How to stay clean in a messy world

Please share how does an upright honest Yawar survive and operate in this Messi Middle? Fancy leg work? 

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Build the Nation and Win Elections

I propose a two-pronged strategy: Empower through technical education and enable entrepreneurship through interest free financing. The goal is not to create jobs, but to create job-creators who will create employment.

Stand up if you are alive

Remember, in the end, your choices define your brand-value and character. Choose wisely because that is how you will be remembered.

Advice to College Seniors

And today, at age 70, I am recreating my career as a Confidential Advisor to Boards and Founders, bringing to bear and leveraging over 40 years of global experience in leadership development, Succession planning, and Family Business transformation across three continents. This, in addition to wildlife photography, and writing; my two passions. You ask, ‘What about retirement?’ I respond, ‘What about it?

Not so hidden cost of AI

Minds devoid of imagination can not only not paint masterpieces but they can’t solve problems, invent solutions, or conceptualize the future and prepare for it. You build imagination just as you build muscle by working the mind hard. When you get AI to do that for you it is like going to the gym and watching a film on weight lifting. You may know a great deal about weightlifting but you would not have lifted any weight yourself. It is lifting weight that builds muscle not watching a film about weightlifting. It is thinking, reflecting, agonizing over creating solutions, losing sleep over the difficulty of doing all this, weeping in frustration, that generates neurons, creates new neuron networks in the brain, and increases brain capacity. It may be painful but no pain no gain.

A world without people

All I am saying is that we must remember that we live in an interconnected world in which we must learn to consider the effects of our actions on others. That is the meaning of social responsibility. Of citizenship. Of humanity. I think it is good to remind and remember that at the end of the day, it is not about the technology or efficiency of using it. It is about why we use it at all.

Should Muslims Vote?

YOU MUST GO TO VOTE. Whether it is raining or not, whatever be the situation, you MUST GO AND VOTE. Remember this is the only opportunity that you have in a democracy to be heard, to influence your own future and to protect yourself from those who wish to hurt you. Remember, a party is not elected by the majority of the population of the country but by the majority of those who cast their vote. This is the key to modern democracies and the reason why you must vote. If you don’t enroll yourself and don’t go and vote, then don’t blame anyone else for the result. You are responsible, and you will pay the price.

Rasoolullahﷺ the best role model for today

He conquered his enemies not by killing them but by killing enmity. That is the biggest lesson for all humanity today which is mired in misery and suffering thanks to mutual hatred. Forgive and start afresh, a society based on mutual respect and acceptance. That is the message of Prophet Muhammad (May he be blessed). A message as valid today as it was then.

Indian Muslims – Looking ahead

It must be made clear to all concerned that the issue of the development of Muslims is not an issue of Muslims alone. It is an issue of this land of ours. No country can survive, much less grow and prosper where a large part of its population has no access to its prosperity. We still have that chance. We will not have it much longer.

Madrassa education – Crying need for change

The present syllabus is totally inadequate both theologically and in a worldly sense. Add to that the fact that graduates come out with the title of A’alim, and an inflated sense of their own importance combined with an inferiority complex. Sounds crazy but it’s their reality. This happens when their Madrassa-inflated egos meet the real world and realize their inadequacy. So, they go into a shell because they’re helpless and don’t know how to handle it.

Selecting Members for Masjid Boards

The Masjid is perhaps the most important component of any Muslim community and how it is run has a big impact on the ability of the community to remain cohesive, active, and productive. In America this is particularly complex because there is so much cultural and ethnic diversity. However, when you look at Masjid Board Members, you are left wondering if one or more are really Post Turtles.