Tarique's Travails

The Dante’s Inferno Test has banished you to the Fifth Level of Hell!Here is how you matched up against all the levels: Level Score Purgatory (Repenting Believers) Very Low Level 1 – Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers) Very Low Level 2 (Lustful) Very High Level 3 (Gluttonous) Very High Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious) Extreme Level 5 [...]

Not withstanding the frame of mind in my previous entry, which depicts a medium term outlook, the weekend was a good one. Saturday was Aasim’s results day at school. They don’t have exams nor are the children detained back but the assessment was a pleasant though not entirely unexpected. From what was mostly average with [...]

My first entry to the community, not much of a photo but it does represent my current frame of mind, I am feeling antiquated like the fossils and under a critical glare of the eye piece, and perhaps not really measuring up… Tweet

Dinner of Malai Kebab, Chicken Do Piaza and Naan, Ice Cream Soda for Aasim. Then he playing UT2003 in his room while we listen and discuss Khusro’s poetry – Sheer Bliss Tweet

Just read that Palm Inc introduced Zire 71 for just $299. For the price it appears to be a steal for PDA beginners, it has a 640×480 camera built in and also an MP3 player. However if you have deep enough pockets (financially and actually) then Sony Clie NZ90 is the way to go. The [...]

They were all of 14 years old, and a very unlikely pair. She with her 24″ waist, fair complexion and brown eyes was the most beautiful of them all. He was pitifully thin, had disheveled long hair and was known for his antics of harassing his teachers with snakes, lizards and crabs. Needless to say [...]

Finally gave in to the lure, the quiz and the site is kewl Tweet

‘s post yesterday, reminded me of one of my favorites, again from Faiz Ahmed Faiz. The poem is particularly hard hitting in context of the war and it effects I am once again making a valiant effort to paraphrase it as closely as possible and I am sure the effort will ultimately entail an apology [...]

Colours of Summer Tweet

Looks like finally the war is showing signs of ending. Unfortunately SARS is not showing any signs of abating. War and SARS combined have effectively brought work to a stand still even at SANIsoft. Nobody wants to take any decisions. Have started writing an article, hopefully it will be published. Swati is feeling a bit [...]