December 2003
3 posts
Chai!
Tea continues to fascinate me with every cup I drink. I am a heavy drinker, at one time consuming a maximum of 7 cups a day. I have been privileged to have tasted different flavours of tea. Tea in Iran, whose taste I remember faintly, was decoction and sugar cubes, no milk. As a child, I was not fond of this type of tea and was interested only in the sugar cubes. Tea in Chennai, is largely made...
Thanks
I would like to express my gratitude to friends Saadat, Choco-Sis, Yasmine sis, Shaykh saab (Hip-Hop Shaykh) and Anand for their kind words during a spell of dejection. I am pleased to inform you that I had a more fruitful conversation with my supervisor and Insha Allah things will turn for the better. And I am sure that this is because of all your Duas and wishes.
Disgruntled and dejected
Pasth dilon ki daastaan kya sunayein, masarrat saraab ban gayi hai aaj Dasth dua mein hain kab se uthaaye, Qaaliq rahm kar de tuu aaj Ever since I wrote this sher in February of 2001, I’ve been muttering it to myself off and on. Today I’ve been feeling home sick and extremely turned off with the way people are behaving. The sher is a prayer seeking help from the almighty against these...