MANAGE STRESS

  Avoid unnecessary stress

Not all stress can be avoided, and it’s not healthy to avoid a situation that needs to be addressed. You may be surprised, however, by the number of stressors in your life that you can eliminate.

• Learn how to say “no”  Know your limits and stick to them. Whether in your personal or professional life, refuse to accept added responsibilities when you’re close to reaching them.
• Avoid people who stress you out – If someone consistently causes stress in your life and you can’t turn the relationship around, limit the amount of time you spend with that person or end the relationship entirely.
• Take control of your environment – If the evening news makes you anxious, turn the TV off. If traffic’s got you tense, take a longer but less-traveled route. If going to the market is an unpleasant chore, do your grocery shopping online.
• Avoid hot-button topics – If you get upset over religion or politics, cross them off your conversation list. If you repeatedly argue about the same subject with the same people, stop bringing it up or excuse yourself when it’s the topic of discussion.

  Alter the situation

If you can’t avoid a stressful situation, try to alter it. Figure out what you can do to change things so the problem doesn’t present itself in the future. Often, this involves changing the way you communicate and operate in your daily life.

• Express your feelings instead of bottling them up. If something or someone is bothering you, communicate your concerns in an open and respectful way. If you don’t voice your feelings, resentment will build and the situation will likely remain the same.
• Be willing to compromise. When you ask someone to change their behavior, be willing to do the same. If you both are willing to bend at least a little, you’ll have a good chance of finding a happy middle ground.
• Be more assertive. Don’t take a backseat in your own life. Deal with problems head on, doing your best to anticipate and prevent them. If you’ve got an exam to study for and your chatty roommate just got home, say up front that you only have five minutes to talk.
• Manage your time better. Poor time management can cause a lot of stress. When you’re stretched too thin and running behind, it’s hard to stay calm and focused. But if you plan ahead and make sure you don’t overextend yourself, you can alter the amount of stress you’re under.

Adapt to the stressor

If you can’t change the stressor, change yourself. You can adapt to stressful situations and regain your sense of control by changing your expectations and attitude.

• Reframe problems. Try to view stressful situations from a more positive perspective. Rather than fuming about a traffic jam, look at it as an opportunity to pause and regroup, listen to your favorite radio station, or enjoy some alone time.
• Look at the big picture. Take perspective of the stressful situation. Ask yourself how important it will be in the long run. Will it matter in a month? A year? Is it really worth getting upset over? If the answer is no, focus your time and energy elsewhere.
• Adjust your standards. Perfectionism is a major source of avoidable stress. Stop setting yourself up for failure by demanding perfection. Set reasonable standards for yourself and others, and learn to be okay with “good enough.”
• Focus on the positive. When stress is getting you down, take a moment to reflect on all the things you appreciate in your life, including your own positive qualities and gifts. This simple strategy can help you keep things in perspective.

Adjusting Your Attitude

How you think can have a profound effect on your emotional and physical well-being. Each time you think a negative thought about yourself, your body reacts as if it were in the throes of a tension-filled situation.get control on wat you doing.If you see good things about yourself, you are more likely to feel good; the reverse is also true. Eliminate words such as "always," "never," "should," and "must." These are telltale marks of self-defeating thoughts.

Accept the things you can’t change

Some sources of stress are unavoidable. You can’t prevent or change stressors such as the death of a loved one, a serious illness, or a national recession. In such cases, the best way to cope with stress is to accept things as they are. Acceptance may be difficult, but in the long run, it’s easier than railing against a situation you can’t change.

• Don’t try to control the uncontrollable. Many things in life are beyond our control— particularly the behavior of other people. Rather than stressing out over them, focus on the things you can control such as the way you choose to react to problems.
• Look for the upside. As the saying goes, “What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.” When facing major challenges, try to look at them as opportunities for personal growth. If your own poor choices contributed to a stressful situation, reflect on them and learn from your mistakes.
• Share your feelings. Talk to a trusted friend or make an appointment with a therapist. Expressing what you’re going through can be very cathartic, even if there’s nothing you can do to alter the stressful situation.
• Learn to forgive. Accept the fact that we live in an imperfect world and that people make mistakes. Let go of anger and resentments. Free yourself from negative energy by forgiving and moving on.

Stress management strategy #5: Make time for fun and relaxation

Beyond a take-charge approach and a positive attitude, you can reduce stress in your life by nurturing yourself. If you regularly make time for fun and relaxation, you’ll be in a better place to handle life’s stressors when they inevitably come.

good health can make you feel better

Go for a walk. Spend time in nature. Call a good friend. Sweat out tension with a good workout. Write in your journal. Take a long bath. Light scented candles.

Savor a warm cup of coffee or tea. Play with a pet. Work in your garden. Get a massage. Curl up with a good book. Listen to music. Watch a comedy.

Don’t get so caught up in the hustle and bustle of life that you forget to take care of your own needs. Nurturing yourself is a necessity, not a luxury.

• Set aside relaxation time. Include rest and relaxation in your daily schedule. Don’t allow other obligations to encroach. This is your time to take a break from all responsibilities and recharge your batteries.
• Connect with others. Spend time with positive people who enhance your life. A strong support system will buffer you from the negative effects of stress.
• Do something you enjoy every day. Make time for leisure activities that bring you joy, whether it be stargazing, playing the piano, or working on your bike.
• Keep your sense of humor. This includes the ability to laugh at yourself. The act of laughing helps your body fight stress in a number of ways.

Adopt a healthy lifestyle

 strengthening your physical health.

