young nation magazine 19 march 2011

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DeAr eDi,How are you? I hope you will be fine. The issues of January 8th and January 22nd 2011 were awesome. They carried my favourite country Japan and I liked it very much. And the sto-ries about cats were also great. Your magazine is improving every day and that is good. You should keep it up. Now some criticism for you. I don’t know why you edit the let-ters so much. You should give two pages for letters and I’ve seen this that you don’t print the letter which criticize you, You do print but very few. You should face a little bit of criticism. And please stop decreasing the number of pages in the magazine! We want more stories, drawings, and quizzes in

it especially I want it. Add more info about Japan and Japanese culture be-cause I really love Japan. I love them both. I am sending you drawings, stories and

this letter so publish them all because I’m sending these thing after a long time. regArDS,AASmA KHANBeAcoNHouSe ScHool, lAHore

DeAr eDi,I want to share an experi-ence with all of you. I was sitting in my car the other day on my way home from college when I got a call from my father but it was impossible to hear him due to the loud noise. This made me realize how much noise pollution there really is. But alas it has become a norm for us and we are immune to it all. Whether it be the

sound of the rickshaws, the horns of the buses, the impressive car stereo systems or the silencer deprived motorbikes. Have we ever realized that our actions may cause discomfort or hurt to someone? It might hurt our parents when we don’t listen to them. or when we have mehendis, or say even a milaad we block roads and keep playing loud music or na’ats till morning. Not caring that our entertain-ment and happiness is robbing someone of their goodnight’s sleep. So let’s think about it and join hands to eradicate the ele-ments of pollution in any form in order to create a happier and a healthier environment.regArDS,SArA Ambreen

Hi,How are you? Your maga-zine is great. I always read the poet’s corner section. It is superb. THAnkS,SAnA nAz kArAcHi

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When i met you for the very first time,by Rida-Sarwar

I never thought that you would change my life,Your talks your smile your eyes made me laughs,I never realized how you made my life your own,When every issue of this life was solved by you,When all my nights ended on your name,I never felt it, I never real-ized it,I feel I took you for granted,God gave me the punish-ment for granted,He took you away, now we are far away,my heart keeps singing your song, I can’t forget you,It’s like that you took away my soul with you,It’s like everything of mine was taken by you,come back and make my world shine,It’s so dark without you; it’s so lonely without u.Without you I am in misery,I never realized how you made my life your own,You never ever made me realize it,You never made me feel that I would be so desperate without you.I never realized how much importance you gained in my life,I am sorry I never realized

it I am sorry I took you for granted,So now tell me when you hear my heart stop,So tell me how you feel when you hear my silence,You are the only one who know,I am sorry I never realised it...

but if i’ll…..beby Mano Naseer

one day I’ll find outWhat is my destiny about?one day my views will be clearAnd that day is very nearI can feel itI believe I can do itBut what….There are just a lot of pos-sibilitiesI wonder in my future, who will beIt’s all a big mysteryDon’t know where my heart will lead meSome times while watching a movieI think that I better be a starBut that dream is very farAnd maybe, while singing on a stageI think of becoming a singerBut that will lead to my fathers rageor a dancerBut in dancing I am a loserSo how about writing a bookBut how much time will it tookYeah, I’ll be a poet

But maybe, my language people won’t getI got it; I’ll draw and be-come an artistBut that career would come with a lot of risksAnd I remember my mom wants me to be a doctorBut I think becoming an actorIs way betterNo one is sure about my futureNo body can be sureSo I’ll let time decideAnd I would not hideAnymore,…I’ll one day find my place in this worldI’ll no more be a hopeless little girl…

Our hands are softerby Ali Kamran

The door is closed nowFor which you are dying to openlong long time agoThe door that I was knock-ing atProduced the echoThat was heard by someoneThe one who has the eye to seeFor life and its aspectsNow it is vain to knockYour hands are softerThe door is far harderYou could not break it openBecause the closer of the doorcan foresee beyond the days



Nature awakens in spring, and flowers bloom. Spring is a wonderful time of the year for fresh spring flowers, particularly for flower bulbs. In spring, plants and trees sprout new leaves and flowers bloom. Spring Flowers are beautiful and fragrant. chang-ing season has a profound ef-fect on plant and animal life.

