Here is a somewhat un-Jahandost like picture. What is the theme of the day you ask? Indifference.

From the legendary Punjabi Muslim poet of the 18th century Bulleh Shah.

Chal Bulleh chal outhay chaliyay jithay howan sarai annai
Na koi sadi zaat pehchani, na koi saanu man’nai

Translation:

Come Bulleh, let go where everyone is blind
So that no one recognonizes our caste and no one recognizes us (as pious)

I would not say that the song is stuck in my head but every few hours or so the lyrics come back to me. No matter how many fish in the sea it feels so empty with me.

Addendum: Just to ward off any confusion, I should clarify that what I actually meant was that “No matter how many fish in the sea, it feels so empty without me.

What to do if you can’t get someone out of your head? Busy people (like me) need to focus on their work.

Source: The Planetary Society

One of th first pictures returned by the Mars Polar Lander

Anyone who is familiar with Iqbal’s work will agree with me that if one did not know that these words were written by Kierkegaard then they would certainly say that these words were uttered by Iqbal. One again, I am impressed by the genius of the Danish Sage.

Better late than never, that’s what I say. There are some posts in my drafts section which are almost a year old. iA I will get a chance to cover all these. I was tagged by IslamAtHeart for a book meme. Here are the rules of the book meme.

1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123
3. Find the 5th Sentence.
4. Post the next 3 sentences.
5. Tag 5 people

The book closest to me is “The Cambridge Companion to Merleau-Ponty.” Here are the three sentences.

In the empiricist tradition, thoughts are grounded by discovering their causal connection to the world. In other words, the content of our thoughts is more or less “keyed” as Quine says, to causal stimulations of our sensory surfaces. “Two cardinal tenets of empiricism remain,” according to Quine “unassailable.”

As for tagging five people, all of my blogging friends have been tagged so there is no one left. :0

This song is somewhat stuck in my head right now so I thought I should share the lyrics with everyone.

Friends And Family Lyrics
Trik Turner

Some call me a loser
Some call me a cheater
Some say I’m a selfish untalented dreamer
Cause all’s I try to do is keep my dream alive
But it’s so hard to do when your working 9 to 5
I’ve never been one afraid to die
But I’m afraid to leave behind
The precious life that grows through the sands of time
Cause now I’ve got two daughters
And I know they need their father
To help them make it through all of the devious things that people do
Cause every moment counts from the good times to the bad
I don’t have time to envy those that got things I’ve never had
Cause the one thing most important is the one we take for granted
And until your life is on that line I think it’s the way god had planned it
To open up your eyes and make you realize
That to some life is money
But what’s money without life
Cause all’s I need is the air that I breathe
And my friends and family to believe in me

[Hook]
As deep as the abyss where the waters run
As deep as the land of the rising sun
You know I’m down
And even when them odds are against us
It doesn’t even matter
Nothing else matters

We bleed the same blood
We cry the same tears
We have the same fears
We pass the same years
We see the same stars
Under the same skies
We pass the same time
We all live and die
Cause friends and family wash thicker than blood
And if ya’ never felt love than I feel for you cuz’
Cuz’ lives pass above us in 747’s
Deceased dwell below us
Before they go to heaven
Everything in between will hassle me
Some stay connected while other keep dreaming
Looking for that meaning but the lost can’t be found
Drop to your caps and pray
Now can ya’ hear the sound?
Do ya’ feel it?
Now do ya’ feel it comin’?
Two triple zero the hunters are the hunted
Electrical currents conflict with the spirits
Ah do ya’ hear it ah or do ya’ feel it?
Deep like seven leagues life intrigues intelligence
Got no time for clutter, you’re late if there’s hesitance
Put your foot forward and there will be a helping hand
Take a step back and your stuck in the quick sand
Ingesting toxins keeps us locked in, a mental jail trap
99′ where’s your family at

[Bridge]
Oh, and I might fail
Oh, I might succeed
Whatever the outcome is
Just keep your faith in me
Just believe in me
And I will be there [repeat hook]

Just kidding. This was a joke circulated on the Turkish blogsphere a few years ago.