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Ghafileen Paradise
Saturday, June 20, 2026
In 2005 when I went to Rywind, the Markaz (headquarters) was still on the old construction, call it nostalgic but I liked that old version better than the new one. Last I went there was in 2015, may be the layout might have changed now. You ask, what that has to do with the blog title, I was with a fellow who knew few of the colloquial of that place. So, at the back of the masjid, there was a basement, with few people sleeping there, at 11am I think, and my fellow called the place “Ghafileen Paradise”.Because you can sleep there without anyone bugging you to join any of the sermons or deeds. …
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Audience of One
Sunday, June 7, 2026
A long time ago, I used to read an internet magazine called Spider. That’s where I first encountered the idea of writing blog entries. Back then, as now, the advice was the same: leave comments on other blogs, build a community, cross-link, network. All sensible counsel. But try as I might, I can never find it in me to do anything beyond the writing itself. After sitting with that for a while, I’ve made peace with it. I occasionally scroll back through old entries and think to myself — that wasn’t half bad. Which brings me to the title: for all practical purposes, this blog has an audience of one. His name is Hamdan. …
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Pulse
Saturday, February 8, 2025
In the rhythm of life, sometimes we need to pause and check our pulse - to see how far we’ve come and how much has changed. Today serves as one of those moments of reflection. Earlier today, I helped a colleague set up a blog. While WordPress seemed like the obvious choice, we opted for Hugo - a simpler solution that matched their comfort level. This interaction sparked memories of my own blogging journey, reminding me how our choices evolve with time. …
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Staying at Home
Sunday, April 26, 2020
We’ve been under lockdown from 20th March here in Karachi, went to the office on 20th that is, it was Friday, also the last day I went to Masjid. Was in office due to a pending “high priority issue” which was on someone else’s plate, but he had to run back home to interior Sindh amid lockdown risk. From then on till now it is all work from home and our team has adopted it well. …