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Today, I aim to bring to you, a matter of grave importance to us all. There is a lot of food for thought. So let’s start.
With the ongoing COVID scenario, many of us are living below the poverty line.
Now, it’s not just one class rather it’s the public at large who are facing extreme conditions. The salaried persons are no better than the daily wagers. There was a time when a bare amount could sustain many families and yet could make fortunes out of it.
With the everyday dose of increase in price hikes i.e electricity, gas, net, telephone, and workers salary, etc., Now, the scenario is that a person having a salary ranging 50,000/- PAK Rupees to 200000/-PAK Rupees is facing problems in sustaining necessities.
These are just general expenditures. There are some expenditures beyond these which comprise ethical and empathic expenditures. And if a person fails to fulfill these expenditures, one dies every day.
Parents are the living example in this scenario. A parent takes great pride in providing necessities and all to their children whatever great or low they might have. But the present scenario has made them miserable especially when they look into their empty pockets and are embarrassed to offer what they have left.
However, the children who have seen the good and bad times together are beyond these changes and are still clung to them like honey to bees.
This is the true love of families. Despite the Economic crisis within the families, the bond of family ties has not broken instead it has strengthened.
This, however, makes me think about the present government and its policies. What are they doing in this regard? To me and to every common man, we are observing the scenario of LOOK BUSY AND DO NOTHING.
If 20 kg of basic staple food (flour) has reached the rate of 1050/- PAK Rupees and Sugar is talking with the sky, where are we to go from here?
Whatever was the scenario in the past with other governments of the time, the public at large did not die like this. if there was a shortage of one thing the public at large was compensated with something else.
Think about it before it is too late. Until next time stay safe and healthy.
Have you ever experienced the gaze of hungry eyes? I am sure you too must have felt very awkward and uncomfortable. Today, I will share with you an experience I had at NADRA headquarters in Islamabad.
A couple of months ago, I went there for some documentation regarding my National Identity Card. The woman at the reception dealt with me in a very professional way and answered my queries, unlike other females at the reception desk.
I could clearly analyze the professionalism of the woman who not only answered my queries but was dealing with all in the same professional way. I sat down on a chair nearby and started looking around the hall while waiting for my turn.
People entered the office and went to their desired stations. Off and on, the lady at the reception looked at me and did her work. It was a normal routine for me. People staring at me. But that day, I was not the center of attraction.
It was the woman at reception. People sitting beside me passed cheap comments on her and that caught her attention as a result of which she looked at me. I too was getting annoyed by their remarks and gazes for the woman. Soon their turn came and there was a sign of relief on the woman’s face.
Then there came some more visitors. I would say, a total nuisance. The moment they entered. They sat in front of the reception desk and started passing comments on the woman. They would say something in each other’s ear and laugh by looking at her.
Let alone how she felt, I felt uncomfortable too. That’s when I realized, no matter how sophisticated our society becomes unless they accept a person as part of the society, only then can that individual succeed.
No matter how professional a person may be in her line of work, this society will stigmatized her either in the name of a woman or a transgender.
We as a society, are in dire need to redefine policies and looking at people in a particular way. For this collective efforts are needed to include the transgenders in the main framework of our systems and think about them.
Think about it. Until next time, stay safe and Healthy.
Have you ever wondered what men want from a woman in Pakistan? I know what you are thinking and many of you will second my thoughts. Today, I will share with you some of the insights regarding men’s wants.
Previously, I discussed a woman’s want but today I will keep my focus on men exclusively.
Firstly, most men are looking out for a good time with any woman. They are least bothered about the cultural barriers or background or likes or dislikes.
Their uttermost concern is that it has to be something that can be portrayed as a woman even if it is a bottle.
Secondly, most of the time, men will approach women in the name of friendship and it is only a matter of exchanging some messages, they will come to their motives.
You need to be vigilant to understand where the conversation is going. However, men too differ as women do.
Thirdly, sometimes, they just reach out to share their side of the story. Not all men coming after women have the same want.
Wants differ from person to person as well as the situation. And men too, are cultured, to understand this.
Fourthly, every man wants to find true love in the form of a wife or family, or even friends. Every one of us needs to play a positive role in this scenario.
As an individual, we need to think out of the box to assure our insecurities and insecurities of the one called a man. If you have a clear mind, you will know how to go about all this.
Another want of a man is related to something we called vulnerability. He wants an assurance where he and his love can be accepted and nurtured. He may not accept this because he thinks it is childish to accept it in front of a woman of her dreams or wife or even family.
It is a very simple and innocent want and requires acceptance from the person across the border.
Lastly, as a society, we treat our men as superior being unlikely to make any mistake or even commit to one or even accept things. We need to think out of the box and give them space too.
The wants can only be addressed when we are ready to accept them as they are; be they introvert, extrovert, expressive, nonexpressive, self-centered, etc.,
The want of a man needs to be tackled at the family level first. When there is acceptance in the family, everything will ultimately fall in place in the long run.
You don’t have to turn them into Jackal and Hyde to realize this. Think about it.
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