something unpresentable with a lot of hard work is no good either. But having something than nothing isn’t bad either. I am stuck!

One thing that I still want to say, a thing which I also blogged at KMB is, seriously feel that we are really good with stories and characterization but we need to work on screenplay and camera angles/composition big time and sometimes vice versa. Somehow both come seldom in a project. Something which is of Mehreen Jabbar’s calibre.

Chalo dekhte hain zindagi kis mor par le jati hai.

Kab tak karte raho ge Insha Ka Intezaar!

The last month has been quite satisfying. I have started studying about cultural

Awestudies. Then have been to not one but three plays – two of them were artistically masterpieces. Enjoyed seeing the performances and also capturing them on camera. Insha Ka Intezaar was the last one that I saw. A great production by Tehrik-e-Niswan. Everything from performances of Sheema Kermani, Saleem Mairaj and other two actors, lighting, dialogues, set – everything was perfect and minimalist which is hard combo to achieve. I guess there is no entertainment like meaningful theatre. This post is just for the acknowledgement of the great work Tehrik-e-Niswan has done. There is no point of writing all about what was presented because the effect of theatre is very different. Still you can read these reviews: http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=144098 and http://www.dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/entertainment/a-desperate-existence-ss and http://www.dawn.com/weekly/images/archive/081026/images2.htm

Pics @ My flickr – Insha Ka Intezaar

I wish I could sing.

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