• Exercise regularly. Physical activity plays a key role in reducing and preventing the effects of stress. Make time for at least 30 minutes of exercise, three times per week. Nothing beats aerobic exercise for releasing pent-up stress and tension.
• Eat a healthy diet. Well-nourished bodies are better prepared to cope with stress, so be mindful of what you eat. Start your day right with breakfast, and keep your energy up and your mind clear with balanced, nutritious meals throughout the day.
• Reduce caffeine and sugar. The temporary "highs" caffeine and sugar provide often end in with a crash in mood and energy. By reducing the amount of coffee, soft drinks, chocolate, and sugar snacks in your diet, you’ll feel more relaxed and you’ll sleep better.
• Avoid alcohol, cigarettes, and drugs. Self-medicating with alcohol or drugs may provide an easy escape from stress, but the relief is only temporary. Don’t avoid or mask the issue at hand; deal with problems head on and with a clear mind.
• Get enough sleep. Adequate sleep fuels your mind, as well as your body. Feeling tired will increase your stress because it may cause you to think irrationally.

LEARNING HEALTHIER WAYS TO MANAGE STRESS

Look at how you currently cope with stress

Think about the ways you currently manage and cope with stress in your life. Your stress journal can help you identify them. Are your coping strategies healthy or unhealthy, helpful or unproductive? Unfortunately, many people cope with stress in ways that compound the problem.

Unhealthy ways of coping with stress

These coping strategies may temporarily reduce stress, but they cause more damage in the long run:

Smoking Drinking too much Overeating or undereating Zoning out for hours in front of the TV or computer Withdrawing from friends, family, and activities

Using pills or drugs to relax Sleeping too much Procrastinating Filling up every minute of the day to avoid facing problems Taking out your stress on others (lashing out, angry outbursts, physical violence)

Learning healthier ways to manage stress

If your methods of coping with stress aren’t contributing to your greater emotional and physical health, it’s time to find healthier ones. There are many healthy ways to manage and cope with stress, but they all require change. You can either change the situation or change your reaction. When deciding which option to choose, it’s helpful to think of the four As: avoid, alter, adapt, or accept.
Since everyone has a unique response to stress, there is no “one size fits all” solution to managing it. No single method works for everyone or in every situation, so experiment with different techniques and strategies. Focus on what makes you feel calm and in control.

Dealing with Stressful Situations: The Four A’s

Change the situation: Avoid the stressor. Alter the stressor.

Change your reaction: Adapt to the stressor. Accept the stressor.

MANAGE HOW TO GET CONTROL ON YOUR STRESS

Stress Management

How to Reduce, prevent, and Cope with Stress

It may seem that there’s nothing you can do about stress. The bills won’t stop coming, there will never be more hours in the day, and your career and family responsibilities will always be demanding. But you have more control than you might think. In fact, the simple realization that you’re in control of your life is the foundation of stress management. Managing stress is all about taking charge: of your thoughts, emotions, schedule, and the way you deal with problems

Identify the sources of stress in your life

Learn about hidden sources of stress

Stress management starts with identifying the sources of stress in your life. This isn’t as easy as it sounds. Your true sources of stress aren’t always obvious, and it’s all too easy to overlook your own stress-inducing thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Sure, you may know that you’re constantly worried about work deadlines. But maybe it’s your procrastination, rather than the actual job demands, that leads to deadline stress.
To identify your true sources of stress, look closely at your habits, attitude, and excuses:

• Do you explain away stress as temporary (“I just have a million things going on right now”) even though you can’t remember the last time you took a breather?
• Do you define stress as an integral part of your work or home life (“Things are always crazy around here”) or as a part of your personality (“I have a lot of nervous energy, that’s all”).
• Do you blame your stress on other people or outside events, or view it as entirely normal and unexceptional?

Until you accept responsibility for the role you play in creating or maintaining it, your stress level will remain outside your control.

20 BEST QUOTATIONS ABOUT SUCCESS

1. “Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions.” Tony Robbins
2. “You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted.” Ruth E. Renkl
3. “The only true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing.” Socrates
4. “Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.” John Wooden
5. “Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.”  Abraham Lincoln
6. ” If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary.” Jim Rohn
7. “Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it’s safe or certain.” Anonymous
8. “When your life flashes before your eyes, make sure you’ve got plenty to watch.” Anonymous
9. “Screw it, Let’s do it!” Richard Branson
10. “Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.” Baltasa
11. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” Steve Jobs
12. “The more you loose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.” Norman Vincent Peale
13. “If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it!” Jonathan Winters
14. “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” Zig Ziglar
15. “Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” John Wayne
16.“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” Les Brown
17. “The link between my experience as an entrepreneur and that of a politician is all in one word: freedom.” Silvio Berlusconi
18. “The entrepreneur builds an enterprise; the technician builds a job.” Michael Gerber
19. “A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them.” Henry Kravis
20. “Most new jobs won’t come from our biggest employers. They will come from our smallest. We’ve got to do everything we can to make entrepreneurial dreams a reality.”  Ross Perot

QUOTATIONS ABOUT MOTHER

No language can express the power, and beauty, and heroism, and majesty of a mother's love.  It shrinks not where man cowers, and grows stronger where man faints, and over wastes of worldly fortunes sends the radiance of its quenchless fidelity like a star.  ~Edwin Hubbell Chapin


A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.  ~Tenneva Jordan

Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in my field, since the payment is pure love.  ~Mildred B. Vermont


A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.  ~Peter De Vries


The phrase "working mother" is redundant.  ~Jane Sellman

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born.  She never existed before.  The woman existed, but the mother, never.  A mother is something absolutely new.  ~Rajneesh


If the whole world were put into one scale, and my mother in the other, the whole world would kick the beam.  ~Lord Langdale

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me.  They have clung to me all my life.  ~Abraham Lincoln


Some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.  ~Pearl S. Buck


If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been.  ~Robert Brault
A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.  ~Author Unknown


Sweater, n.:  garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.  ~Ambrose Bierce


Women's Liberation is just a lot of foolishness.  It's the men who are discriminated against.  They can't bear children.  And no one's likely to do anything about that.  ~Golda Meir


The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.  ~Oliver Wendell Holmes


The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.  ~Honoré de Balzac


All women become like their mothers.  That is their tragedy.  No man does.  That's his.  ~Oscar WildeShe never quite leaves her children at home, even when she doesn't take them along.  ~Margaret Culkin Banning


