Grito de Dolores: Cry of Mexican Independence.

Author : Raafay Awan      Blog : Finding Neverland      Date : 5/20/2013 6:50:00 AM

'The Grito de Dolores (Cry of Dolores) also known as El Grito de la Independencia (Cry of Independence), was uttered from the small town of Dolores, near Guanajuato on September 16, 1810.  It is the event that marks the beginning of the Mexican War of Independence. The "grito" was the uttering of the Mexican War of Independence by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Roman Catholic priest. Since October 1825, the anniversary of the event is celebrated as Mexican Independence Day. (...)'

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Pakistani youth lacks role model.

Author : Raafay Awan      Blog : Finding Neverland      Date : 5/19/2013 6:30:00 PM

';Written By: Mehreen Arif The current situation from which our country is going through, finding a good person may be a better idea more than finding a role model. Pakistani youth lacks role model mainly because our country lacks honest and loyal people.  Role model is some one whose life is worth following for every one, doing the right things, setting the right examples so people take inspiration and motivation. Children learn through observation and experience, they need to (...)'

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Parts of Speech.

Author : Raafay Awan      Blog : Finding Neverland      Date : 5/19/2013 4:57:00 AM

'Noun: A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea.Verb: A verb asserts something about the subject of the sentence and express actions, events, or states of being.Pronoun: A pronoun can replace a noun or another pronoun. You use pronouns like "he," "which," "none," and "you" to make your sentences less cumbersome and less repetitive.Adjective: An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words. An adjective (...)'

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Delusions and the Truth.

Author : Raafay Awan      Blog : Finding Neverland      Date : 5/17/2013 8:16:00 AM

'Written By: Rejah Khawar. What have I to lose except for the one virgin soul that dwells in a body full of vigor, zeal and curiosity? The body that bows to every adventure as resolutely as any apostle would have to the One he vowed to. Just like this complex structure of a perfectly blended melange that could go as far as the quest and hunger to satisfy its lore would take it.That could be another macrocosm, some undiscovered terrine or a fortuitous encounter with the most subtle, p(...)'

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Famous Tombs and Mausoleums in Pakistan.

Author : Raafay Awan      Blog : Finding Neverland      Date : 5/8/2013 9:53:00 AM

'Samadhi of Ranjit Singh,Lahore.Mausoleum of Nur Jehan,Shahdara Bagh, Lahore.Abdul Hasan Asaf Khan's decrepit Timurid-style MausoleumChaukhandi tombsMausoleum of JahangirShrine of Daud Bandagi KirmaniTomb of Syed Faiz-ul Hassan ShahKhwaja Ghulam Farid's MausoleumShah Runk E Alam MausoleumSohni TombBibi Pak Damman MausoleumTomb of Allama IqbalBahauddin Zakaria MausoleumBenazir Bhutto MausoleumDaata DarbarMazar E Quiad (Tomb of Muhammad Ali Jinnah)Zulfiqar Ali Bhutt(...)'

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Welcome to refugee life: Goodbye Pakistan.

Author : Ha-Meem Bhatti      Blog : Finding Neverland      Date : 5/7/2013 4:27:00 AM

'Written By: Hameem, France.Strange things are happening around me. Where we judge that patriotism, the love of one's own soil, the innate love for motherland is too light when it comes to talk about jobs, life and concrete human needs.I was wondering what kind of nation we've become ? We sell our country, we sell our pride, we take a stay away and the whole life we live looking backward. As you know if you settle abroad having asked for political aisle you can't return back to your (...)'

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My Eye Opening Experience as a PTI Tabdeeli Razakar.

Author : Raafay Awan      Blog : Finding Neverland      Date : 5/5/2013 5:59:00 AM

'For a writer it is very easy to play with words, to spread a message, to motivate people, theoretically. But all my life I had waited for an opportunity, to actually do something practical, this always has been a part of me, this is the reason I am an engineering student.Being a PTI Tabdeeli Razakaar was just like a dream, a part of my bigger dream. Up till now It has been an experience of a life time. Going to places, interacting with people, convincing them, arguing with(...)'

