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Secularity: A myth

Yesterday, while I was out with my friend, standing outside another friend's place, I experienced something that has brought splashes of thoughts in my head since then. Three kids who probably live in the same locality, standing right behind us, slowly started murmuring, 'Pakistan chor hai' (Pakistan is a thief) and something more that we couldn't hear. Hearing this, I and my friend shared a glance and ignored. He kept saying that slowly, I turned back to look at him once, the other kid standing next to him motioned him to let him know I was looking. We were just about to enter the door when he shouted again (deliberately) and this time even more loudly, 'Pakistan chor hai'. (Pakistan is a thief) We did not react, because they were just kids, not more than 10-11 years of age. But the reason he was shouting that, was because I was standing there, in a hijab, and he thought I belonged to Pakistan. The incident may sound funny, but when you look at the dar

Love yourself first.

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Loving and trusting yourself is the first and foremost step that makes you a better person and brings quality to your life. It's all about being honest with yourself. If you trust yourself , you do not have to worry about people trusting you. Sacrificing who you are, just because someone has a problem with it, is not worth.  The second important thing that comes after self love, is not caring about what people say. As soon as you start loving yourself and ignoring what people say, you will know how to live peacefully. When someone hurts you or breaks your trust, it forces you to either blame the world, or to look internally. It forces you to accept that trust and love are always, always blind leaps of faith with the understanding that people will let us down, they will hurt us, and we will likely do the same.  When someone has broken your trust, don’t focus on adjusting the measure of how you place your attachments and predominantly, don’t just think that you now know the secret