An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.  ~Spanish Proverb


Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee
Calls back the lovely April of her prime.
~William Shakespeare


When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts.  A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.  ~Sophia Loren, Women and Beauty


If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?  ~Milton Berle


Motherhood is priced
Of God, at price no man may dare
To lessen or misunderstand.
~Helen Hunt Jackson


Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.  ~Aristotle


Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort.  ~John Lancaster Spalding


Motherhood has a very humanizing effect.  Everything gets reduced to essentials.  ~Meryl Streep


The sweetest sounds to mortals given
Are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven.
~William Goldsmith Brown


What are Raphael's Madonnas but the shadow of a mother's love, fixed in permanent outline forever?  ~Thomas Wentworth Higginson


The formative period for building character for eternity is in the nursery. The mother is queen of that realm and sways a scepter more potent than that of kings or priests. ~Author Unknown


Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.  ~Marion C.

[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.  ~Emily Dickinson


A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.  ~Washington Irving


Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease.  ~Lisa Alther


Don't ever tell the mother of a newborn that her baby's smile is just gas.  ~Jill Woodhull


Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother.  ~Beverly Jones


That best academy, a mother's knee.  ~James Russell Lowell


A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.  ~Victor Hugo


Grown don't mean nothing to a mother.  A child is a child.  They get bigger, older, but grown?  What's that suppose to mean?  In my heart it don't mean a thing.  ~Toni Morrison, Beloved, 1987


The only mothers it is safe to forget on Mother's Day are the good ones.  ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960


.  ~Robert BraultThere is an instinct in a woman to love most her own child - and an instinct to make any child who needs her love, her own,


Mommies are just big little girls.  ~Author Unknown


A mom's hug lasts long after she lets go.  ~Author Unknown


Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn,
Hundreds of bees in the purple clover,
Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn,
But only one mother the wide world over.
~George Cooper


A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.  ~Honoré de Balzac


A mother's heart is a patchwork of love.  ~Author Unknown


A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands.  But a mother's love endures through all.  ~Washington Irving


A mom forgives us all our faults, not to mention one or two we don't even have.  ~Robert Brault,

My mother is a poem
I'll never be able to write,
though everything I write
is a poem to my mother.
~Sharon Doubiago


You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool mom.  ~Author Unknown


With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood.  ~Isadora Duncan


One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters.  ~George Herbert


There's nothing like a mama-hug.  ~Terri Guillemets


Who fed me from her gentle breast
And hushed me in her arms to rest,
And on my cheek sweet kisses prest?
My Mother.
~Anne Taylor


Mother's love is peace.  It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.  ~Erich Fromm


What is a mom but the sunshine of our days and the north star of our nights.  ~Robert Brault,

Mother is a verb, not a noun.  ~Proverb


Who ran to help me when I fell,
And would some pretty story tell,
Or kiss the place to make it well?
My mother.
~Ann Taylor


Mother - that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.  ~T. DeWitt Talmage


Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn't know you had, and dealing with fears you didn't know existed.  ~Linda Wooten


The precursor of the mirror is the mother's face.  ~D.W. Winnicott,

The mother of boys work son-up to son-down.  ~Author Unknown


Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.  ~William Makepeace Thackeray


A daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of her self.  And mothers are their daughters' role model, their biological and emotional road map, the arbiter of all their relationships.  ~Victoria Secunda


Mother's love grows by giving.  ~Charles Lamb


I miss thee, my Mother!  Thy image is still
The deepest impressed on my heart.
~Eliza CookThe 

mother's heart is the child's school-room.  ~Henry Ward Beecher

QUOTATION TO SECURE YOUR FRIENDSHIP

"No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some kind of mark on it forever."
- Unknown

"Friends are the bacon bits in the salad bowl of life."
- Uknown

"When a friend's in trouble, don't insult him by asking what you can do, think for yourself and start doing it."
- Unknown

"A brother is not always a friend, but a friend is always a brother."
- Unknown

"Never hurt your friends, not even in a joke."
- Unknown

"A friendship that stops existing, was actually never there."
- Unknown

"One loyal friend is better than ten thousand family members."
- Unknown

"Hold on to your friend with both hands."
- Unknown

"He who searches for friends without faults, will never have a friend."
- Unknown

"You will never have a perfect friendship, but you must strive for one."
- Unknown

POPULATION,FACT AND HISTORY OF PAKISTAN

Capital and Major Cities Populations:

Capital:
Islamabad, population 800,000 (3.7 million for greater Islamabad metropolitan area).

Major Cities:
Karachi, population 11,624,000
Lahore, population 6,311,000
Faisalabad, population 1,977,000
Rawalpindi, population 1,406,000
Hyderabad, population 1,151,000
All figures based on 2005 estimates.

Pakistani Government History:

Pakistan has a (somewhat fragile) parliamentary democracy.
The President is the Head of State, while the Prime Minister is the Head of Government.
Pakistan's two-house Parliament (Majlis-e-Shura) is made up of a 100-member Senate and a 342-member National Assembly.
The judicial system is a mix of secular and Islamic courts, including a Supreme Court, provincial courts, and Federal Shari'a courts that administer Islamic law.
Pakistan's secular laws are based on British common law. All citizens over 18 years of age have the vote.
The current Prime Minister is Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani. The President is Asif Ali Zardari, widower of BENAZIR BHUTTO

Day by Day incresingPopulation of Pakistan:

Pakistan's population as of July, 2008 was 172,800,000, making it the sixth most populous nation on Earth.
The largest ethnic group is the Punjabi, with 44.1% of the total population. Other groups include the pashtun (or Pathan), 15.4%; Sindhi, 14.1%; Sariaki, 10.5%; Urdu, 7.6%; Balochi, 3.6%; and smaller groups making up the remaining 4.7%.
The birth rate in Pakistan is relatively high, at 3.7 live births per woman, so the population is expanding rapidly. The literacy rate for adult women is only 36%, compared with 63% for men.

