Author: Usama Ahmed
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Rethinking Agriculture: How PQNK Restores Natural Farming Systems
We’ve come to believe that farming depends on chemicals, constant input, and control. But if you look closely at nature, none of that exists. PQNK is an attempt to return to that understanding by focusing on soil, balance, and how things grow on their own.
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Country Road Take me Home To the place where I belong
Almost heaven, West VirginiaBlue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah RiverLife is old there, older than the treesYounger than the mountains, growin’ like a breeze Country roads, take me homeTo the place I belongWest Virginia, mountain mamaTake me home, country roads All my memories gather ’round herMiner’s lady, stranger to blue waterDark and dusty, painted on the skyMisty…
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Melay Nu, Come to the fair—come with me
Aj sare chad janjaal kurreMele nu Mele nu chal mere naal kurre ho-ho ho-ho…Today, leave behind all worries and burdens, my girl,Come to the fair—come to the fair with me, my love. Kar buha sanmb shtabi niEh pakarr sandook di chaabi niKoi sutt tu kadh gulabi niPa tile di gurgabi niLe bootian wala roomaal kurreMele…
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Discover Daniel Suelo: The Man Who Hasn’t Spent a Single Cent in 14 Years
“I don’t live without money — I live with trust.” Daniel Suelo Money is so ingrained in our thinking that the idea of living without money does not sound practical at all. I usually think that our Eastern economies are still more conducive to a simpler and less money-intensive lifestyle; however, finding examples of people…
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Perhaps Rethink on Equating Wealth with Worth
(I hold no responsibility for upholding my own views; I often change my views for various reasons. However, if you are in a phase of life where you agree with what I have said below, it should not matter to you whether I believe in it or not.) (میں اپنی آراء پر قائم رہنے کی…
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The Orchard
Come to the orchard in spring.There is light and wine and sweetheartsin the pomegranate flowers. If you do not come, these do not matter.If you do come, these do not matter. I often think of this poem as a tool for discovering what truly matters. The way it works is simple: replace the lover with…
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What Was Lost in Lahore’s relentless urban growth
This is not a story of Lahore alone. This is the story of most cities in the world today. How we are irreversibly damaging environment, agriculture & people(other beings too) in our endless pursuits of growth/greed for material prosperity. I recommend people to this listen to talk to understand in full circle how modern real…
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Mahmood Hayat and the Pursuit of Classical Art
Description: While driving though Hall Road once, I passed through 14 Hall road, a one of its kind, old classical western workshop-cum-house of the family of Hayat Furniture. I stood there, as I could see a white marble statue, through a window in a dimly lit room, it looked surreal. I left the place only…
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Walk on, the end is not yet here.
یہ داغ داغ اُجالا , یہ شب گزیدہ (رات سے زخمی) سحر (صبح)وہ انتظار تھا جس کا، یہ وہ سحر تو نہیں Ye daaġh daaġh ujālā, ye shab-gazīda saharVo intizār thā jis kā, ye vo sahar to nahīñFaiz Ahmed Faiz I am only penning down a thought I had about the relationship between personal motivation…
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Rumi’s Parable of the Chickpea
On marker day a woman went shopping and came back with a big bag of chickpeas, which she intended to use to make several kinds of salad, dip, and soup. She cleaned the chickpeas, rinsing them well and then soaking them for several hours before boiling them slowly in a big cauldron. As soon as…