Well freezing winter is going slowly and spring is ahead, in spring season clouds and sun are not much annoy to each other, sun rays and clouds are smoothly mak-ing there way, not burning and freezing anymore. Spring is most colourful season in temperate climate. People are having a lot of excitement now a days, related to this weather. This weather comes between winter and sum-mer. In spring season ideas of changing your wardrobe arrive in your mind because freezing winter is no more there is no need of warm

clothes now, weather be-comes moderate in spring . The spring season is a welcome sight for parents and kids itching to go out-side. As the snow and cold temperatures trade places with sunshine and warm. The springtime of the year is a favourite with many people, and it is when the flowers bloom and the world comes back to life, flowers are also one of the most beauti-ful blessings of the Allah, in Spring season they bloom and dance in morning, and make people mesmerise with their beauty. cultural activities usu-ally began in spring season all around the world.

Kids of all age groups love flowers, you can consider landing in a florist’s shop. rose, jasmine, tulip, sunflow-er are popular flowers among kids and elders. You can choose from wide variety of red roses, mixed spray roses, lilies, pink roses, carnations,

and daisies. So go ahead and get flowers beautifully arranged in little baskets and present it to your loved ones. Kids love to give flowers to give flowers to children and their teachers they enjoy the colourful sight of all beauti-ful flowers, now their play gardens have fresh grass with the boundries of flowers.1. JASmINe: is the national

flower of Pakistan. Jasmine flower and the essential oil extracted from the flower are being used extensively in cos-metics and perfumery. Jasmine is a very popular flower around the world, especially in tropics because of its unique fra-grance. The Jasmine is native to tropical and warm temper-ate regions of the old world.

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By Sumera“Just living is not enough” said the butterfly,“one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.”

HANS cHrISTIAN ANDerSeN


2. lIlIeS: lilies rank fourth among the flowers in popular-ity. lilies of different kinds are commonly found all across the globe. lilies come in different shapes, sizes and colors. lilies are really excellent plants for beds and borders. lilies are suitable for use in a shrub bor-der, as accent plants, a formal or naturalized pool planting. even some of the small species would fit perfectly in an alpine rock garden. 3. SuN FloWer: They find in

rich amount in Pakistan. Sun flowers are also used to extract oil. The sunflower got its name from its huge fiery blooms, whose shape and image is of-ten used to depict the sun. The sunflower has a rough, hairy stem, broad, coarsely toothed, rough leaves and circular heads of flowers. The heads consist of 1,000-2,000 individu-al flowers joined together by a receptacle base.4. cArNATIoNS: carnations

are perhaps one of the most popular flowers in the world, find in Pakistan also. Due to the fact that carnations last long even when cut, carnations are very popular as bouton-nieres, in corsages, bouquets, and in a wide range of floral arrangements. of the several kinds of carnations, the three

most common are annual car-nations, border carnations and perpetual-flowering carnations. 5.Roses: roses are the popular

flowers in world, particularly red rose, they know for the longest time have enjoyed the honor of being the most popular flowers in the world. The reason for popularity of the rose flower may be its wide variety in terms of color, size, fragrance and other attributes.6. GerBerAS: Gerberas are the

most popular florist flowers next only to carnations and roses. Gerbera is a genus of the family of sun flowers, daisies. Through hybridization, Gerberas are avail-able in a massive array of colors.7.ChRysaNTheMUM: This flower

also found in Pakistan. chrysan-themums are one of the most popular flowers in the world, next only to the rose. chrysanthe-mum comes from Greek ‘chrys’ meaning golden (the color of the original flowers), and ‘anthemon’, meaning flower. This name was given to it by carolus linnaeus, a Swedish naturalist also known as the father of modern taxonomy. 8. orcHIDS: are one of the

most exquisite and fascinating flowers in the world. In fact, so fascinated is the world with the orchids that many coun-tries have adopted different varieties of orchids as their respective national flowers. orchids are proliferated across most countries. 9. TulIPS: are one of the most

