The process by which a word or expression is changed from its original state to one regarded as debased or flawed. It comes from Latin-com, or “with, together,” and rumpere, meaning “to break”. It may include many activities like bribery, theft, fraud, extortion, blackmailing, abuse of discretion, clientelism, favoritism, nepotism […]
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Free Will vs Fate
Everything you do and everything that happens to you occurs not through free choices you make but in fact it was written to happen that way. This is what we call fate. It seems like we are born free to choose, but it’s not like that it’s your fate that […]
Let’s not rush to make a wrong decision
Sitting with my laptop on, thinking how to get over this. I stand in front of the mirror. I stare at myself. I see what I’ve got and what I don’t. I look at myself the way I never did. I ask myself why do I need to settle for […]
The Power of Words
Words are pale shadow of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light a fire in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. We live and breathe words. Is is impossible for someone to be the most sensitive person? Someone who feels […]
Life as we know it
If you stay in the past, how would you be able to know about the future? Change is a part of life, it is a fact from which you cannot escape. It is the law of life; inevitable. “There is nothing permanent in life except change”, said Heraclitus. My whole […]
Pakistani State and Morality
What if Pakistan were the world’s sole superpower? Would it be any different from the United States today? Would it treat the less powerful in the same way as Pakistanis currently expect to be treated by the US? Would Pakistan stand up for freedom and justice? However, improbable such a […]
Our Memories
Laughter, pain, happiness all are linked with one thing called “memories”. The gift from our past which take birth from our happy and unhappy moments. When we are not able to return to our past we search for some old memories which sometimes bring us happiness and sometimes it throws […]
Psychological trauma produced by Media
Media being the fourth pillar of the state is considered vital for maintaining social, economic, and political stability of the country. It has a powerful effect on the people. Sociology sees media through one of its major perspective, structural functionalism, and classifies media’s functions into two categories. Its manifest function […]
The Unseen Beauty and the Ugly Truth!
When my gaze maneuvers through the intangible, a warm touch hits my eyelids exposing the mere physical impression. When every cell of my body engages itself in the pursuit of seeing the unseen, my search for Him reveals His beauty, layer by layer, as I await to embrace His flawless […]
Drug addiction among youngsters
Alas! there are 6.7 million Drug addicts in Pakistan. The shocking and saddest thing is that most of these intoxicants are the youngsters ranging from 20 -39 years of age. Ignorance, unemployment and lack of information drive people to use drugs. And one another most important reason is the fashion, […]