Posted on February 26, 2008 by Dr Farrukh Malik
These lines are from a book of ‘Paulo Coelho’ named The ‘Valkyries’. I was very impressed with the thought and I want to Share it with you….
“What do you see in that immense sky?” J. asked
“Clouds”
“No” J. said. “You see the soul of the rivers. Rivers that have just been reborn in the sea. They [...]
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Posted on December 22, 2007 by Dr Farrukh Malik
Through the long years
I sought peace
I found ecstasy, I found anguish
I found madness
I found lonliness
I found the solitary pain
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Posted on December 18, 2007 by Dr Farrukh Malik
(This is translation of a song from Brazilian Portuguese that one of my friend Gisele sent me sometime back)
In a piece of paper I draw a yellow sun
And with five or six lines it’s easy to raise a castle
I run the pencil around my hand and I get a glove
And if I make it rain with [...]
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Posted on December 16, 2007 by Dr Farrukh Malik
Few days back I happened to read the master piece of Marquez, yes none other than ‘Love in the Time of Cholera’. The style in which Marquez has dealt with the characters is splendid. It is sort of away from his ‘One hundred years of Solitude’ as he has not given his peculiar tinge of [...]
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