What is your dream

[pir_Rokhan]

Re: What is your dream

My dream..You all will be amazed to know..

Listen carefully and ponder giving it a serius heed.

My dream is that Every Pakhtun should have a dream.
Pakhtuns have become too realistic.
World has never been changed by realists.It needs Idealists who have a dream.

[Dukemina]

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My dream in this world is a united Muslim Ummah.

[Roshina]

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Elaborate, Your post is vague.

If I'm not mistaken, he means we shouldn't be afraid of dreaming. We must first have a dream, a vision before making it a reality, and peace for Pukhtuns is impossible until and unless we've developed a dream for making it happen.

[Roshina]

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^Ok.
but Id like to see what he has to say.

Sorry! I just need an excuse to talk a lot, that's all! lol

[tor_khan]

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before I get to my point, what are you doing to acheiev your goal and dream?

Check out his blog, Pekhawara You'll know.

Thank you Qrratugai for the endorsement.

@ Pekhawar - I'm an educational advisor - I started off as a teacher, worked in 3 continents and now am in the position of dispensing advice ... that doesn't mean of course, that people take my advice ... but clearly, like Qrratugai, I have a lot to say.

In between all this, I have a young family, an extended family and I do boring old things like pay bills. The fun is in the travel ... perhaps I should say more about this in my blog ... mmm ...

Presently I live in the UAE. My inclination is to stay a while longer, but this year I approach something of a juncture - either the UK or Canada. That said last year, I was offered 2 jobs in Afghanistan and 1 in Pakistan ... and I was so tempted (still am to be quite honest) to take this job in Kabul (the others were Jalalabad and Islamabad), but there is the *small* :!: matter of logistics (i.e. family and security) that need to be sorted. The UAE, of course, has the largest Pashtoon population outside Pak/Afghanistan andit is true that most my fellow Pashtoons here are the labour force and never get to step inside the oppulence that they toil hard in the Arabian heat to build. It's very sad and and totally lacks justice.

The UAE/Abu Dhabi/Dubai, are however, full to dreams (and temptations), and great hub to travel from to other places. Yep, I've been to the summit of the tallest building in the world (http://torkhan.blogspot.com/search/label/Burj%20Khalifa), dined at some real fancy restaurants, done the desert safari thing, been dune bashing, camping, quad biking, sailing, diving off the coast of Oman. Every other week on Fridays, I drive my family for Jum'ah prayer to Sheikh Zayed Masjid - it's like a palace and has the largest carpet in the world (all 47 tonnes of it shipped over from Iran) and the heaviest copper and gold plated chandeliers imported from Germany, made up of 1 million Swarovski crystals (there are seven of them, the largest of which is 10 metres in diameter with a 15 metre drop in the main hall). The statistics keep changing, so depending on what you read, the Masjid is the either the 3rd-6th largest in the world (it was originally scaled back because at one point there was talk of it being too(oo) big and overshadowing the Haram Sharif, which of course is the biggest).

Like I say, I'm lucky, Al Hamdulilah. Allah has been very kind - all of this I've shared with my family, guests and friends. I have very little personal wealth (something to do with starting off as humble teacher ?!?!?), but I want to make up for that with positive experiences. So yes, I dream, like any other person. For example, I'd like to take a cruise (perhaps a short Mediterranean cruise) this summer en route to England. Who knows? Last year I didn't get the chance, because of the crisis that happened in Swat and the need for us to travel suddenly when aunts/uncles and cousins and my bro-in-law's wife-to-be ended up as internal refugees in overcrowded camps. Suddenly when your own blood is homeless, its very humbling and bursts your dream balloon with a single pop.

I guess I have my reasons for wanting to vote for World Peace as my ideal dream.

[tor_khan]

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I'm lucky enough to have travelled a fair bit ... even luckier to have met some great people ... I honestly don't dream of cars, houses or mobile phones ... my money is spent on travel and new experiences ...