Ratio of Languages of Pakistan:

The official language of Pakistan is English, but the national language is Urdu (which is closely related to Hindi).
Interestingly, Urdu is not spoken as a native language by any of Pakistan's main ethnic groups, and was chosen as a neutral option for communication among the various peoples of Pakistan.
Punjabi is the native tongue of 48% of Pakistanis, with Sindhi at 12%, Siraiki at 10%, Pashtu at 8%, Balochi at 3%, and a handful of smaller language groups.
Most Pakistan languages belong to the Indo-Aryan language family, and are written in a Perso-Arabic script.

Religions in Pakistan:

An estimated 95-97% of Pakistanis are Muslim, with the remaining few percentage points made up of small groups of Hindus, Christians, SIKH, Parsi (Zoroastrians), Buddhists and followers of other faiths.
About 75% of the population are SUNNI Muslims, while 20% are SHIA
Most Pakistani Sunnis belong to the Hanafi branch, while Pakistani Shi'a are mainly members of the Ithna Asharia. Other Shi'a sects are represented, such as the Ahle Hadith, the Bohra, and the Ismailis.

Geography of Pakistan:

Pakistan lies along the collision point between the Indian and Asian techtonic plates. As a result, much of the country consists of rugged mountains.
The area of Pakistan is 880,940 square km (340,133 square miles).
The country shares borders with Afghanistan to the northwest, China to the north, India to the south and east, and Iran to the west. The border with India is subject to dispute, with both nations claiming the mountain regions of Kashmir and Jammu.
Pakistan's lowest point is its Indian Ocean coast, at sea level. The highest point is K2, the world's second-tallest mountain, at 8,611 meters (28,251 feet).

Climate of Pakistan:

With the exception of the temperate coastal region, most of Pakistan suffers from seasonal extremes of temperature.
From June to September, Pakistan has its monson season, with warm weather and heavy rain in some areas. The temperatures drop significantly in December through February, while spring tends to be very warm and dry.
Of course, the Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountain ranges are snowbound for much of the year, due to their high altitudes.
Temperatures even at lower elevations may drop below freezing during the winter, while summer highs of 40°C (104°F) are not uncommon. The record high is 55°C (131°F).

Pakistani Economy:

Pakistan has great economic potential, but it has been hampered by internal political unrest, a lack of foreign investment, and its chronic state of conflict with India.
As a result, the per capita GDP is only $2,600, and 24% of Pakistanis live under the poverty line.
Nonetheless, the situation is improving rapidly, with GDP annual growth of 6-8% between 2004 and 2007. Unemployment stands at just 7.5%.
Pakistan exports labor, textiles, rice, and carpets. It imports oil, petroleum products, machinery, and steel.
The Pakistani rupee trades at 75.7 rupees / $1 US (September, 2008 figure).

History of Pakistan:

The nation of Pakistan is a modern creation, but people have been building great cities in the area for some 5,000 years.

Ancient Pakistan

Five millennia ago, the INDUS VALEEY CIVILIZATION created great urban centers at Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, both of which are now in Pakistan.
The Indus Valley people mixed with Aryans moving in from the north during the second millennium B.C. Combined, these peoples are called the Vedic Culture; they created the epic stories upon which Hinduism is founded.

Early History

The lowlands of Pakistan were conquered by Darius the Great around 500 B.C. His Achaemenid Empire ruled the area for nearly 200 years.
Alexander the Great destroyed the Achaemenids in 334 B.C., establishing Greek rule as far as the Punjab. After Alexander's death 12 years later, the empire was thrown into confusion as his generals divided up the satrapies; a local leader, Chandeagupta Maurya , seized the opportunity to return the Punjab to local rule. Nonetheless, Greek and Persian culture continued to exert a strong influence on what is now Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The Mauryan Empire later conquered most of South Asia; Chandragupta's grandson, Ashoka the great , converted to Buddhism in the third century B.C.

Arrival of Islam

Another important religious development occurred in the 8th century A.D., when Muslim traders brought their new religion to the Sindh region.Islam became the state religion under the Ghaznavid Dynasty (997-1187 A.D.). A succession of Turkic/Afghan dynasties ruled the region through 1526, when the area was conquered by Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire.

Mughal Rule

Babur was a descendant of Timur(Tamerlane), and his dynasty ruled most of South Asia until 1857, when the British took control.

BRITISH INDIA (including Pakistan)

After the so-called Sepoy Rebellion of 1857, the last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah II, was exiled to Burma by the British.
Great Britain had been asserting ever-increasing control through the British East India Company since at least 1757. The British Raj, the time when South Asia fell under direct control by the UK government, lasted until 1947.

Independence and Partition

Muslims in the north of British India objected to joining the independent nation of India after World War II, so a partition was agreed upon. Hindus and Sikhs would live in India proper, while Muslims got the new nation of Pakistan.
Originally, Pakistan consisted of two separate pieces; the eastern section later became the nation of Bangladesh.

IMPORTANCE OF YOURS IN YOUR LIFE

 “We all matter - maybe less then a lot but always more than none.”
― John Green





 “I'm terrified that I will never be able to put him from my mind. I don't love him but I'm afraid that he will make it impossible for me ever to love anyone else.”
― Mary Balogh, The Devil's Web

DEADLY TERM USED BY A WOMEN

FACTS ABOUT LIFE

1. Scientists believe that Earth will exist for another 7.5 billion years before the sun becomes a red giant star and, in all probability, destroys the planet. Earth may cease to support life forms far before that date, however, due to increased energy output from the sun over time.
2. Living organisms are divided into two basic domains: prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Eukaryotes, to which humans belong, have a cellular structure with a nucleus and membrane-bound genetic information, while the cells of prokaryotes do not contain a nucleus.
3. Today, all identified living organisms are scientifically named and categorized according to Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus’s taxonomy. In his 1758 publication, Systema Naturae, Linnaeus divided and classified different living organisms with a ranking scale: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.
4. Scientists estimate that anywhere from five million to 100 million unique species of plants and animals currently live on Earth. However, only about two million of these species have been identified.
5. Insect species account for 950,000 of the two million identified species on Earth.
6. There are nearly 300,000 different species of plants currently living on Earth.
7. Mammals make up just 5,416 of the two million identified species on Earth.
8. The theory of evolution, which explains how living things change over time through natural selection, was first publicized by Charles Darwin in 1859. Many scientists now point to this natural phenomenon as the reason behind Earth’s great biodiversity.
9. Worldwide, there are currently just over 6.7 billion people living in the world. The population of males is slightly higher than females (3.41 billion compared to 3.37 billion).

