Aah Maryam Jameela Marhoom

New item of this remarkable Muslimah's death in Lahore Pakistan
May Allah grant her Jannat-ul-firdows-aameen
 Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi Rajioon
  How she was as a  pure soul attracted to Arabic to Qur'an and Islam and chose to live in Pakistan 'adopted' by Maulana Maudoodi marhoom as a daughter.
While Muslims are finishing Janaza prayer for her today, it reminds me of what the West is celebrating where she grew up and knew all these "cultural" things. This is a mixture of pagan and some Christian (although Vatican is against it) thinking is producing some celebration which I guess is more mythology than reality but they consider November 1st as All Saints day whatever it means and 31st Oct as Halloween or evening of saints. Funny, nothing to do with this saintly woman who has left a legacy of her writings that are a guide for Muslims


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Dr. Hyde and Mr. Jackyll?

  "The strange case of Dr. Jackyll and Mr. Hyde" was written a drama by Robert Louise Stevenson, indeed a great writer
 Three movies of Dr. and Mr. were made Played by John Barrymore, (1920), and Fred. March (1931) and Spencer Tracy (1941). I have seen the last two on TV.
 Captivating science flick now well-known but I have been thinking the names should be reversed. The man who kills should be called Jack Kill (Jackyll or Jeckyll)) and the man who is scientist is the one who hides his base self so he should be called Dr. Hide (Hyde)
Fascinating story and must have brought a lot of fame and fortune to the writer.
I do not know if new version of this story is likely to come out as now computer can do lots of things for the screen.

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One short of eighty

 Strange what the modern communicative technology can do to you.
 Yesterday as expected on my FB there was a host of messages for me wishing me happy birthday. one of my 'grand-children' being curious did put a question along with best wishes to which I answered "one short of eighty". Funny when you reach at such stage you do not mind telling in  such terms but I have never felt uneasy telling my age when questioned. Frankly I have looked older than age for a long time and I enjoyed it as it helped my professional image.
 I myself however being retired and somewhat disabled think back on my losses and achievements and what I had to go through. I dare not put such thoughts in my words here as I know it will not make a pretty story. When I look back I sort of enjoy my stay in England despite all the saddening things that happened to me there but just the romantic idea of 'good old England' stays with me. As once a year I go through those feelings when I was so eagerly looking forward to leaving Pakistan on this day. I remember clearly it was 6 o'clock in the evening when I completed all my paper work and such formalities to leave, my seat booked on 13th morning of October. The banks were closed/closing (after 5 pm) when my travel agent said, do not worry we can still get you English currency and sure enough he took me through the back door into the bank. The manager had not yet left so I got some English pounds and thanked the agent with a huge sigh of relief that I had finally succeeded in my 'mission' after a year-long struggle from office to office etc. to obtain the passport, NOC (No objection certificate) and going through all other formalities which were not only time consuming but very emotional frustrating anger producing etc. etc.
 That is how my journey began for foriegn lands exactly fiftyone years ago.

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