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Qasim ibn Hasan ibn Ali at Kerbala

Hazrat Qasim was the (3rd whereas some places it says last) son of the 2nd Imam of Islam Hazrat Hasan e mujtaba ibn Ali e Murtaza( may peace be upon them) from Lady Umme Farwa. He was 3 years old at the time of his father's death and it is said that he was 13 ( 16 in other references) when he went to Kerbala with his uncle Hazrat Imam Hussain (A.S). It is said that Hazrat Qasim was a very beautiful and well build boy. He was trained in combat along with Ali Akber son of Hussain by their uncle Abbas, the well known martyr of Kerbala and the dearest brother of Imam Hussain. Having a great warrior as his teacher,Qasim himself was excellent with the sword. It is said that the warriors from the Yazeedi army were surprised to see this youth fighting with such skill and spirit, they were taken aback and fled with fear when they saw him in action. But ultimately the fierce soul-less monsters of Iblees killed the handsome youth as soon as he became slow due to thirst and hunger of 3 days ...
Unprescribed use of  OTC drugs is common practice everywhere. No one usually considers these drugs to be much harmful to health, as they do not require a physician's prescription, they are taken to very lightly. Almost everyone has a bottle of aspirin in the medicine cabinet. No one thinks twice about its risks as it is one of the most common drug of use. Similar is the case with paracetamol, bruphen, anti tussives, etc. Everyone has these medicines at home. While these medicines are the most commonly used drugs, they are also the most common poisons available in the market. A chronic overdose of aspirin can not only cause damage to various organs of the body, it can also at extremes cause failure of certain systems of the body. It at the most common, is a major cause of Gastric ulcers and lesions. Although, most cough medicines are generally considered as not medically dangerous, but, these should also not be taken in increased doses. Almost all drugs are harmful to some extend a...

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I am so addicted to Facebook  these days! I cant believe it has become so 'in' with the crowd these days. No matter the age or gender, everyone is on it! Its a good way of staying connected. Facebook is sort of a new social get-together place. Its not that new though, just new in this decade. Its quite different from twitter and hi5, etc. Loads of applications from games to quiz applications. Its like a little world of interests in there. My favorite part is the sharing of pictures and status updates. Plus I love it when I find some long lost friend or out-of-touch relative. It feels so nice to be able to see a part of their life from so far away, after such a long time. Its really a good platform for staying in touch with everyone. I'm not much interested in meeting new people, but, it really feels nice in staying connected with almost everyone. Reading everyones status update keeps us informed of their life and updating our life helps us share a part of us with our ...
I bought a new cell phone. Its from Nokia, model is 5800 express music. Its quite a nice phone. So far its working great. I've downloaded a couple of games and some themes. The touch screen is new to me, so still getting the hang of it. The phone is very slick and light. A really good looking hunk of a phone ;) There is a slight problem though, every time I open the Installation files folder the phone hangs up. Dont know whats wrong with it. I thought this time Nokia had solved this error. Usually symbian phones have this problem. My ex-cell phone N 73 had a veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy bad habbit of hanging up on me. It was very annoying. It took ages on it to just open a new message.... 5800 is much much better !! Atleast now i dont have to wait 10 minutes just to see a text.
Phew! Writing after a couple of days.. was'nt feeling too good. Anyways, back on track now.

The Losers(2010)

Just watched ' The losers ' (2010) by Sylvain white starring Jeffery Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans,Idris Elba , and others whose names skip me right now, and, I hope I named the rest of them correctly :s Anyways... what I was saying was, the movie was sort of boring when it started and I might have switched it off if it were up to me but I ended up watching it till the end. It was about this team of Special ops which were left after a mission and were supposed to be dead according to this bad guy( Jason Patric ) who seemingly is not accepted as a real person by the special forces. The team meets this kick-ass-type of girl and illegally re-enter the USA. The movie, in my opinion, did not have a new angle to it and could have been shown in a much better form. The idea for this movie originated from the comic book series about war named ' Losers ' by Robert Kanigher . Its about this group of bad-ass non hero type dudes who came together to form a team. I will no...

The ending of a memorable beginning

The first day I entered my university was an adrenaline filled day. I was so excited and confused at the same time, that my mumma thought I had gone crazy. This was about 4 years ago. Now its my last academic year and truly it has been the most memorable time of my life! Its all coming to an end; the classes, the lectures, tension about notes and exams, fun at the 'Neem tree', confusing cafeteria food, expressions on the teacher's faces when we did not respond about, or forgot our assignment, and most of all the friends we made. This time is now coming to a very unexpectedly fast end. I remember when our session started we used to fuss about 5 years of study, it seemed such a long duration. We used to let time pass as if it was just too long. Leaving our work for the next day and the next and the next, until it was right on our heads. Making fun of each other just for the sake of laughing and than saying how much we love them, and the next second, making fun again. Never mi...