FACT ABOUT BRAIN

30 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT BRAIN

1. You have a finite amount of will power each day because to exercise will power you need energy in the form of oxygen and glucose That’s why it’s harder to say ‘no’ when you are tired or not feeling yourself.

2. A thought is a physical pathway in the brain. The more you have that thought the more you groove that path and the easier it is to have it again. That’s why having the thought “Why do I suck?” is never a great idea.
3. Speaking of which, you have approximately 70,000 thoughts per day, although many will be the same ones looping round and round on your grooved cranial highway.
So make sure you don’t think, “Why do I suck?” 50,000 times a day, or suck ye shall.
4. Even if you consider yourself a left-brained person, your brain will still switch over to the right side every 90 to 120 minutes and then back again.
That’s why even left-brained people can have times of the day when they are more creative and right-brained people can sometimes get their taxes in order.
5. Reading out loud to kids accelerates their brain development.
6Reframing negative events in a positive light literally rewires your brain and can make you a happier person, as can regular meditations

Some Numbers To Wrap Your Brain Around

7. The brain is approximately 75% water, but you should never drink it.
8. Your brain only weighs about 3lbs yet the greedy bastard uses between 20% and 25% of your energy supplies each day.

9. There are approximately 10 to the power of 60 atoms in the universe. Your brain laughs in the face of that figure however, as it has 10 to the power of 1,000,000 different ways it can wire itself up.

That’s the number 10 followed up with 1 million zeroes, which is to all intents and purposes (for anybody not called Stephen Hawking or Rob Collins), an infinite amount of ways.

10. Speaking of large numbers, there are approximately 1.1 trillion cells and 100 billion neurons in the average human brain.
11. The slowest speed information passes around your brain is approximately 260 mph

Brain Trivia

12. Your brain was disproportionately large compared to other organs when you were born.
That’s why babies look a bit like aliens. Not yours of course, yours are cute, just other peoples babies.
13. If you lose blood flow to your brain you will last about 10 second before you pass out.
14. Your brain has no pain receptors which is why if I managed to remove the top of your skull without you noticing I could poke around all day without you feeling a thing. The skull removal may hurt a bit though.
15. Even though we say the amygdala regulates danger, the cerebellum motor control, and the limbic system emotions etc, this is somewhat misleading as no part operates independently and all need other parts of the brain to get their job done.
16. Your peripheral vision improves at night which is why pilots are taught to use their peripheral vision when looking for traffic.

Your Brain Is Amazing

17. Leaving aside degenerative brain disease, your brain never loses the ability to learn and change because it’s effectively plastic and constantly rewiring itself.
Leopards may indeed not change their spots, but you’re not a Leopard and you can change yourself and your brain is up for the challenge.
18. It ‘s a self development urban myth that we only use 10% of our brain. We use it all and if you don’t believe me cut a bit out and see what happens.
19. If you were to measure your brainwave activity you wouldn’t see any drop off when you’re asleep.
You may be napping, but your brain is still working hard pumping your heart, digesting your food, maintaining your blood pressure and much more to make sure you don’t wake up dead.
20. Research has shown that the hippocampus which which deals with visual-spatial awareness, is larger in London Taxi drivers than normal people. London ‘cabbies’ have to spend months, sometimes years, learning literally every street in the Capital before they are allowed a license.
This process is known as ‘The Knowledge’ and it literally enlarges that part of their brain. Unfortunately, it doesn’t help them with anger management issues when cyclists get in their way.
21. Until relatively recently scientists thought that the brain was the only area of the human body that didn’t generate new cells. We now know that’s not true and the brain does reproduce shiny new cells for you to use
22. You have something in your brain called mirror neurons. If you see somebody stub their toe for example, the same pain area will light up in your own brain causing you to flinch.
Mirror neurons weren’t even known to exist prior to the early 1990’s, but now there is a growing belief in the scientific community they are responsible for us feeling empathy toward others.
23. When somebody takes cocaine their pleasure center (nucleus accumbens) lights up and dopamine and serotonin are released. Fortunately, you don’t have to blow your life savings, act like a dick and lose your nasal lining to get similar results.
Giving to charity or helping people in need also activates the nucleus accumbens. What a win/win that is, eh?

