Quill to Scroll

There came the most awaited guests of the day. A woman of age about 50, whose poise was visage, stepped out the car. I gathered to be the mother of the boy, followed by a coquettish girl who was in her mid-20s of life. Finally, stepped out of the car, the chief guest of the day; dark, slender, tall about 30 years of his age, wearing black shalwar Qameez and polarized sun shades. The whole scenario of their entry in our house looked like a scene from a Bollywood movie, where the hero makes his first entry. While I was watching them entering our place, I was all tired and sweaty because of working in the kitchen and of the scorching heat. So I went back to my room and decided to take a shower again, to feel fresh. When I came out, I had no time left to do the frosting all over again, as I had been summoned to the legendary task of presenting tea in front of the guests. The ritual cascading down, generations to generations, where the guests and the hosting family present a completely diff...

"Wake up Javeria! Get ready, clean up and don't forget to apply whitening serum on your face; a family is coming to see you for marriage proposal. " Lying on my bed listening to all of this and pondering on the fact that this whitening serum might make my dark complexion a little better but would it erase the darkness of my unfortunate life, and would it work the same to erase the dirt and darkness of people's minds. Whilst I was pondering on the miseries of my life and of those created by community,  I heard an uproar again,  "Javeria! Get up already, you have a lot of work to do."  So I finally gathered courage to leave my bed, get ready for the adventure coming my way. At the same instant, the door of my room struck open and my mother entered, with some Ubtan in her hand.  "Javeria ! Please apply this on your face. I don't want you to miss this chance again." She handed me the Ubtan and left the room. The Ubtan in the bowl smelled terrible a...

" Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truth. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult, once we truly understand and accept it- then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters. " The Road Less travelled, an extraordinary book on life's meaning and spiritual growth, written by M.Scott Peck a military trained psychotherapist, writer and influential spiritual guide, is an outstanding read about life's journey and the rewards of travelling on the path of spiritual growth. The writer has beautifully divided the book in four sections i.e. Discipline, Love, Growth and religion, and Grace. All these sections interlinked and well explained about spiritual growth. The first section of the book as stated in the first line, is about pain and suffering. Pain and suffering give a true meaning to the life. It explains a...