Ishrat Ameen

Many of my easy-going friends suggest that listening to the news on television, or reading every news item published in the newspaper everyday can penetrate your brain with more negative thoughts than positive ones.

It is time when children are starting a new year in school. There's a lot of excitement in the air because the word 'new' brings in a feeling of stepping into an unknown area children nowadays love to explore.

A teacher's day starts with this sentence, “What can I do for a child today?” How does the society and the nation at large, respond to this dedication?

It is sometimes extremely difficult to justify one's absence from the world of being a 'columnist.' It is even more difficult to convince myself why this interesting aspect of challenging and respectful existence was evading me as if I wanted to disown my destiny.