Your Brain Is a Dumbass

24. Multi-tasking is a self development urban myth  You simply cannot do it efficiently no matter what manufacturers of smart phones want you to believe.
According to the University of Utah, there are a few people (about 2.5% of the population) who can do two things consciously* at once without seeing any degradation in performance.
They are called super-taskers.
However, for most people all the brain is doing is going backwards and forwards very quickly and giving the illusion of multi-tasking. The reality is performance is inhibited by this approach not improved.
25. Your brain is constantly lying to you when you have your eyes open. Because it cannot deal with every single detail that you’re looking at, the occipital lobe is joining the dots with what it presumes is there.
26. Similarly, your brain doesn’t record memories like video as it would be easy to assume. It takes snapshots of the more important bits and then when you recall the event it guesses what happened in between based on prior experience.
27. Your brain finds it very easy to create false memories largely because of the above and the fact that it spends so much time guessing what’s happening.
When scientists exposed people to Photoshopped images of themselves at various event years prior they were soon able to explain what they were doing and recall the event with clarity even though they were never there.
There will be events you swear blind happened the way you remember, but never actually did. A sobering thought.
28. The reason why some Chinese born people struggle to pronounce words like ‘fried’ is not because they can’t be arsed to learn them, as I ignorantly and embarrassingly believed when I was younger.
It’s because no similar pronunciation is needed in the Chinese language.
Therefore, if they are not exposed to the English language before around the age of 3, that part of the brain is allocated to other purposes.
29. Your brain is fairly crap at distinguishing between what’s really happening and what you are merely imagining. Which is why horror films scare people and porn films, er…ahem, well you know.
30. The brain is very poor at concentrating for long periods of time and needs to clear it’s head so to speak about every 90 minutes or so.
Which is why if you’re delivering training and you want to maximize results, you should allow people to take lots of mini breaks rather than one long break for lunch.
I’d love your take. Anything surprising to you? Or do you have any amazing facts of your own? If so let me know in the comments.

