Comments on: An 85 Seconds Response to Despondency

By: Dr. Azra Haq

Dr. Azra Haq — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:10:55 +0000

This is for Omer Salam Ansari and others with no audio attachments in their computers.
Aik Latifa main sunaon, sunna chaho tum agar
Sadiq aata hey ye bilkul ahle Pakistan per
Aik din Akbar ne yeh Mula Dopiaza se kaha
Hay wafadaar e haqumat jo bhe hay choota, bara
Booley Mula youn yaqeen harghiz na laana chaheye
Aik din sari reyayah aazamaana chaheye
Dood se ye saamanee ka hauz bharwa deejiye
Laa’en bhar ke ik ghara sab se ye farma deejiye
Doseray din hauz main pani he pani tha bhara
Ik zara se imtehaan main khul gaya khota khara
Har koi samjah ke baqi loog jitne aa’ein gay
Apne hisse ka ghara woh dood se bhar ja’ein gay
Aik pani ka grara is main mil gaya mera too kiya
Itni aamezish se akhir kaun parkha jaaey ga
Tum ho Pakistan ke, ye hay tumhara he watan
Iss ko rakho ya ujaro, hey tumhara he chaman
Dooseray laten hain pani, unn ko be samjhaoo tum
Unn ko samjhane se phelay, doodh khud to laao tum.

By: ayesha

ayesha — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:45:42 +0000

Heard it for the first time and am blown away by the lucidity of the fact!!

By: Watan Aziz

Watan Aziz — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:19:22 +0000

Frankly, I debated with myself and I lost the debate.

I have to ask.

So, while the advice is good and valid, but if you see an obvious wrong should you not stop the person from the wrong direction?

Or do I not?

Take for example, the headline, “An 85 Seconds Response to Despondency”.

Why the choice of this word? Why not Disconsolateness? Heartsickness? Depression? Blue Devils? Dejection? Sadness? Unhappiness? Despair? Disheartened?

On the other hand, what if the same blog would have used the word Hope?

“85 Seconds to Hope?”

“85 Seconds to Strength!”

“85 Seconds to Solutions!”

“85 Seconds to Fulfillment!”

“85 Seconds to Good Attitudes!”

“85 Seconds Inspiration!”

So, this begs the question, should I not ask or should I look for my own ghara? Should I say, “Adil, why spread Despondency instead of Hope?”

After all, I do believe in audacity of hope.