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Dogon Tribe: People with Extraordinary Knowledge of Astronomy.

Author : Raafay Awan      Blog : Finding Neverland      Date : 5/3/2013 5:15:00 AM

'In Mali, West Africa, lives a tribe of people called the Dogon. The Dogon are believed to be of Egyptian decent and their astronomical lore goes back thousands of years to 3200 BC. They live in the central plateau region of the country of Mali, in the West of the Continent of Africa, south of the Niger bend, near the city of Bandiagara, in the Mopti region. The population numbers between 400,000 and 800,000 The Dogon are best known for their religious traditions, their mask dan(...)'

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Is Terrorism Justified in Pakistan?

Author : Raafay Awan      Blog : Finding Neverland      Date : 5/1/2013 11:00:00 AM

'A simple definiton of Terrorism will tell you it is the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, for any purpose to gain benefits.Terrorism has grown throughout the world but there is no doubt that Pakistan is the country that has suffered most from it, it has become a major and highly destructive phenomenon in the past few years.Different people and thought groups have different reasons for the spread of terrorism in Pakistan, there are many theories that can be talked (...)'

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Lakes of Pakistan (Part 2)

Author : Raafay Awan      Blog : Finding Neverland      Date : 4/30/2013 5:58:00 AM

'Lulusar LakeMahodand LakeNeel Sar LakePayee LakeRama LakeRati Gali LakeRush LakeSaif ul MalukSatpara LakeShandur LakeSheosar LakeSiri LakeSubri LakeUchali LakeUpper Kachura LakeZalzal Lake http://raafay-awan.blogspot.com'

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I Miss You, Father.

Author : Raafay Awan      Blog : Finding Neverland      Date : 4/29/2013 7:57:00 AM

'Written By: Ayesha Omar.There's full moon shivering on the sky shining as much as it can. I'm missing you AGAIN father. Well, tonight it was something else.  Not likely always. I get a flashback of my bestest times with you. Singing the verse.You tucked me in,turned out the light,kept me safe and sound at night,little girls depend on things like that.brushed my teeth and combed my hair.had to drive me everywhereyou were always there when I looked backyou had to do it all alone,(...)'

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The man who sold his wife’s jewellery for ‘Naya Pakistan’

Author : Raafay Awan      Blog : Finding Neverland      Date : 4/28/2013 11:22:00 AM

'Gul Muhammad Keeriyo PTI’s candidate from NA-213 Nawabshah (Shaheed Benazirabad district). Dressed in an off-white shalwar kameez and leather chappals, he has an unmistakably humble stance coupled with a firm, almost naive resolve when he talks. Gul Muhammad Keeriyo is PTI’s candidate from NA-213 constituency in Nawabshah (Shaheed Benazirabad district).Gul owns just 12 acres of land. He had just Rs300,000 in savings and one jewellery set of his wife which she willingly voluntee(...)'

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If Raafay was Harry Potter.

Author : Raafay Awan      Blog : Finding Neverland      Date : 4/26/2013 9:05:00 AM

'What If I was Harry Potter? Few years back I dearly wished I was Harry Potter, that I studied at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, I had a couple of friends I can do all the adventures with, problems can be sorted out just by a spell. But life isn't that simple and wishes don't come true as easily.But wait.. what are the spells that I would have loved to learn? What if I actually had a magic wand? What if I actually was Harry Potter?Wish I could cast the Aloh(...)'

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Lakes of Pakistan

Author : Raafay Awan      Blog : Finding Neverland      Date : 4/25/2013 10:49:00 AM

'This post is a part of Peaceful Pakistan Project in which we look at the famous and beautiful lakes of Pakistan.Ansoo LakeAttabad Lake Baghsar Lake Banjosa LakeBorith LakeChitta Katha LakeDudipatsar LakeGojal LakeHaleji LakeHamal LakeHanna LakeKallar KaharKandol LakeKarambar LakeKeenjhar LakeLower Kachura Lake http://raafay-awan.blogspot.com'

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Difference between Ice and Snow.

