Friday, December 28, 2007

Numbness, Homelessness


Have ya ever wondered how would ya feel if you have been spotting a board for nearly 6 months saying “exciting new trader coming soon” and then all of a sudden neither that spot remains nor that sign. Ya ask people and they look at ya as if you are insane. This is exactly what i am feeling right now.

Since yesterday i have been numb . I have done nothing but fed and washed my child and watched news. So much has been said globally that has inspired me. Here are only a few of most striking quotations:

They are randomly selected so no continuity should be expected.

U.S News

Benazir also had a unique quality of kindness and caring. She would always begin her E-mails with something encouraging similar to the November 14 note that said, "I thank u for the excellent advice. I felt quite empowered myself after reading it." And she would usually end all correspondence with best wishes to my wife and daughter. Many of the 160 million people in Pakistan and people from around the world also felt empowered by her. She was a natural who believed in achieving higher goals through her humanity. 1

Bhutto was married on Dec. 18, 1987, to Asif Ali Ardari, a wealthy businessman who would later be jailed on corruption charges. The marriage was arranged by her mother; Bhutto did not meet her future husband until five days before their engagement. She opted to keep her name, saying, "Benazir Bhutto doesn't cease to exist the moment she gets married. I am not giving myself away. I belong to myself and I always shall." 2

Silencing a living opponent is hard enough. But silencing a martyr? That's impossible.3

Hindustan Times


“Karan, I can’t live with fear in my heart. I can’t fight terror scared of the terrorist. And if ordinary people have to face up to death, then politicians must be ready to face that situation first.”4

The day after her death, I received Benazir’s New Year card. It reads, ‘Praying for peace in the world and happiness for your family in 2008.’ Unfortunately, they were denied to her. 5

BBC Urdu

And then there is a very heart warming article in Urdu by a Canadian columnist Hessian Mujtba that i have no time to translate but its the title of this article that says it all......

“At my reincarnation...let me not be a daughter”6

BBC News

"I don't fear death."

"I don't think it can happen unless God wants it to happen because so many people have tried to kill me." 7

And then for years after, a woman with a weakness for sweets had to withstand questions from the press about her fluctuating weight.

One of my colleagues once asked her if she was pregnant again and she turned on him with a sharp retort: "No, I am not pregnant. I am fat. And, as the prime minister, its my right to be fat if I want to."

"Silk and steel," was how she described the late Indian leader Indira Gandhi in her memoirs.

This was Benazir too - a steely determination matched by very human vulnerability.

Lyse Doucet first reported for the BBC from Pakistan in 1988 and went on to become the BBC correspondent there from 1989 to 1993. She has continued to report on the country since then.8

A noble soul...

A dedicated mother.......

Business Unfinished!

May her soul rest in peace. Amen

Dave Mathews Lyrics in memory of my Ideal for courage:


Sirus Jones 1810 to 1913,
Made his great grand children believe that you could live to 103,
103 is forever when you're just a little kid,
so sirus jones lived forever.
Gravedigger
when you dig my grave, could you make it shallow
so that i can feel the rain, Grave digger

Merial Stone 1903 to 1954
she lost both of her babies in the second great war,
now you should never have to watch your only children lowered
in the ground.
i mean you should never have to bury your own babies

Grave digger
when you dig my grave, could you make it shallow so i can
feel the rain, Grave digger

Ring around roses,
Pocket full of Poises,
ashes to ashes
we all fall down
Grave digger
When you dig my grave, could you make it shallow so that i can
feel the rain, Grave digger

Little Mikey carson 67 to 75, he rode his bike like the devil until
the day died
when he grows up he wants to be Mr. verdiago on the flying trapize
1940 to 1992
Gravedigger
When you dig my grave, could you make it shallow
so that i can feel the rain,
Grave digger
When you dig my grave could you make it shallow
so that i can feel the rain i can feel rain, i can feel the rain,
rain

Grave digger
when you dig my grave, could you make it shallow so
that i can feel the rain
Grave digger

Grave digger

3http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071228/bhutto_email_071228/20071228?hub=TopStories

4http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=bd39627c-d48b-4277-9d61-833a963f21fe

5http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=9f49d81b-02a2-4924-94f4-708f57a12d43

6http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/story/2007/12/071228_bhutto_prince_fz.shtml

7http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7162403.stm

8http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7163697.stm


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