POETRY

Waqt Kam Tha Baat Adhuri Reh Gai !!
Ache Logon Se Mulaqat Adhuri Reh Gai !!
Us Ke Jane Ke Bad Hum Roe Bohut !!
Kon Kehta Hai Ke Barsat Adhuri Reh Gai !!
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Ankhen Khulen Tu Jaag Uthi Hasraten !!
Us Ko Kho Diya Jise Paya Tha Khawab Mein !!
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Chalo Us Ka Nahi Tu KHUDA Ka Ehsaan Lete Hain !!
Wo Minnat Se Nahi Maana Tu Mannat Se Mang Lete Hain !!
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Jab Kabhi Chahe Andheron Mein Ujalay Us Ne !!
Kar Diya Ghar Mera Shoolon Ke Hawalay Us Ne !!
Us Per Khul Jati Mere Shoq Ki Shiddat Sari !!
Dekhay Hote Jo Mere Paon Ke Chhaly Us Ne !!
Jis Ka Her Aib Zamanay Se Chupaya Mein Ne !!
Mere Qissay Sar-e-Bazar Uchalay Us Ne !!
Jab Usy Meri Muhabbat Per Bharosa Hi Na Tha !!
Kyn Diye Logon Ko Meri Wafaon Ke Hawalay Us Ne !!
Aik Mera Hath Hi Na Thama Us Ne Warna !!
Girtay Hue Kitne Hi Sambhale Us Ne !!
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Log Meri Dewangi Ko Fakiri Samajhte Rahe !!
Mein Tu Usy Dekhne Ki Khatir Bhek Mangta Hoon !!
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Muddat Se Thi Kisi Se Milne Ki Aas !!
Khwahish-e-Deedar Ko Dil Mein Daba Diya !!
Kisi Ne Di Khabar Ke Wo Ayen Gey Raat Ko !!
Itna Kya Chragha Ke Ghar Tak Jala Diya !!
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Wo Khatam Qaid Ki Miyad Bhi Nahi Karta !!
Magar Mein Zahmat-e-Faryad Bhi Nahi Karta !!
Kabhi Kabhi Wo Mujhe Itna Yaad aata Hain !!
Mein Zid Mein Aa Ke Usy Yaad Bhi Nahi Karta !!
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Mausam Mausam Ankhon Ko Ik Sapna Yaad Raha !!
Sadian Jis Mein Simat Gain Wo Lamha Yaad Raha !!
Qos-e-Qazah Ke Saton Rang Thy Us Ke Lahje Mein !!
Sari Mehfil Bhool Gai Wo Chehra Yaad Raha !!
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Kabhi Himat Tu Kabhi Hosle Se Haar Gaye !!
Hum Bad Naseeb Thy Jo Her Kisi Se Haar Gaye !!
Ajeeb Khel Ka Medan Hai Ye Duniya Bhi !!
Ke Jis Ko Jaat Chuke Thy Ussi Se Haar Gaye !!
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Ho Jaye Mohabbat Tu Hum Socha Nahi Karte !!
Chand Chehron Se Kabhi Dhoka Nahi Karte !!
Jo Aa Jaye Humari Mehfil Mein Khush Aamdeed !!
Jo Chala Jaye Usy Roka Nahi Karte !!
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Bohut Roye Kisi Ki Yaad Ko Seenay Se Laga Kar !!
Zikar-e-KHUDA Karte Tu Shayed Aj Wali Hota !!
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Wo Janta Hai Ke Mujh Se Sabar Nahi Hoga !!
Wo Mere Dard Se Tu Be Khabar Nahi Ho Ga !!
Mein Do Qadam Jo Chalon Dil Pukarta Hai Yehi !!
Ke Us Ka Sath Na Ho Tu Safar Nahi Ho Ga !!
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Jab Tera Hukam Mila Tarak-e-Mohabbat Kar Di !!
Dil Magar Is Pe Wo Dharka Ke Qiyamat Kar Di !!
Mujh Ko Dushman Ke Iraadon Pe Bhi Pyar Aata Hai !!
Teri Ulfat Ne Meri Muhabbat Ada Kar Di !!
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Bhool Jane Ka Hosla Na Hai Na Ho Ga !!
Door Reh Kar Bhi Tu Juda Hai Na Ho Ga !!
Tujh Se Mil Kar Kisi Or Se Kya Mile Koi !!
Tere Jaisa Dosra Na Koi Hai Na Ho Ga !!
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Waqt Kehta Hai Mujhe Ganwana Mat !!
Dil Kehta Hai Mujhe Lagana Mat !!
Dost Kehta Hai Mujhe Azmana Mat !!
Hum Kehta Hain Humain Bhulana Mat !!
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Ban Ke Ajnabi Mile Thy Zindagi Ke Safar Mein !!
In Yaadon Ke Lamho Ko Kabhi Bhulenge Nahi !!
Agar Yaad Rakhna Fitrat Hai Ap Ki !!
Tu Bhool Jane Ki Adat Humain Bhi Nahi !!
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Kon Hota Hai Tere Dukh Pe Pareshan !!
Wo Tu Apni Hi Kisi Baat Pe Roya Ho Ga !!
==============Raat Sunti Rahi Mein Sunta Raha !!
Ishq Ki Dastan Mein Batata Raha !!
Dhoop Chaon Si Us Ki Tabiyat Rahi !!
Wo Nigahen Milata Churata Raha !!
Log Logon Se Chahat Nibhate Rahe !!
Ik Wo Tha Mera Dil Churata Raha !!
Ik Mein Hi Piyasa Mere Dosto !!
Log Peete Rahe Mein Pilata Raha !!
Hum Maktab Ne Sara Sabak Parh Liya !!
Or Mein Tera Naam Likhta Mitata Raha !!
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Wo Bewafa Na Tha Yunhi Badnam Ho Gaya !!
Hazaron Chahne Wale Thy Kis Kis Se Wafa Karte !!
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Apni Khamosh Zindagi Mein Bolana Mujh Ko !!
Apne Haseen Khuwab Ki Tasver Banana Mujh Ko !!
Mein Jo Puchoon Tumhara Haal_e_Dil !!
Tu Apni Her Dharkan Ki Awaz Sunana Mujh Ko !!
Mein jo Kabhi Rooth Jaon Tum Se Agar !!
Tu Bohut Piyar Se Manana Mujh Ko !!
Jo Kabhi Ho Dil Mein Hasrat Tumhari Koi !!
Be Jhijak Apni Her Hasrat Batana Mujh Ko !!
Jo Ho Jao Zindagi Mein Tanha Kisi Pal !!
Apni Piyar Bhari Awaz Se Bolana Mujh Ko !!
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Kabhi Khud Bhi Mere Pass Aa !!
Meri Baat Sun Mera Sath De !!
Jo Khalish Hai Dil Se Nikal Kar !!
Mujhe Uljhano Se Nijat De !!
Tujhe Sochna Mera Mashgala !!
Tujhe Dekhna Meri Arzu !!
Mujhe Din De Apne Khayal Ka !!
Mujhe Apne Qurb Ki her Raat De !!
Mein Akela Chalon Kahan Kahan !!
Ye safar Bohut Taveel Hai !!
Meri Zindagi Mere Sath Chal !!
Mere Hathon Mein Apna Hath De !!
Mein Bohut Dino Se Udas Hoon !!
Mujhe Koi Sham Udhar De !!
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Us Se Milne Ko Kabhi Hum Jo Machal Jate Hain !!
Tu Khayalon Mein Bohut Door Nikal Jate Hain !!
Ger Wafaon Mein Bohut Sadaqat Bhi Ho Shiddat Bhi !!
Phir Tu Ehsas Se Pathar Bhi Pighal Jate Hain !!
Us Ki Aankhon Ke Nashy Mein Hoon Jab Se Dooba !!
Lar Khraty Hain Kadam Or Sambhal Jate Hain !!
Bewafai Ka Mujhe Jab Bhi Khayal Aata Hai !!
Ashk Rukhsar Per Aankhon Se Phisal Jate Hain !!
Piyar Mein Ek Hi Mosam Hai Baharon Ka Zabi !!
Log Mosam Ki Tarha Kese Badal Jate Hain:"
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Ab Kya Dhondte Ho Jale Hue Kagzoon Ki Raakh Mein !!
Wo Jis Ka Unwan Tum Thy Wo Afsana Hi Jal Gaya !!
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Ye Sach Hai Ke Mera Qatil Bhi Wohi Tha !!
Sare Shehr Mein Tarif Ke Qabil Bhi Wohi Tha !!
Kehta Tha Ke Apna Hoon Apno Mein Rahunga !!
Bani Jo Safey-Ghair Tu Sab Se Aage Bhi Wohi Tha !!
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Khawab Adhure Sahi Khawab Tumhare Tu Hain !!
Khawab Jhoote Sahi Khawab Sahary Tu Hain !!
Jaise Taise Kat Hi Jaye Gi Zindagi !!
Tum Humare Na Sahi Hum Tumhare Tu Hain !!
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Ab Khof Nahi Koi Mujhe Raah Guzar Se !!
Mein Door Nikal Aaya Hoon Pathar Ke Nagar Se !!
Kisi Bhi Morr Pe Hum Zaroor Milein Gey !!
Ye Baat Mujhe Maloom Hai Aghaz-e-Safar Se !!
Jaisa Bhi Hoon Acha Ya Bura Apne Liye Hoon !!
Mein Khud Ko Nahi Dekhta ouron Ki Nazar Se !!
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Benaam Musafir Hoon Benaam Safar Mera !!
Kis Rah Nikal Jaon Kuch Keh Nahi Sakta !!
Benaam Meri Manzil Benaam Thikana Hai !!
Kis Dar Pe Mein Ruk Jaon Kuch Keh Nahi Sakta !!
Is paar Tu Roshan Hai Sara Mera Rasta !!
Us Paar Andhera Ho Kuch Keh Nahi Sakta !!
Tinkay Ki Tarha Mein Bhi Beh Jaon Samandar Mein !!
Mil Jaye Ga Kinara Kuch Keh Nahi Sakta !!
Mil Jaye Gi Tabeer Mere Khawabon Ki Ik Din !!
Ye Khawab Bikhar Jayain Kuch Keh Nahi Sakta !!
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Samandar Mein Utrta Hoon Tu Ankhen Bheeg Jati Hain !!
Teri Ankhon Ko Pharta Hoon Tu Ankhen Bheeg Jati Hain !!
Tumhara Naam Likhne Ki Ijazat Chin Gi Jab Se !!
Koi Bhi Naam Likhta Hoon Tu Ankhen Bheeg Jati Hain !!
Teri Yaadon Ki Khushbu Khidkiyon Mein Raqs Karti Hain !!
Tere Ghum Mein Sulagta Hoon Tu Ankhen Bheeg Jati Hain !!
Mein Hans Ke Jhel Leta Hoon Judai Ki Sabhi Rasmen !!
Galy Jab Us Ke Lagta Hoon Tu Ankhen Bheeg Jati Hain !!
   
