The Splendid Sun

Written by:  Saqib Wazir 》 Definition and Explanation E xact definition of literature is assumed to be difficult, if not profoundly impossible, for several reasons. Some basic reasons include: the expansion of literature, meaning the introduction of new genres into the domain of literature; geographical diversifications that has resulted in the birth of new styles and manners of peculiar natures, limited to a particular region; and the assumption that the readers already know what literature is, because of its multitudinous manifestations, in one way or another, in our daily life. At the same time, it’s been defined in a great many ways by some tremendous literary wizards, and interestingly, all such definitions are rather effective in describing literature. Etymologically, the word ‘literature’ stems from Latin litteratura which means “writing, learning, or grammar”. Irrespective of its literal meaning, the 11th edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary considers l...

Written by:  Saqib Wazir 》 The following is the autobiography of a cow that is to be slaughtered on the day of Eid Al-adha, an Islamic festival commemorating the prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail to Allah. My life was enviable to many of my fellow cows. I would receive a substantial amount of food every day. To say nothing of the abundant water for drinking that was always put at my disposal, I was even able to take bath in the nearby canal almost every day. My master was one in a million. He had, indeed, an innately kind disposition. He would pat me on the back, whenever he would milk me. And in reward, he would take me outside to the field to graze me to the capacity of my tummy. But the beautiful days of past have long gone. At this moment, I am standing by a tree, to which I am attached with a strong nylon rope. And to make matter worse, before me is standing a man, with a sharp knife, whose blade made of steel is gleaming with the sunny beams, s...

A SPECIAL Pashtun dish, cooked on the fortieth day of the birth of a male child. It is a boiled mixture of wheat grains and a kind of legumes, locally known as Gingrey . People deem that the cooking of this dish increases the production of male children in a family. Following is the picture of the dish: Pashtun Traditional Dish | Saqib Wazir, The Splendid Sun.                                                                           

Written by:  Saqib Wazir 》 In this article, the writer explores the advantages as well as the disadvantages of technology. Introduction Science is all about gathering information and knowledge, however, technology, on the other hand, is the practical application of it. Scientists research and unearth natural phenomena and gather information about them, and then technologists and engineers use this knowledge to shape machines and technologies for the welfare of humankind. We somewhat know about the positive aspects of technology in our lives, however, we must see the dark side of the image as well, that it devastates our lives in one way or another. Benevolent Technologies Before going into the main subject of this article, let me shade light on technology as a benevolent, first of all. Human life has been improved by the discoveries and inventions made by scientists and technologists with humankind’s welfare in mind. Almost every field of our life has seen these impro...

Written by:  Saqib Wazir 》 In this article, the writer shades light on the life of ‘bumbling’ Mullah Nasruddin. In the end, he has taken some of the Mullah’s hilarious anecdotes from various sources. One of these anecdotes is taken from a passage in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner. Have you ever meet a man with a sense of humor? Or have you read ever a comic book? If yes, then you would probably know the one who could be considered the king of humor. Who is that man? Yes, I am saying of Mullah Nasruddin . Mullah Nasruddin , sometimes called Mullah Nasruddin Hooja, was a humorist and a satirist noted for his hilarious and sidesplitting jokes across the globe. When and where was he born are too complicated questions to be answered. Historians are divided in answering these questions, and this is going to be the main reason of this uncertainty. Turks claim that Nasiruddin was a dweller of Turkey. Iranians, on the other hand, have their own claim. The latest claim has been trigg...