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Women's Day - An Open Letter

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"Resilience", (noun), "the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties" is the most commonly known word. Many literature experts come up with different examples and illustrations to explain the meaning, but let's explore the new dimension of it. The first important word in the definition of resilience is "Capacity". Well, there is a divine body, who had twin kids. She would keep one of them in her sacred vast lap, and the other in the safest place of this world, yes in her shelter-like arms. And if one of the kids would make her life difficult with endless cries and shrieks, she would swap their positions and the cycle would go on till both are asleep. But this would not mean the start of the rest period of her, the sheer willpower would push her on to sew the clothes in an icy cold night. While doing so, an affectionate pair of an eye from corners would keep a check on both of them to see if any were feeling discomfort. Then, out of her unlimited ...

Reunion after 24 Years - Australia tour to Pakistan

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24 years ago, some of us were not alive, fair share were in wombs and quite a few were toddlers and crying maniacally in laps of mothers. Life was simple and natural then : Social Media did not exist, mobile phone was not a thing in this part of world, and the houses having a TV were considered to be the landlords of region. Our Nation in natural spirits was booming in 90's, be it the music, be it the Sports, and even the economy was on surge. "Cricket" has continued to ran in veins of this country so much so that my mother would wake up or even some times would stay woke late in night at 3 a.m just to listen the radio commentary of matches being played in Australian continent.  Synchronized with bloom of sports here, Cricket was also reaching new heights in Australia in 90's. Uplifted by their first world cup trophy in 1987, Kangaroos molded into 'unbeatable beasts' stuffed by giant warriors in form of Waugh brothers, Warne, Healy and co. Aussies team a gal...