I love my current facebook status update and it really presents the frustration that ive been feeling for quite a while now.
We dont give a shit when our country goes to the dogs. We study about how dictators have all but killed our democracy, how our public sector organizations are ineffecient and our governers are inept. We study about how due to no continuity of policies, our country has now become a lepper begging for financial aid. But we dont do anything about it.
But i will. Ive decided to do something about it. Im not sure just what yet, but ive promised myslef that i will help out, in any way i can.
ive decided that once i graduate and am well settled in a secure job, (that gives me a three - four month timeline) i will dedicate either a certain portion of my time every month/week towards a social cause. It may be providing free teaching/career counseling at the primary level, meeting with old people and listening to their worries or even holding free business planning workshops.
Anything that will help the people of my country in the long term. And i WILL do it.
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Posted by
Ahmed Mustafa
8:34 AM
Its quite unfortunate that i need to discuss this at all really. I was sitting with a couple of friends the other day and the topic of working women came up and whether or not we would let our wives or daughters work.
Im a solid believer in womens rights. I feeling like spitting on the face of a man that wouldnt let his woman work because " larki kharab ho jayegi". True, i wouldnt want my wife to turn out like some of the women that i have met in my life, but that doesnt mean that i will banish her to the "chaadar and chaardiwaari" of our home. The fact that our social standards are declining does not mean that working women are the problem, in fact, the onus lies on men more so, because in the current times, we have to increasingly ensure that the females in our sphere of influence have the appropriate value set that can conquer all the weird things that may come their way.
What is even more dissapointing is that we even needed to have this discussion at IBA. If the top college of the country can not transform lives, reconstruct opinions and bring social change then what is the point?
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every time im using our college bus i get a really empty feeling, and this feeling is driven by the stares and looks that we get when people see the name on our bus...IBA...Leadership and ideas for tomorrow..
It forces me to think...are we really worth all the looks that we get. When we pass other colleges and get wistful glances from them, i cant keep from asking myself, are we, the lucky few, the best of the country, doing ANYTHING AT ALL to change our surroundings? As we dream about better salaries, a better car, a better overall standard of living, why dont we ever dare to be different than the other drones that other substandard colleges are churning out?
If we are the chosen ones shouldnt we be doing something about this? If a person came from the lower class, maybe he was deservin because atleast he would think about changing his current status in life? But what are we doing? Continuing our fathers journey and doing nothing different?
Just food for thought...
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So im from IBA and its like a second home to me. Ive found many good friends, many great junors and seniors who with their own individual intricacies have added a little bit of something to me in their own special way.
However this post isnt really about waxing poetic about my college, exactly as it is about a small problem that ive noticed.
We have specializations that we base our majors on. However no one has ever thought of a holistic business perspective. The finance majors just want to work in brokerage firms or in banks, and the marketing majors just day dream about big budget ads and sales commissions all day. Nobody thinks about how the business sides will integrate to become one entity. How if financial services were marketed to the masses and segmented properly they could grow at a massive rate. No finance major ever thinks of applying to a pricing or strategy position, although theyve learnt about number crunching at college. No marketing major thinks about product or strategy management.
Whats even more dissapointing is that no one dares to pursue their interests or open their own business. Why am i bitching about it when i havent done it myself? Because i just learnt about it right now...very late in life...but i still plan to do something pretty soon.
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So anyway I recently asked a girl how her exam went. And she replied "Yaaaaaaaaaaaaar, rape hogaya yaar, teacher ne to completely layleee- phat ke haath mein aagayee yaar". Now I dont know how such words have found their way into common lady lingo but let me shed a little light on it....
rape hogaya - probably one of the most humiliating and painful any woman or man can go through - for further details please refer to mukhtaran mai or american history x
laylee - means uve been sodomized
phat gayee - means uve been buggered from behind...yes ure backdoor so to speak...
I didnt really want to write this blog post, but for current and future readers beware...u have absolutely no idea what ure saying!!!!!
Im a romantic and a hopeless one at that. I sometimes equate myself with a modern day Don Juan but then i wake up and smell the dust of construction that our college has a habit of welcoming us with every morning...
However as romantic as I may be im a staunch realist too and this may sometimes clash with my constant heart on sleeve i see u lets get married predicament.
My constant bouts with reality and wake up calls from my father have made me realise life's stark nature, which eventually helped me decide the qualities of the girl i would finally decide to marry. They are listed below (yes listing is an art that only an IBA exam giver can perfect):
1. She needs to shop cheap
2. She needs to come from an urdu speaking family
3. She needs to be cultured and have great urdu
4. She needs to have an awesome smile
5. She needs to have younger siblings
Its pretty late at night, and thus I shall continue this at a later time...
Posted by
Ahmed Mustafa
11:45 AM
I heard about a person who committed suicide today. Not the best thing to hear about just before ure exams - especially when u have fond memories of them.
I must admit there have been times when ive taken stock of my life and when ive realised that it was empty, have contemplated taking my own life. Heck some how shooting myself has become one of my most common references after having come back to IBA.
However, i know for a fact that id never do it. Why? Firstly because I fear God and know that such an act would severely piss him off. Secondly, I know for a fact that I have other people to think about. These people love me and hurting them would never be worth it...
