Published Columns – Rambler's Corner

Count Your Blessings, not your Tears

Very few people in this country or in any developed nation realize that they have so many things in their life, which they take it for granted, and some time as their birthright, but they don’t consider these things to be blessings. So instead of counting their blessings they become upset if something happens thatContinue reading “Count Your Blessings, not your Tears”

Shattered Dreams

Like millions of Americans, I have been watching the American Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) popular quiz program Who wants to be a Millionaire for the last three years. I always wanted to become a contestant in the hot seat, as it is called. And for the last one year, I have also been playing the gameContinue reading “Shattered Dreams”

Can money buy happiness?

Most of readers of this blog may answer this question by saying “Yes”, but actually the answer should be, “yes, but to some extent and depends on how you define happiness.” For some people, happiness may be just helping others in their times of need, or taking care of any family member in sickness orContinue reading “Can money buy happiness?”

Passing Clouds

I wrote a short story more than thirty five years ago, which was published in a number of newspapers in Pakistan. One of the publication was the Sunday Magazine of an English daily newspaper dated November 8, 1985, published from Islamabad, Pakistan.This shorty story reflects the culture of Pakistan, where having a girl friend asContinue reading “Passing Clouds”