Nilofer’s Pakistan and mine
From the Blog odysseuslahori*This article appeared in The News on Sunday sometime in March or April 2007 and it is still very pertinent. Nilofer, my grand-niece, is now twelve years old.* Nilofer Rolston is a delightful five year-old who lives in Toronto, Canada. She is my grand-niece who, along with her brother Jibraeel (age seven); I met for the first time last winter. There was a little confusion about the word ‘Mamu’ for they have one in Canada and I, much older, had suddenly materialised from a place called Pakistan. But in the end we all agreed that I could also be Mamu to them – just like I am to their mother and to their real Mamu. In the two weeks I spent with them we had good fun and the bonding was complete. I recently received a little drawing from Nilofer. One side of the paper says, in thatpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
Of “national heroes” and tongue twisters
From the Blog chowrangi Pakistan’s second match of the now finished Asia cup saw her beat Afghanistan quite convincingly and gain a bonus point, thanks to Umar Akmal’s whirlwind of a century; aptly timed, in complete congruence with the issuance of his arrest warrants for not attending a hearing of the traffic warden case he was indicted in. [...] The post Of “national heroes” and tongue twisters appeared first on Chowrangi. pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
Job, Career or a Calling
From the Blog blog There are three ways to look at our work. Either we think it’s - a *job*, - it’s a *career*, or - we think it is our *calling*. And at least one of these categories is very, very bad for us (no prizes for guessing which one though). +++ There was a study done by Dr Amy Wrzesniewski, Associate Professor on Development Psychology at Yales, that gives clear, scientific reasoning to our happiness with our work. *Work as Job:* If you think you are doing a Job, you’re doing it for the money. You typically don’t like your job. The job is the least interesting part of your day. *Work as Career:* If you think your work is your Career, you’re more interested in advancing through the positions. You are “career focused”. *Work as Calling:* If you think your work is your Callpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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