Author : Ha-Meem Bhatti      Blog : Finding Neverland      Date : 4/24/2013 6:19:00 AM

'Yesterday I saw for the first time a snow cristal without any lens, without any other screen but my own eyes. I thought it was all legend and publicity around the theme of christmass. Never have I been that wrong. I was out and staring at these little snow flakes which had and dentride forme. It happened to be the only time when nature didn't shattered my vision of things but at contrary enforced my facinated. Later, deepening the question why the ice and water are transparent but n(...)'

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Can Imran Khan be our next PM? Yes he KHAN.

Author : Raafay Awan      Blog : Finding Neverland      Date : 4/22/2013 9:17:00 AM

'This article has been taken from The Daily Mail United Kingdom.It should have been a trouble-free journey. Imran Khan, the Pakistani cricketer turned politician, was sitting on a plane at Toronto, ready to fly to New York. His purpose? Nothing more controversial than attending a fundraising lunch.‘I thought we were about to take off, when two US immigration officials came through the door, on to the plane, and told me I had to get off,’ Khan says. ‘I was totally amazed this was happ(...)'

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Solitude Pasandi.

Author : Ha-Meem Bhatti      Blog : Finding Neverland      Date : 4/20/2013 7:00:00 PM

'Solitude means loneliness and pasandi means "preferring". "Solitude pasandi" is love of loneliness instead of social gatherings.It never meant to be like this. This couldn't be My even inadvertent end.Wake up in the morning, make a lot of noise, make a delicious breakfast then walk in the wet grass.Embarrass the dawn, rubbing my cheek against the sun rays and say «Hello morning!» .After a quick shower along with my still wet hair, a pair of glasses and my bicycle. Cold air freshenin(...)'

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Famous Forts of Pakistan (Part 2)

Author : Raafay Awan      Blog : Finding Neverland      Date : 4/20/2013 9:24:00 AM

'This is a part of Peaceful Pakistan Project in which we look at the famous forts of Pakistan and in this part at the forts of Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Forts of Sindh.Kot Diji Fort.The Kot Diji Fort, dominates the town of Kot Diji in Khairpur District, Pakistan about 25 miles east of the Indus River at the edge of the Nara-Rajisthan Desert. The fort was built between 1785 to 1795 by Mir Sohrab Khan Talpur, founder of the Kingdom of Upper Sindh in 1783.Rani Kot Fort.&(...)'

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Tackling Difficulties

Author : Raafay Awan      Blog : Finding Neverland      Date : 4/19/2013 3:08:00 PM

'Written By: Aqsa Faisal.Pakistan is a nation of hardcore citizens. Yes, you can not beat us easily! You are unaware of the substance that we're made of because we're alien ki olaad. Anyway...stop freaking NASA! :PSo yes I was speaking of how awesome we Pakistanis are and mind you Americans we are not Pakistanis.So this post is about how Pakistanis cope up, no matter how bad the situation is, we still have one reason to smile, to live our lives as Einstein once said that li(...)'

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Famous Forts of Pakistan (Part 1)

Author : Raafay Awan      Blog : Finding Neverland      Date : 4/19/2013 11:15:00 AM

'This is a part of Peaceful Pakistan Project in which we look at the famous forts of Pakistan and in this part at the forts of Gilgit Baltistan, Azad Kashmir and Punjab.Part 1.Forts of Gilgit Baltistan.Baltit Fort.Baltit Fort or Balti Fort is an ancient fort in the Hunza valley in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. In the past, the survival of the feudal regime of Hunza was ensured by the impressive Baltit fort, which overlooks Karimabad.Altit Fort.Altit Fort is an ancient fort above Karima(...)'

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