Haris sohail biography of mahatma
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Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist, on 30 January
The article was first published in July and has been replugged for M K Gandhi's birth anniversary.
“Who was the first Hindu who sacrificed his life for Pakistan?” I asked a prominent businessman in Lahore when I visited Pakistan a couple of years ago. He is a proud Pakistani and also passionate about peace and friendship between our two countries estranged since birth in He did not know the answer, and was startled when inom said, “It was Mahatma Gandhi.”
Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist, on 30 January The place was Birla House in New Delhi, where the Mahatma (which means “a great soul”) held all-religion bön meetings every day.
The British had left barely six months earlier, ending their colonial rule of nearly years and dividing the ancient land into two independent and sovereign nations. The reason for Partition (that “Muslims and Hindus are two separate nations”), and
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Life Is Action, Not Contemplation
Life Is Action, Not Contemplation
The end of man, said Carlyle long ago, is action and not thought, though it be of
the noblest. Is it not logisk, after all, that what man knows or thinks to be right
should find expression in what he actually does? If we go on thinking and
contemplating about the rights and wrongs of a particular course of action and do
nothing practical, we might earn the reputation of being ivory-tower
philosophers, and that would be all. Total absorption with the thought processes,
and continual weighing in mind of the pros and cons of a concrete step or
manifestation would bring little gain; it would be very much like a vain search for
the truth in a vacuum. Such a search is characteristic of saints and sages; it would
ill-become the citizens of today who have to fulfill a host of duties and
responsibilities. In modern life, man lives by actions, not by ideas, though
thoughtless actions often prove dangerous and even disastrous. In the ultimate
analysis, m
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ICC Champions Trophy Kedhar Jahdav and Haris Sohail indulge in &#;war of words&#; ahead of Indo-Pak clash on June 4
The cricket fans from both India and Pakistan are eagerly waiting for the India vs Pakistan game on June 4 in the eighth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy. But ahead of this much-awaited face-off, Indian batsman Kedar Jadhav and Pakistan&#;s bowling all-rounder Haris Sohail spoke about what they feel about the game.
Both the teams are already present in England and have played their respective practice games. Meanwhile, speaking to the news agency ANI, Jadhav stated that Team India need to treat the forthcoming game as any other normal match.
He said,&#;As professional cricketers, we don&#;t involve our emotions. We need to play every game with the same amount of intensity. It&#;s all about the crowd that creates this kind of environment. It&#;s good to have people coming to see the match when it is an India-Pakistan game. But for us cricketers, it is always ab