Umar Bhar Chaha Ke Zamin-o-Aasman Humara Hota !!
Kash Ke Khwaisho Ka Bhi Kinara Hota !!
Ye Soch Ke Us Musafir Ko Roka Hi Nahi !!
Door Jata Hi Kyn Agar Wo Hamara Hota !!
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Kuch Is Liye Bhi Tum Se Mohabbat Hai Mujh Ko !!
Mera Tu Koi Nahi Hai Tumhara Tu Koi Ho !!
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Mitti Ka Jism Lekin Pani Ke Ghar Mein Hoon !!
Manzil Hai Maut Meri Her Pal Safar Mein Hoon !!
Hona Hai Qatal Ye Maloom Hai Mujhe !!
Lekin Khabar Nahi Kis Kis Ki Nazar Mein Hoon !!
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Mera Us Shehr-e-Adaawat Mein Basera Hai !!
Jahan Log Sajdon Mein Bhi Logon Ka Bura Chahte Hain !!
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Toot Jate Hain Bikhar Jate Hain !!
Kaanch Ke Ghar Mein Muqaddar Apne !!
Ajnabi Tu Sada Pyar Se Milte Hain !!
Bhool Jate Hain Tu Aksar Apne !!
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Us Ki Hansi Mein Chhupy Dard Ko Mehsus Tu Kar !!
Wo Tu Yun Hi Hans Ke Khud Ko Saza Deta Hai !!
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Wo Jo Hansta Tha Haal-e-Dil Pe Kabhi !!
Ro Para Khud Ko Daikh Kar Tanha !!
Neend Walo Ko kiya Khabar Is Ki !!
Kon Jaga Hai Raat Bhar Tanha !!
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Aziyat Ki raatein Qayamat Ke Din Hain !!
Ajab Ye Tumhari Mohabbat Ke Din Hai !!
Mein Jaise Bicharne Laga Hoon Her Ek Se !!
Na Jane Ye Kis Ki Rafaqat Ke Din Hain !!
Mujhe Kash Koi Yaqeen Ye Dila De !!
Zindagi Mein Meri Bhi Rahat Ke Din Hain !!
Tumhari Judai Mein Yaad Aati Hai Khudai !!
Ary Nadan Ye Tu Meri Ibadat Ke Din Hain !!
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Tarap Ke Dekh Kisi Ki Chahat Mein !!
Tu Pata Chale Intezar Kya Hota Hai !!
Yunhi Mil Jaye Koi Bina Tarpe !!
Tu kese Pata Chale Pyar Kiya Hota Hai !!
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Hum Ne Tere Liye Riwaj Alag Rakha Hai !!
Tujh Ko Duniya Se Meri Jaan Alag Rakha Hai !!
Yaad Kar Ke Tujhe Eid Mana Lete Hain !!
Hum Ne Apne Liye Tehwaar Alag Rakha Hai !!
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Us Ko Ajnabi Likhna Chaha Tu Lafz Bol Uthe !!
Us Ko Apna Banana Chaha Tu Log Bol Uthe !!
Hum Kare Bhi Tu Kya Karen !!
Us Ko Bholna Chaha Tu Guzre Pal Bol Uthe !!
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QUOTATION ABOUT FRIENDS

"A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway."
- Jerome Cummings

"Only your real friends tell you when your face is dirty."
- Sicilian Proverb

"What is a friend? I will tell you...it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself."
- Frank Crane

"A good friend remembers what we were and sees what we can be."
- Unknown

"Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends."
- Richard Bach

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
- Walter Winchell

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be somewhere else."
- Unknown

"All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand."
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

"A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses."
- Proverbs 27:19

"In a friend you find a second self."
- Isabelle Norton

"The better you know someone, the less there is to say. Or maybe, there's less that needs to be said."
- Unknown

"A friend loveth at all times."
- Proverbs 17:17

"Your friends will know you better in the first minute they meet you than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years."
- Richard Bach

"Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness..."
- Richard Bach

"Can miles truly separate us from friends? If we want to be with someone we love, aren't we already there?"
- Richard Bach

"Never shall I forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours."
- Ludwig van Beethoven

"A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails."
- Unknown

"A part of you has grown in me. And so you see, it's you and me together forever and never apart, maybe in distance, but never in heart."
- Unknown

"Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows."
- Unknown

"Friends are those rare people who ask how you are and then wait to hear the answer."
- Unknown

"The most beautiful discovery that true friends can make is that they can grow separately without growing apart."
- Unknown

"A friend is someone who reaches out for your hand...and touches your heart."
- Unknown

"How lucky I am to have known someone who was so hard to say goodbye to."
- Unknown

"Some people come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same."
- Unknown

"I don't remember how we happened to meet each other. I don't remember who got along with whom first. All I can remember is all of us together...always."
- Unknown

"Love is temporary...but friends are forever."
- Kelly Wheeler

"Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light."
- Helen Keller

"You only meet your once in a lifetime friend... once in a lifetime."
- Little Rascals

"...no man is useless while he has a friend."
- Robert Louis Stevenson

"The friendship that can cease has never been real."
- Saint Jerome

"Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods."
- Artistotle

"Friends are born, not made."
- Henry Adams

"Well, it seems to me that the best relationships--the ones that last-- are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is...suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with."
- Dana Sculley (The X-Files)

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."
- Anaïs Nin

"A circle is round it has no end, that's how long I want to be your friend!" - Anonymous

"To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world."
- Unknown

"A friend is like an Oreo, its not always that great, but it always gets better!" - Erin Westbrook

"A best friend is a sister that destiny forgot to give you."
- Unknown

"It takes years to build up trust, and just seconds to destroy it."
- Unknown