Same here; no dreams of cars or houses or mobile phones. I don't travel much now but would LOVE to! And traveling is my future hobby, ka khaire.

As for my dream ... when I grow up, ka khairee, I want to translate the Quran in English and in Pukhto No worries, though -- I PROMISE that my Pukhto and English will have been perfected by then! :D If not in Pukhto, then at least in English.

Qrratugai - remember to leave a space at the beginning so that I can write your "Foreward".

[Dukemina]

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before I get to my point, what are you doing to acheiev your goal and dream?

Check out his blog, Pekhawara You'll know.

Thank you Qrratugai for the endorsement.

@ Pekhawar - I'm an educational advisor - I started off as a teacher, worked in 3 continents and now am in the position of dispensing advice ... that doesn't mean of course, that people take my advice ... but clearly, like Qrratugai, I have a lot to say.

In between all this, I have a young family, an extended family and I do boring old things like pay bills. The fun is in the travel ... perhaps I should say more about this in my blog ... mmm ...

Presently I live in the UAE. My inclination is to stay a while longer, but this year I approach something of a juncture - either the UK or Canada. That said last year, I was offered 2 jobs in Afghanistan and 1 in Pakistan ... and I was so tempted (still am to be quite honest) to take this job in Kabul (the others were Jalalabad and Islamabad), but there is the *small* :!: matter of logistics (i.e. family and security) that need to be sorted. The UAE, of course, has the largest Pashtoon population outside Pak/Afghanistan andit is true that most my fellow Pashtoons here are the labour force and never get to step inside the oppulence that they toil hard in the Arabian heat to build. It's very sad and and totally lacks justice.

The UAE/Abu Dhabi/Dubai, are however, full to dreams (and temptations), and great hub to travel from to other places. Yep, I've been to the summit of the tallest building in the world (http://torkhan.blogspot.com/search/label/Burj%20Khalifa), dined at some real fancy restaurants, done the desert safari thing, been dune bashing, camping, quad biking, sailing, diving off the coast of Oman. Every other week on Fridays, I drive my family for Jum'ah prayer to Sheikh Zayed Masjid - it's like a palace and has the largest carpet in the world (all 47 tonnes of it shipped over from Iran) and the heaviest copper and gold plated chandeliers imported from Germany, made up of 1 million Swarovski crystals (there are seven of them, the largest of which is 10 metres in diameter with a 15 metre drop in the main hall). The statistics keep changing, so depending on what you read, the Masjid is the either the 3rd-6th largest in the world (it was originally scaled back because at one point there was talk of it being too(oo) big and overshadowing the Haram Sharif, which of course is the biggest).

Like I say, I'm lucky, Al Hamdulilah. Allah has been very kind - all of this I've shared with my family, guests and friends. I have very little personal wealth (something to do with starting off as humble teacher ?!?!?), but I want to make up for that with positive experiences. So yes, I dream, like any other person. For example, I'd like to take a cruise (perhaps a short Mediterranean cruise) this summer en route to England. Who knows? Last year I didn't get the chance, because of the crisis that happened in Swat and the need for us to travel suddenly when aunts/uncles and cousins and my bro-in-law's wife-to-be ended up as internal refugees in overcrowded camps. Suddenly when your own blood is homeless, its very humbling and bursts your dream balloon with a single pop.

I guess I have my reasons for wanting to vote for World Peace as my ideal dream.

Yeah, everyone, you hear that! Thats OUR Tor Khan from CK 8-)

May Allah bless you Tor Khan You're one of the wisest people I know and it's an honor

[tor_khan]

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Yeah, everyone, you hear that! Thats OUR Tor Khan from CK 8-)

May Allah bless you Tor Khan You're one of the wisest people I know and it's an honor

... Thanks Dukemina! I learn from the fine company I get to keep.

So many Pashtoon refugees (from CK) finding a space for themselves in another 'land' (PF).

... Isn't it a strange case of deja vu? Is this meant to happen to Pashtoons?????

[tor_khan]

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Wow, very nice read^

Can you explain more on your career, if you do not mind.

