Sana Syed


Impressions

The Quest for the Fountain of Youth

The yearning for immortality and the quest for the fountain of youth is a desire embedded in the human psyche. Poets and writers immortalized their thoughts and their powerful words transcended through generations of sensibilities staying relevant until today. Similarly, scientists, explorers, artists, sculptors, painters, and people of great excellence have defied the confinement of one human life and have lived beyond mortal existence. But the mortal self has to go and ageing is the most natural progression of this culmination.
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Dear Mother, thanks for teaching me to live life with grace

It is spring time in the northern hemisphere, and much like the blossoms there are innumerable bird species feeding, nesting, and rearing their hatchlings. A few days back, I had the chance to watch a pair of adult sparrows teach their young hatchling how to fly. Each time they flew to a nearby branch encouraging the baby to flap its wing, the young chick hopped and showed its effort. I am sure by the end of the day the baby must have taken its first flight and one of these days it will deftly e
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The spirit of Ramadan: Why it is crucial for the world today

It was a shiny one rupee coin, a special one that my father gave because I was fascinated to admire and play with it. I partially knew its material value. Perhaps it was worth a few of my favorite toffees. It was the beginning of a month and the time for my older siblings to get their pocket money as well. My mother gave them their allowance but it came with a piece of implicit advice. Mother said, ‘while charity is always a good deed in the eyes of God, during Ramadan the reward for such a deed
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What it's like to survive as a non-conformist woman in workplace

Living the life of a female is more complex and a little perplexing if you do not have the usual feminine mindset. I am sure to receive backlash from my female counterparts when I point out the innate whim of a conformist female, who place presentation over personality.

But I just want to pour my heart out and relieve the pressure of living under the constant torture of being presentable. Call it social fabric or personal choice women grow up to be more conscious of their social presentation in
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Rags to riches stories great for TRPs, but not necessarily ethical

A rags to riches story invariably sells in the market. This theme has hogged an unprecedented limelight after the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014 elections, where the largest democracy of the world voted. Modi had many more credentials to feed the sensationalist mindset, nourished by fiery slogans, social media gallantry, etc., but that is not the matter of discourse for now.

As a society of unequal opportunities, we must celebrate the efforts when individuals fight od