Wednesday, October 26, 2011

WOMEN

for some weird reason, i feel like writing an ode to women  - in general - i want to reassure every woman that she is especial, that even just by existing she is making this world a better place.

a woman endures so much even today that i can't even think of!!!!!! with my protected and pampered life. with my rights, as human being, a woman and muslim, i can't even think of what women go through every day, what they have went through during the centuries!!!!!!!

a woman gives up so much - good or bad, right or wrong, deserving or undeserving, a woman gives up so much. i always think that women can change their own fate, no one will come from outside to give them what they so badly desire - recognition, equality, respect, rights - women have to fight for themselves.

a woman, still tries to prove herself, prove that she deserves the life she has, that she deserve the education, the chance of work, the reward that she got, the freedom she has so fought for. nothing have changed for a woman. everything is still same, it is just wearing fancier clothes.

i have heard men go on and on about how their wives are, but have they ever realised that their wives might have something to say. that may be they have given up their fate to be with them. most of them, no.

i wont say that women are perfect, but they are far far away from what they actually deserve. we still don't respect woman for anything!!!!! neither her beauty, intellect, skill, - nothing. she is still the commodity!!!!

why???

the way women have fought for their rights, for human rights, the way they fought for the equal pay, voting rights, they way they work in farms, they run business, they raise kids, they earn a living, they make homes, the way they dress up, they way they talk, the way they make u feel. isn't it just simple beautiful?????

the women for some weird reasons are thought of as weaker gender, but yet they are subjected to the worst tortures that any one can think of.

why?

i dunno what i hv wanted to write and what i have written , i am simply overwhelmed by what women have done for this world since the beginning of the times, how they have been treated and whatever they continue to do, despite everything. i have no words to express what i have to say....

Sugandh

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

AALU ANDAY

i discovered this video just now... and i m hooked. WOW ppl in pakistan are getting braver and political everyday. i just gave up the hope of ppl [read youth] becoming political any day soon, but now i was wrong. good job guys




and just today i filled a form in college about social media and political activities in Pakistan. no doubt that youth have become more politically aware and they speak out more often, all thanks to platforms like facebook, twitter, and blogger :), but it is a long way before ordinary ppl start participating in politics actively.

till then i'll keep my fingers crossed and hopes high.

wabasta reh shajar se, umeed-e-bahar rakh :)

Sugandh

Monday, October 17, 2011

Pakistani comics

i am a big comic fan. ever since i learnt how to read them [follow the conversation] i have never let go of the chance to read a comic, wherever it is published. initially my favorites were 'Archie comics' [they still hold a special place on my bookshelf]
and then there were comics like 'Marvin',

'blondie'
and 'family circus' 
and not to forget 'Garfield'

but all of these comics were foreign and whatever they depicted it was alien [although not very to me, but still] so when i discovered 'kachee goliyan' i was exhilarated. why???? our very own comic, showing the real face of our society and showing what is the thought process of our youth and how we are affected by foreign media and blah blah blah....

the success of 'kachee goliyan' also proves something to me, that i always was in doubt of, that Pakistanis are unable to embrace a new idea - but it proved to me that new ideas can flourish in Pakistan, if they are good they would be liked and appreciated.

'kachee goliyan' have also provided a venting medium to youth, in form of 'fan art' on their facebook page. it is not only artist who now owns the comic, it is everyone - like me- who now owns kachee goliyan and use the characters of 'JC and Sufi' to say whatever they feel like saying.

'kachee goliyan has done a lot and i hope that they continue to do more'

three cheers for KG....

Sugandh

Thursday, October 13, 2011

The urge to retaliate

someone from my last job, told me not to do that in my new environment. she begged me not to make the enemies - people who would hate me or in more subtle way dislike me- but i am still me. i feel like retaliating right now. throw this very diary at the head of the guy sitting somewhere behind and give him piece of my mind. why? because he is stupid and stupidity i can't stand. he is full of sick humor that most average guys (in my view) are full of!!!!!

he would just agree with anything that a teacher has to say, just to make fun of the teacher later when he/she is not around, he would flatter the teacher during the class and pass those stupid comments at those who ask questions or argue over some point with the teacher... because all he ever say is, 'sir aap kehtay hein tou maan laytayh ein' ( sir if you are saying this and this is why we are agreeing with it)

i am not being sarcastic, i am only angry and i feel like breaking the promise! if i could...

Sugandh

Not Good Enough

sitting in the class, someone passed a comment about me. i generally don't pay attention to the comments. i am selectively deaf; but things changed. my heart became sad and something changed in cosmos. i realized that i am the only girl in my class who dare to argue or have an opinion! rest of them - usually quiet - though very bright but they choose not to speak. why?

guys would simply think that girls are not suitable for the technical fields and if they are good or get high marks, it is due to rote learning or favors of the teachers; they are never good enough ... girls in the men's field.

Sugandh

Woes of a software engineer...

or rather i should say estranged software engineer. after a long gap of 5 years i remembered that i am a software engineer and that i should go back to my own field and finish my studies and do something in it.

so i left my teaching job, left my home and moved to a different city ( i used to live here once upon a time, so this is not a new city) and got admission in a university to complete my masters degree in software engineering ( i started it in 2007). so in the classroom, i go back....

in the classroom everything was alright until the teacher started teaching. introductions were all easy. subjects were all that i had taken before. good... so far; and after almost three months, i feel like a stranger (obviously i am a stranger). kids know more acronyms than i do. technology has changed (and so have girls' hairstyles) and some i have forgotten (lack of practice) so here i am in deep trouble... i took a gigantic leap for following my dreams, just to realize that things and conditions have changed...

now, what will i do? persevere.... that is what i'll do.....read more books and relearn everything!!!!!!

:)
wish me luck
Sugandh

Explanation...

the posts that are going to follow are the ones that i wrote in my classes or during the breaks and they are incomplete.....

the thoughts are my own and no one is responsible for them.

Sugandh

Setting Up A Kitchen

The most difficult thing that i needed to do when I started living alone was set up my kitchen. Living alone happened in two phases, once wh...