Hadia Altaf

Media is the main mean of mass communication these days. A common man accesses the world before him through media. This world includes politics, education, economy and much more of a country as well as the international system. Starting from the Pakistani local dramas. How do they portray our culture? Obviously through the message they convey. No doubt, they address social issues like in the dramas " Udari, Ruswai, Damsa" and many more, which is really appreciable of them. At the same time they show our living dishonorably in some dramas. They dispatch the image of university and public offices bluntly. This affects the mindset of a common man in a way that he refuses to send his children, more specifically daughters, to such institutes which affects the country eventually. Most of our dramas show upper class which is not so in Pakistan because more than 40%  of our public is even below the poverty line. The language, the dressing and living are not represented as Pakistani ...

SCOLDING IS EASY, APPRECIATION IS DIFFICULT.. HUMILIATING IS EASY, ENCOURAGING IS DIFFICULT.. SO WE DO WHAT IS EASY BECAUSE WE CANNOT AFFORD DIFFICULTIES!  Flying high does not require dragging others to the ground. The strongest of the flocks fly always together. We criticize, we belittle, we humiliate because we often like hiding our insecurities and jealousy by defaming others.The word “others” includes people from our family and class to the government officials. I am not saying that the hornless devils of society are angels but what I want to say is that we are now so used to condemning people for no reasons at all that we even don't realize we are wrong. For instance, if I am a Pakistani citizen it is my duty to obey the law then it is my right to shout for my rights. What do we do? We even have no manners to throw the litter in the dustbin and we keep on saying “ NA-EHL HAKUMAT ”. We cannot have a Prime Minister always with a stick standing by our sides, some responsibilitie...

What actually beauty is and w hat is our youth's perception of beauty? Anything which can be modified and reshaped is beautiful. Something which has a gap for correction is beautiful. Imperfections are beautiful!  Face, features, physique and physical appearance can never be beauty;as beauty can never have such a narrow stance. The things which are considered beautiful by us are "Needs" e.g. eyes to watch, hands to work, legs to walk. If you have all these things you should be grateful. Beauty is eternal which means that it never withers away and never gets old. That which you show to people with filters can never be beauty... Beauty is good manners, beauty is a good heart, beauty is a loyal friend and indeed mother is beauty. Beauty has no specific definition because anything which soothes your soul is beauty for you. What happens if concept of beauty is wronged? When we perceive beauty wrongly, we commit huge mistakes then. Like we even see love with wrong concept, we e...