Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Mirza & Malik..

I wonder, why in the most Loving & Compassionate nations; love is politically humiliated and monopolized.. This will be more serious than any event that would examine the future of the Subcontinent.. More than 1.3 billion are now busy with gossips, comments and maybe fights as well.. I would love to see how this drama will come to close..!!




Pakistan's Malik to marry Indian tennis star Mirza
By Rizwan Ali (CP)

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Former Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik will marry Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, a union of two of South Asia's best known sports personalities. "The news of me marrying to Sania is true," Malik posted on Twitter on Tuesday. "Inshallah (God willing) will get married in April." Malik, who was in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, to play in the Bangladesh cricket league, told private television channels in Pakistan that he was happy to be marrying Mirza. "Our families are very happy and we both are also happy," Malik told Geo News. "Parents will decide the dates (of the wedding), it's happening somewhere next month."
The 23-year-old Mirza issued a statement Tuesday confirming she and 28-year-old Malik planned to marry, but asking for privacy. "My wedding Inshallah is going to be the biggest day of my life," she said. "I have been in the media glare for too long and would appreciate a little privacy at this very personal moment in my life." Her father, Imran Mirza, said Sania and Malik will be based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and continue to represent their countries in their respective sports. "This is a unique case where husband and wife will represent their respective countries in sport," he said in a statement issued in Hyderabad, India, where the family lives.
Geo Television reported that Mirza, her parents and sister, received visas at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on Tuesday and were expected to travel to Pakistan next month. The Daily Dawn newspaper quoted family sources of Malik as saying that a reception has been planned at Lahore in mid-April.
Malik, who has been banned from representing Pakistan for a year for infighting during a disastrous tour of Australia this year, said he supported Mirza playing on the WTA Tour. "I fully understand what it takes to be an international sportsperson and I will support Sania in her career as long as she wishes to play," he was quoted as saying.
Mirza, a two-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, became the first Indian woman to crack the world top 40 rankings, reaching a career high of No. 27 in August 2007. At one time, the Muslim player was assailed by conservative elements of the Indian community for competing in short skirts and sleeveless shirts. She has not advanced beyond the first round in her last four tournaments and withdrew from tournaments in Malaysia and the United States in recent weeks due to a wrist injury. She is currently No. 92 in the rankings.
Malik has played 29 Tests and scored 1,517 runs at an average of 36.11. In 190 one-day internationals he has 5,141 runs at an average of 34.50 and also taken 132 wickets with his off-spin bowling. Malik lost the captaincy of Pakistan after losing a limited-overs series to Sri Lanka at home last year. He was at the centre of a marriage controversy five years ago when he reportedly broke an engagement with Ayesha Siddiqui, who was from Mirza's hometown in India. The two had reportedly developed a friendship on the Internet and Siddiqui's father had even threatened to take Malik to court. Malik has denied any serious relationship with Siddiqui. The dashing cricketer was also linked with Indian actress Siali Bhagat, and there were reports of the two meeting confidentially in 2008.
Mirza ended a previous engagement to childhood friend Sohrab Mirza in January, citing incompatibility. Newspapers reported that Malik first met Mirza at Hobart, Australia in January, when Pakistan was on tour and Mirza was in the city for a tennis tournament. "It was after this meeting that Mirza's engagement with her childhood friend broke," Daily Jang newspaper reported. It's not the first time that a Pakistani cricketer will marry a high-profile Indian woman.
Former Test batsman Mohsin Khan, now the national chief selector, married Indian actress Reena Roy in the 1980s. The marriage later broke down. This latest marriage will also attract a lot of attention because neighbouring Pakistan and India are longtime rivals, and have fought three wars since 1947.
Diplomatic relations between Pakistan and India grew more tense after a terrorist attack in the Indian film and financial hub of Mumbai in November 2008. As a result, the India cricket team postponed its scheduled Test tour to Pakistan due to security concerns. The Pakistan government refused permission for its players to join the second edition of the Indian Premier League last year before the lucrative Indian domestic league was moved to South Africa. Sporting relations deteriorated further when no Pakistani cricketers were picked up by Indian clubs in this year's auction for the IPL. Malik played for Delhi Daredevils in the inaugural 2008 IPL.

