When I picked this book for reading on the recommendation of one of my students, at that juncture of the moment, the theory of opposite began to spin in my mind which is presented by one of the early and an ancient philosopher named Anaximander posits that in the universe everything has its opposite force or thing and that is the system through which this universe and its phenomena
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Dakan is one of the movies directed by Guinea director and filmmaker Camara which started debate particularly in the Guinea society and generally in Africa and caught the attention of the whole world especially Europe and America after its initial release days because it raised and asked some very hard and untraditional questions which were not allowed to speak, answer, ask, argue, raise and those questions are about concept and practice of heterogeneity which is predominantly guiding people in the African world, emergence or revelation of homosexuality which was covered hidden before people and the world in Africa and the third question is the dare of Queering Africa. As Beti Ellerson (2005) puts it in the context, “the film revealed and manifested the assurance of black gay identity, both for black Africans who reside in the Western world and black gays who are of African descent”.
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The mind is the center of everything that controls the body & senses & instructs them to play various roles. If the body & five senses lose or die, then the mind is the sole responsible for that. It is much like, if the soul slips away or gets spoiled then the heart is to be blamed for that because the heart is the internal center of human existence & the mind is the external center of human existence. I know these are some of the very heavy topics to get engaged with because nowadays people has become so materialistic and worldly that they do not give a single second to think about them, but at the same time, it is necessary to study them in order to get to know ourselves so that we can get to know our God. As William Wordsworth says that “The world is too much with us”. Even Quran Testifies and narrates, “This world is no more than the deception of eyes”.
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There are as many interpretations of Mysticism as many people who practice it. Either it is defined by a person who is from East or West or by a religious person or by stereotype or a liberal person. first or last, they will surely stand on the universal description of it and that is to cut off from the world and get some meditation to purify soul and body. Rumi along with Shams, they both led the foundation of Eastern Mysticism in a real sense.
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William Shakespeare, the acclaimed dramatist of all ages, was born and baptized on 26 April 1564, in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England, and died on 23 April 1616. However, Shakespeare’s origin and his identity are yet mysterious because the records of that time have been misplaced but whatever the evidence critics get from pages of the history is enough to get to know about his identification. Shakespeare was multidimensional in his personality, an excellent actor, charming poet, great dramatist, and most popular writer among his contemporary writers. Whatever he took for writing, he changed the shape of that thing and create his style and put his taste into that. As Robert Greene acknowledged and wrote for the Shakespeare, “There is an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger’s heart wrapped in a player’s hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his conceit the only Shakespeare-scene in a country”.
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University is the place where every type of student comes to study from every part of the country. It is not just a place but a little universe that lifts the dreams of students, shapes future of candidates, paves way for talented ones to prove themselves, sometimes ruins the life of some individuals who do not digest the food and fruit of its surroundings and so
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Undoubtedly, man is born superior and has the great place before the eyes of God. Unfortunately, today, man has forgot that superior designation and has completely lost in the business of world life. As Rossouw says, “Man is born free, but everywhere he is in the chain of slavery”. It is not the slavery, which is imposed on man by others, rather it is the slavery accepted by man himself just because of disregarding his/her role in the universe.
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Literature is the discipline that plays a very vital role in everyone’s life and molds the directions of people. It
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According to the World Health Organization, due to the frequent use of alcohol and drugs results in 3.3 million deaths each year all around the world. On average, every person in the world aged 15 years or older drinks 6.2 litres of pure alcohol per year, especially its use is common in western part of the world, but now paradigm shifts significantly and East is not far behind to use alcohols & drugs, especially underdeveloped countries like Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh.
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