While running institutions, gentleness is necessary, but the results of gentleness can be very dangerous and dire. — It has been raining all night during the winter and the clouds are still pouring in the morning. It was already cold, but the continuous rain made it even colder. My house is located on a rough, unpaved road, and getting to school on rainy days is a challenge. I…

Every social media user should read these backgrounds — More than half of the world’s population are digital citizens, and this statistics is growing day by day with the recent technologies (e.g., Artificial Intelligence, 5G and Internet of Things). If you’re reading this preview, you’re in that statistic too. A short definition is; …

“Human life is filled with a lot of pain. This pain is unbearable. We shouldn’t raise more humans to suffer, and we should end humanity” — It is a cold December night in Peshawar، Pakistan. People are fighting to move forward in a tiny market. Throughout the day, shopkeepers on the street have done thousands, if not millions, of sales. They are still waiting for new clients to return home with a nice day’s earnings to…

Employee salaries at my institution range from 5,000 PKR to 120000 PKR. The ones who are paid minimum show higher performance. — I don’t know how employees are compensated in developed nations, however, in Indopak, they receive a monthly salary. They still get paid even if what they do is bad for society. In my public institution, there are about 21 teachers who receive monthly salaries from the government account ranging from…

There was an innocent, speechless wounded puppy lying on the road telling the story of the barbarism of the people who don’t waste a moment cursing the government. — The summer afternoon sun is shining brightly, and I’m driving down the village link road to the nearest main road. There is a 2–3 km section in the middle of the road which was started by the previous government, but after the end of the government, everything for this road…

That man has to die but humanity has to live — Life is so brief and uncertain that we never know whether we will be able to breathe in the next moment. With a few breaths, we enter the world and then leave. Death is so powerful that despite centuries of research, scientists have never been able to stop it for…

I understand that there is a lot of stress, grief, and concern in the world, yet everyone wants to be happy and avoid pain — Whether you believe it or not, I believe that heaven and hell are both all around us. The decision is made by our thoughts, habits, and subconscious. We fall into its trap, and yes, we become its slaves. In my perspective, our heart is a blend of our thoughts, habits…

Everyone is surrounded by a red circle, and crossing it means confronting him with an unknown fear — I have grown up far beyond the age of phones and mobiles. It was the era of letters when the news of the arrival of the son at the destination reached the mother after months. The postal services took months to deliver the letters to their destination. After getting the…

Childhood memories with BBC radio services After hearing my mother’s voice in the morning, the first sound I heard in my ears — was the BBC Urdu service. And when I opened my eyes, I saw my father, shaving his beard for the morning army parade, with the radio on…

Be exceptional rather than altering yourself to be useful in particular situations — People don’t remember you for your kindness; instead, they remember you for one poor quality out of a hundred good ones. Don’t do good to a person, but to humanity. Make it a habit to be excellent rather than adapting yourself to be useful in specific situations. Serving humanity, in…

Skills, the individual require today and in the near future — My mother used to tell me (as a kid) that my relatives could undertake hard physical labour, such as climbing mountains to get firewood or harvesting crops, but that I couldn’t. I was in the village with my mother, and physical labour was seen as a skill and perfection at…

The Camel desiring to have horns lost even his ears — Everyone in us wants to be a leader, wants to lead millions and billions of people, wish to be obeyed, to be respected. But listen— become a leader of yourself first, lead yourself. Control yourself, control your thoughts and behaviours. In the universe, everyone is unique Every individual in this world is unique — everyone has…

Don’t be afraid of strong winds, O Eagle, It moves to make you fly high — Don’t be afraid of strong winds, O Eagle, It moves to make you fly high This is the famous verse of Allam Muhammad Iqbal and I wholeheartedly agree with it. Your haters are the real motivations behind your elevation. Headwinds are necessary for those who want to fly higher in…

When I came back to a ‘normal’ life, people started calling me ‘abnormal’ — Jun Jundai is a resident of Thailand. His TEDx lecture caught my attention. I heard a few phrases he uttered, the Thai-English sentences were so catchy that I couldn’t stop myself to listen to him. Life, according to John Jundai, is simple, but humans have made it difficult. They’ve made…

Child labor is cruelty, which is considered right — There are many reasons why children are not interested in education and drop out of school, but running a home system by making children work hard is one of the reasons that speaks loudly. …

It’s your journey, your way and you’ve to cover it — The journey of life is not paradise to be covered easily and happily. This voyage is hard and painful. Everyone has to cover it with a lot of troubles, hurdles and apposite pushes. Everyone is accompanied by different people on the way but everyone has different worlds of thinking and…

Negativity is not a problem of this era only, it has been a problem of every age — Negativity is not a problem of this era only, it has been a problem of every age. Particularly for those who follow the laws of nature or a straight line but are not trained for society. There is a toxic atmosphere in the office, society and it is very difficult…