Children’s Poet

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``a couple of days ago, i read a book to my six year old nephew, which i hadn`t done in a couple of years. i was rewarded with the sweetest hug, more precious to me than anything.”

….awww:)….what’s that saying about all good things in this world being free?…

Dear Aamir Ansari:

Nostalgia, love and a fragile need for posterity, all woven like gossamer. Oh, you spider!

I have quoted Nida Fazli`s shair often, but am tempted to repeat it, although it does not echo your words:

``Ghar se masjid hai bohat door

Chalo yun kar le

Kisi rote hue bachche ko

Hasaya jaaye.``

Regards,

Farzana

Anny ``Would we allow him to survive if he were to appear in our midst?`` He has appeared numerous times with various voices. They did the same thing to him that they`d do to Muhammed if he ever returned... Respect for all the soldiers: chomsky, Ahmad, Said, Mumia, Malcolm, Che, fisk etc...

Aamir: great poem!

Dr. Shirin Ahmed;

Aap ki hosla-afzai ka bohat shukriya. Bachon se to umeed kayam hai. But you already know this. . .



Aicha;

Thank you for your comments.

You`re right. Children ought to be given alot alot of room to be themselves. There is even a hadeeth to that effect; when you`re children are growing and desire privacy give it to them. What is not on, though, is abandoning them to the insecurities and depression that commonly plague us during our growing years.

It is common practise for parents to laden their children with their own shortcomings, pressuring them into becoming what they couldn`t themselves. While the gesture may be well-meaning, it makes life very difficult for the child. It is here that we must restore that lost connection with wonder and the capacity to enjoy a sense of naivete and innocence before it is bled out of them by mechanisms we are all too familiar with.

Regards,

Aamir

digression but these two pieces are very interesting:

http://www.thefridaytimes.com/ejaz.htm

Why are we flocking to hear chomsky: Ejaz Haider is hoping that we are not doing the right thing for the wrong reasons

``So why would we want to listen to Chomsky? Just because he is a famous intellectual or because he is likely to give us the ammunition to take potshots at the United States, the US that we love to hate? Or are we really prepared to listen to what he has to tell us about us ? There is a greater challenge here for most Pakistanis, not least who would make the audience: Chomsky is a Jew and all Jews in this country are taken to be Zionists almost as an article of faith.``

``Recently, Prof Chomsky was in India. He was bitterly critical of the Indian polity. What he said there challenged our long-held and cherished stereotype of the Jewish-Hindu conspiracy against Muslims in general and Pakistanis in particular. But since we love anyone who is able to tell the Indians where to get off, we are prepared to ignore his Jewish-ness and love him for his anti-Indian-ness . Indeed, some of us may in fact be looking forward to more of the same while he is in Lahore. But there’s more.``



Khaled Ahmed: Chomsky: `rebel without a pause`

http://www.thefridaytimes.com/news9.htm

``He should not be used merely as `essential ammunition` by us when faced by criticism from the West. He actually prompts us to look at ourselves critically with the same honesty and depth of knowledge as he looks at America``

``Do the Pakistani media come up to the standards he has set up? Do our newspapers report fairly on the minorities, the women, the Christians, the Shias, the Hindus and the Ahmedis? Do they report at all on the Islamic world or express a balanced opinion on Muslims anywhere in the world? Do they treat with justice points of view expressed against the ideological state and its deeds of omission and commission? Do we have a Noam Chomsky of our own? Would we allow him to survive if he were to appear in our midst? We will be more just in `using` him against the West if we are prepared to accept his kind as an institution in Pakistan.``

``The example of Chomsky: Chomsky has been called `essential ammunition` by America-haters. Anyone sickened by the constant American barrage of sermonising about democracy and freedom of expression should fortify himself with his insights and be ready to answer back. But one wonders if Chomsky would be completely satisfied with this manner of use of his work. The real insight is that this indicter of the US lives in the US and is able to publish his work. He is marginalised, represents a minority opinion in a society that is increasingly lulled into complaisancy by its prosperity, and, most importantly, symbolises America`s tolerance of the contrary opinion. ``

He speaks in Lahore tomorrow..is anybody from here attending?

Very nice Mr Ansari. But I think children should be given A LOT of space to go thru life on their own - ofcourse with A LITTLE bit of guidance from parents. Too much interferance leads to no good. Good luck iwth the job.

aicha

a couple of days ago, i read a book to my six year old nephew, which i hadn`t done in a couple of years. i was rewarded with the sweetest hug, more precious to me than anything.

sometimes adults get carried away with their busy lives, forgetting the little things that can make a child and themselves very happy.

Dr. Sahib,

Welcome to chowk, puleaseeeeeeee Dr. sahib aisee batein na karein, humara dil baith jaata hai ..... j/k ......

from one to another ......... dr. mom of two boys mashallah.

sa:)

Welcome to CHOWK Aamir Ansari!

Hope to hear more from you here.

A well presented but very short presentation.

Ras