Associated Press writer Omer Farooq contributed to this report from Hyderabad, India.
Copyright © 2010 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

India

This video tells all about India..
Thanks Maliha for sharing..

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Dr Omar of DIFC


"March 24 (Bloomberg) -- Dubai has detained the former governor of the Dubai International Financial Centre for alleged fraud, the highest-ranking official to be caught up in an anti- corruption drive following the emirate’s boom-to-bust."

It is a heartbreaking news.. Despite the circumstances, he stills my Friend, who I shared a bite, a laugh and/or a dream.. The Gang of Four had manipulated him, took him away from his roots, yet the person I know is resilient enough, to make a comeback, one day.. Battling the evil powers grows great within our path for success, yet guilt or praise for who supports or fights is greater.. This is our Mankind Legacy..!!
It is all about scope verification to meet limits of compliance  and avoid scope creep.. Then, you would be able to produce reliable baselines that would establish the critical mechanism and criteria of QA/QC.. Otherwise, it is controversial and accidental..!!
In any hierarchy there are hyenas that misuse boss’s authority and delegation.. This was his power abuse and loose management to ignore the damages his lieutenants were causing.. This is always the case throughout history.. Power spoils; while Hyenas defeat Lions.. 
Yet, is it a Dhs 50 mln to bring top 800 financial institutions!! or another power struggle between old conservatives and neo liberals of Dubai, after those unprecedented financial crisis..!!
Governance does not allow for concessions or exemptions..!! It is part of Dubai Story.. The ever amazing one.. where the question on demise between public nd private took serious concerns..!!
He is just another man lost his grounds by fame and bad company; or close ones..
It was almost 3 years between joining and stepping down from DIFC.. Loose Lieutenants of Dr Omar had created a theme of fame and shame around everyone.. Till date, I still hear amazing stories and gossips on me..!! Corporate Culture is humane, if lift unattended, it rots.. This is where Boss and Workforce meet ; creating Legacy or Scandal..!!
Pitty..

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Mother's Day..


This is my annual dilemma..
Whenever the 21st of March comes;
When many celebrate the Mother’s Day;
I cannot escape the scenes of orphans of lost mothers..
The poverty-fighting mums..
The silently devoting; who walks miles daily for water and kitchen woods..
Who lost kids in wars or trafficking..
Who already lost hope in justice and fairness..
The voiceless who barely had food or cloth..
Greetings and prayers for all suffering mothers..







Saturday, March 20, 2010

Drinking Water..


In rural India; Indians have a distinct way for drinking water..
The lips should not touch the container.. I do not know the origin of such healthy habit; which is safeguarding them from lots of both water-born and surface-born microbes..
Adding to this, they do not drink cold water.. and cold beverages are not much welcomed there..
This is an amazing practices..!!

Friday, March 19, 2010

I'll rise...


You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise
 
"All my work, my life, everything I do is about survival, not just bare, awful, plodding survival, but survival with grace and faith. While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated".

This is my contribution to International Women's Day (8th of March)
Thanks to Amela Omerica, who brilliantly fixes my feet on Earth, while stretching both my soul & head to the unlimited Skies..!!

Language


A friend (Awalgak Malwal II) asked: Where's the God dat speaks my mother tongue? The God that speaks the many thousands African languages? If religion is the only salvation, wat then is the Black man’s true religion? Who shall we follow? Why do I always have to borrow a tongue? A tongue that is not mine, a tongue that is defined as divine, therefore superior to my mother tongue.

I answered: Your question reminded me with another; years ago.. What languages God speaks? Following the Linguistic Tree you will find our sole reference to an unknown mother-source of language; which is closer to the current used one of New Guinea..!! it is an ugly and imperfect one..!! I guess the wonderful language of God is inhuman, yet can reach our hearts and senses.. Logically, we need to stop measuring God with our humble humane scale.. We need the language to communicate.. God does not need it.. Yet; He swt communicates with us with something which we do not know.. it is God’s secret..!! Maybe the faithful (in any tongue) would sense or know..!!