Thanks Sayeed ... very kind of you.

I think I said a few things about myself in that last post. Have a snoop around my blog and leave a comment or two. You'll begin to build up a picture.

[Dukemina]

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^Our? Wait, you were on CK? Who're you?

[tor_khan]

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afridi,
I was banned years ago oh well.

my point is I don't approve of tor khan trying to make it seem like we are rfugees here. This is a Pashtun world, pashtun society. It's not like we are in a Baluchi forum.

PF is my new home.

Why so serious???

Chai Khaana was a "home" for many too and suddenly it was pulled. People moved in droves to this forum. I was being poetic, if you like, with my words.

I rather like it here.

You're right about the pinch of salt.

[Roshina]

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As for my dream ... when I grow up, ka khairee, I want to translate the Quran in English and in Pukhto No worries, though -- I PROMISE that my Pukhto and English will have been perfected by then! :D If not in Pukhto, then at least in English.

Qrratugai - remember to leave a space at the beginning so that I can write your "Foreward".

LOL! Sure thing! Will do. What you planning to say? "This is a feminist translation"? :D lolll... kidding, of course. (Believe it or not, you're one of the very few people I know to whom I'd ever give permission to write a foreword for ANY book I may ever consider publishing.)

[tor_khan]

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As for my dream ... when I grow up, ka khairee, I want to translate the Quran in English and in Pukhto No worries, though -- I PROMISE that my Pukhto and English will have been perfected by then! :D If not in Pukhto, then at least in English.

Qrratugai - remember to leave a space at the beginning so that I can write your "Foreward".

LOL! Sure thing! Will do. What you planning to say? "This is a feminist translation"? :D lolll... kidding, of course. (Believe it or not, you're one of the very few people I know to whom I'd ever give permission to write a foreword for ANY book I may ever consider publishing.)

You're such a monkey - you really made me laugh there!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Of course Qrratugai, there'd be no surprises. Perhaps we could even agree it.

You've still got me smiling there! Classic.

[pir_Rokhan]

Re: What is your dream

My dream..You all will be amazed to know..

Listen carefully and ponder giving it a serius heed.

My dream is that Every Pakhtun should have a dream.
Pakhtuns have become too realistic.World has never been changed by realists.It needs Idealists who have a dream.

Elaborate, Your post is vague.

Sayeed
The ex president of India has written a book about "Bright minds" wherein he explains this important point to which I referred.The crux of that book is that there might not be dream behind every great work however any great work has to start with a dream.


Dreams are the embodiment of Ideals and Ideals are abstract thoughts which need to be realised.When I say my dream is that Every Pakhtun should have a dream ,it does not, ofcourse, mean that every Pakhtun should start day dreaming what I mean is that every Pakhtun should think of setting a target for himself/herself and strive to achieve it.

Most of us have seen the world abroad.Have you guys ever thought we also need research centers like CERN,we also need MIT's and IIT's ,we need to give environment which can produce Bill gates and Steve jobs,we need Newtons and Einstiens,Sagan and Kako.We also would like to have Burjul Afghan as the tallest building and a master piece of architechural excellence.We need nobel laureates and world champions in sports.This and a lot other can only be achieved only if we Afghans/Pakthuns start having a dream to achieve excellence in various fields of our interest instead of waiting for God to send angels and do it for us.

Pakhtuns are proud of having "pat" and "nang".The concept of Nang in the modern world,however, is not individualistic but should have academic,scientific , technological and collectivistic implications.You can kill an enemy using your "ghairat" but cannot counter a carpet bomber.You need to have a more sophisticated technology to counter a drone attack ,forexample, and that technology can be invented only if we consider nang and "siyalee" in knowledge and science instead of falling prey to high blood pressure and unconscious reflexive action which we term as ghairat on individual level.

I hope it elaborates.

[shah nawaz]

Re: What is your dream

Rokhan sab, what are you doing to improve the lives of Pashtuns.