Raoof Hasan

Is the decline temporary, or has the malady sunk in deep?If they take away my ink and penGrieve I shall notFor I have dipped my fingersIn my heart’s bloodIf they seal my tongue

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Protecting corruption to hide its own“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organised conspirac

Long is the list of frauds; befitting should be the punishmentsCandid Corner“Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but the diminutio

“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change. At such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened, or in saying that we ar

A web of promises, a story of betrayal“Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government. Like other values, it has its counterfeits. So mu

A web of promises, a story of betrayal“Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government. Like other values, it has its counterfeits. So mu

It is by altering the manner of thinking that we can change the course of history “The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.”...

A story of nurturing dreams and rarefied chambers“There were many tears, many unsure times, many troubled moments. The fun memories were only a few, but even so, those memories will shine br

Let the universe dance among the love and care of allCandid Corner “The day is no more, the shadow is upon the earth.It is time that I go to the stream to fill my pitcher.

A pernicious conglomerate of insatiable greed and plunder“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time, they create for themselves a legal syst

A voice to unite, a voice to inspire, a voice to rallyLoneliness like a familiar comrade of oldCame by to quaff my desolate soulTogether we wait for the moon to riseAnd see your image

Speak a word of compassion, extend a hand to helpCandid Corner“Ego is just like dust in the eyes. Without clearing the dust, we can’t see anything clearly. So, clear the ego and see th