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Ballad of a Soldier
By NAVEED GILANI My beloved father, a Topchi (Gunner) by training, served proudly and honorably for 29 years in the military. First four years in the Royal British Indian Army and the
From Snows of Kilimanjaro to Uhuru Peak
By NAVEED GILANI Yuichiro Miura, at age 80, is the oldest man to have summited the Mount Everest.That too, for the third time!It was in May 2013. I read the
Lamentations of a Despondent Citizen
By NAVEED GILANI At the fag end of the present government’s tenure I am going through a rather personal tribulation which, I am now thinking, may also prove to be
Lead us, PLEASE!
By NAVEED GILANI Am I the only guy in this country who is fed up with what’s happening? Then why are we not showing our outrage? We should be screaming
Wives – The More The Marryier
By NAVEED GILANI There is this story about an Arab Sheikh who had tens of wives. He had built a very comfortable 5-star Harem for housing his loving wives. He
Sheikh Saadi and Abe Lincoln
By NAVEED GILANI My grandfather, a worldly wise man who lived for almost a century, would quote Sheikh Saadi often. One of his favorites was; If money is lost nothing