Asfar Shakeel

@As_Far (73)

India

Joined myLot 8 years ago

I am new here. So pardon me!

Asfar Shakeel's Discussions

Whats you favorite sound?

Asfar Shakeel @As_Far (73) • India 19 Feb 17

As I make my way from my be my eyes allow a very restricted line to absorb information as against to my ears, which receive information from all angles and corners of my vicinity. Those of us who can hear do not fully or even...

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A day in a life around machines.

Asfar Shakeel @As_Far (73) • India 10 Feb 17

X today is in his/her mid 20. He wakes up with a stained retina staring into his cell phone screen. X spends sometime scrolling and smiling. X hopes out and jumps into his/her sneakers. He makes a snap chat video and isolates...

life

technology

everday

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Do you loose money?

Asfar Shakeel @As_Far (73) • India 13 Jan 17

I was wondering, if I have been dormant for longer duration on mylots would my money reduce?

mylots

money

question

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My work place is a tourist destination, how about yours?

Asfar Shakeel @As_Far (73) • India 24 Nov 16

So guys, here I am tucked into a furry blanket listening to slow music and writing to you all. Let me tell you about my journey. I landed from delhi yesterday morning into Leh. And to simply give you an image how drastic is the...

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The weight of love,

Asfar Shakeel @As_Far (73) • India 22 Nov 16

This competition makes him myopic, this velocity makes him disconnected, this pollution blinds all my senses, this city life allows his heart to forget his parents. Until. Until in the hurried race to cross the road he...

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A memory in every fabric.

Asfar Shakeel @As_Far (73) • India 18 Nov 16

As I grow in age I accumulate memories. Memories, memories which I love. Memories which put me to sleep in an alien new city. Memory which helps me have a meal by virtue of it being the same dish which my mother would cook every...

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How uncertain are our moods?

Asfar Shakeel @As_Far (73) • India 16 Nov 16

As I woke up today, late as usual. I dashed into the bathroom, tuned into YouTube played a playlist and adjusted my shower to deliver a good trajectory. I began my shower with Yellow by cold play which reminded me of my days as a...

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What is our shared future?

Asfar Shakeel @As_Far (73) • India 15 Nov 16

Post world war-2 world has witness European ideals such as free market, human rights and freedom of expression championed by US and western European countries. Most of us liberals have looked towards these countries among others...

politics

far right

elections

How do you feel America?

Asfar Shakeel @As_Far (73) • India 10 Nov 16

In a democracy the peoples mandate is the final mandate. Its evident what a large portion of the voting american population feels. It is quite shocking actually for me and most who look at american societies for a hard fought...

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Rise of the right. is it right?

Asfar Shakeel @As_Far (73) • India 9 Nov 16

Today we witnessed what I had never thought would happen. But Mr Trump is POTUS. It is astonishing for those of us away from the US to have observed the democratic system announce an individual who has said thing in public which...

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A little delay, would render as too late!

Asfar Shakeel @As_Far (73) • India 8 Nov 16

So in the last week I experienced my worst/best encounter with pollution I have given some thought of how I and you as individuals could make an effort to effect our collective future. 1. Turn off the water heater after use. 2....

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Our future, a future I fear.

Asfar Shakeel @As_Far (73) • India 7 Nov 16

I live in the capital city of India, New Delhi. In the past week we have experienced what I fear if we do not make a collective conscious and consistent effort shall be shared among those of us who survive till all of the...

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What is the 'default' human nature?

Asfar Shakeel @As_Far (73) • India 14 Oct 16

I'm confident if you'd ever had taken some time out to wonder. You'd have thought of the nature of the human being. That moment when you read of military/militant organisations blowing bombs in civilian areas, when you read of...

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To travel by other means.

Asfar Shakeel @As_Far (73) • India 7 Oct 16

We are aware of means to get from point A to point B. You know, car, bus, plane, ship, cycle etc. But what about traveling in time? But not space, just time. If you were to think back in time, we'd throw ourselfs into the past...

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Trips and their tip.

Asfar Shakeel @As_Far (73) • India 7 Oct 16

Hello there. I just returned from a trip in the Himalayas. It was quite cold. Aftermath of that was, me brainstorming. I compiled a list of must carry items when travelling. Specially unorthodox places. 1. Swiss Knife 2....

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Do you find the masses politically stupid or gullible?

Asfar Shakeel @As_Far (73) • India 25 Sep 16

I have have assumed always that political discourse is about opportunity. i/f one sticks to his/her principle he/she may not be able to reach a position to practice his /her philosophy at a executive level. But 'us', the...

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myLot?

Asfar Shakeel @As_Far (73) • India 24 Sep 16

So we are all here. But why are we here? Is there a purpose to our existence or all this is merely natural. It sounds as I am speaking of the universe rather than myLots. But think about it. Why are we here? Well I'm here to...

mylot

writing

blogs

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Economics of Life.

Asfar Shakeel @As_Far (73) • India 24 Sep 16

We grow up to be A, B.....Y, Z in this society. Say society is the alphabet ans our occupation the letters. But I have found that when we come of age we become economists of sorts. I mean we from the moment we get money in out...

life work economics

Awaiting winters!

Asfar Shakeel @As_Far (73) • India 23 Sep 16

So, I love winters. Almost as much I love to write. And just to give the piece contex I'm in Delhi (India). Our sun sinks before the hour hand of the clock touches 12 with the other racing towards 6 now. I feel the wind seeping...

winters delhi life college work

How I began to feel alive.

Asfar Shakeel @As_Far (73) • India 23 Sep 16

My conventional mornings are hurried between the usual morning chores of bathing and brushing, preparing breakfast and dressing and other pairs in the multitasking. But for the last few weeks I am up early brush in peace staring...

life mornings work

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