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I am a Psychiatrist by profession. Grew up in Lahore and have lived in the US since 1994.
Articles by Ali Hashmi
Better Living through Chemistry
Ali Hashmi Jun 28, 2007 interacts: 14 Views: 4090What would you give for a pill that made you happy or thin or helped erase the pain of losing a loved one?
The Agony of Remembrance
Ali Hashmi Jun 13, 2007 interacts: 7 Views: 3402It may sound like a cliché but being thankful for what you have right now is the only antidote to the longing for the good old days.
The Power of Positive Thinking
Ali Hashmi Apr 11, 2007 interacts: 7 Views: 4039After almost thirteen years working at a large multinational engineering firm, he had attended a workshop conducted by a consulting firm. He was so impressed (and probably so tired of the corporate treadmill) that he immediately began learning more, event
Rage of Angels
Ali Hashmi Jul 19, 2006 interacts: 20 Views: 4092Nobody seemed to know who the protesters were or where they had come from. Having seen them up close, I would guess that they were alienated youth from the same poor localities, school drop outs, day laborers, the unemployed, the hopeless, the disenfranch
Death Be Not Proud II
Ali Hashmi Nov 24, 2005 interacts: 4 Views: 2861We can see our kind massacred in the thousands on the news, then go about our business as if nothing has happened. Its only when the Grim Reaper takes one of our own that we mourn.
Growing Up Red
Ali Hashmi Sep 28, 2005 interacts: 84 Views: 12595My maternal grandfather, ‘Nana’ to us kids, who I later found out was one of the root causes of my ’trouble’ was mostly absent. He had been in self imposed exile since being imprisoned in 1951 when he had spent 4 years in jail for
Immigrant
Ali Hashmi Jun 12, 2005 interacts: 30 Views: 5106Immigrating (or returning) is an intensely personal decision that is based on a myriad of factors, most of them unique to each individual. Most of us, though, wonder, from time to time, how things might have been had we taken another fork in the road of l
Death Be Not Proud
Ali Hashmi Oct 23, 2003 interacts: 16 Views: 5794It was close to midnight when I found out that Mani had died.
The Relationship That Heals
Ali Hashmi Nov 1, 2000 interacts: 28 Views: 5167no one comes to see me because they are happy or content with their life.
Aap Amrika Main Hotay Hain?? (Do You Live In America)
Ali Hashmi Oct 21, 2000 interacts: 219 Views: 22517This oddly discrepant way of looking at life and career appears to be quite the norm in Pakistan
Ali Hashmi
- Articles on Chowk: 10
- First article: Oct 21, 2000
- Latest article: Jun 28, 2007
- Times read on Chowk: 69663


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