popular spring flowers of all time, and found in Pakistan also , the third most popular flowers world-wide next only to the rose and chrysanthemum. Tulips come in an incredible variety of colours, heights, and flower shapes. The word Tulip is thought to be a corruption of the Turkish word ‘tulbend’ for turban. The Tulip was introduced by a famous Austrian biologist carolus clusius. Tulips plants belong to the genus Tulipa, in the lily family, liliaceae. Tulips bloom on bulbous plants, with large, showy flowers with six petals. There are around 100 species of Tulips, which actually came from the central Asia where they grew wild. Turkish growers first culti-vated tulips as early as 1,000 AD.10. lIlAc: Aside from roses,

there is no flower as beautiful and aromatic as lilacs. of the two, lilacs have a stronger scent that carries quite a distance. unfortunately, lilacs bloom for only a very brief couple of weeks in the spring. To prolong their presence in your yard, grow a variety of lilacs, including, early, mid and late varieties.


I sneaked a peak from be-hind the tree where I was try-ing to hide. mina and mehdi’s parents were busy in the little clearing in the woods, trying to patch up a wounded vul-ture. The twins were playing nearby, not near the vulture otherwise of course I would have been there too.

I’m ashamed to admit it, but that sharp looking silvery beak was scaring me. Just a little bit.

They fixed his wing, and put him back in the huge, high cage.

We were at WWF – Paki-stan’s Vulture conservation centre in the forest of changa manga. This is a place where they bring wounded or sick vultures, and take care of them until they’re all right

again. It’s smack in the mid-dle of the forest, a very pretty place indeed.

When the vulture was safely back in the huge cage with all the other vultures, I stepped out from behind the tree, and took a good look at him.

His feathers were black-ish, and he had a white ruff around his neck. At the moment he was examining his wing which the twins’ parents had bandaged. As I went nearer, the vultures in the tree started croaking and hissing at me. I jumped back, startled.

The bandaged vulture grunted, then gave a squeal of what sounded like laugh-ter.

“Don’t mind them,” he said in his croaky voice. “They just

laugh at everything. Who are you?”

“I’m Blackjack the dog,” I said.

From the tree came loud hissing laughter. “oh, we didn’t know you were a dog, we didn’t! We thought you might be a cat!” The laughing vultures made the whole tree shake.

my fur couldn’t turn red, but inside I was blushing.

“my name’s Yul,” said the wounded vulture. “Never mind them. They just like hav-ing a bit of fun. Where do you come from?”

I told him about my family, about mina and mehdi and their parents. Yul seemed im-pressed. “You know,” he said, “you’re lucky to have a family that loves you. And I can see

By Zabreen Hasan

The adventures of Blackjack the dog


you love them very much.”“oh,” I said, “I do, I do!”Yul fell silent for a while.

The he said, “let me tell you about my life.” He spoke to me of his flying, the way he would soar high in the sky for ages at a time, then spot a dead animal down below, swoop down on it and then sit on the ground, eating it.

“We clean things up this way,” he

said. “otherwise, who would clean them up?”

It was a good question, and I was pretty impressed with Yul and his kind. even if the vultures in the tree kept throwing out rude comments.

I was sitting comfortably now, close to Yul with the wire mesh fence between us.

“How did you get hurt?” I asked.

“Well,” said Yul, “I was

feeding near a town one day, minding my own business, when suddenly a gang of young boys descended on me, shouting. one of them hit me with a stick.”

I was horrified. “Why?” I gasped.

Yul sighed. “A lot of people don’t like us, because we eat

dead things. They

just don’t understand the way of Nature. or that we have a place in it, just as they do.”

I was very sad to hear this.“I managed to get into the

air,” said Yul. “It was hard, but I managed to fly to a place pretty near here. Then a man from the Vulture conserva-tion centre found me, and brought me here. They’re good people.”

I sighed, my nose on my

paws.We sat like that

for a while. Then I heard mina calling for me, and I told Yul that I had to go.

“If

you’re staying here, come again,” he said.

I happily said yes, then turned around to go.

“Bye-bye little kitty! Bye-bye!” came the voices from the tree.

I looked over my shoulder. “Bye-bye birdies!” I said.

There was a silence. Then came snorting sounds from the tree and the vultures, Yul and I all burst out laughing.

or IeNTAl WHITe BAcKeD VulTure FAcTS•Theorientalwhitebackedvultureisabout75–85cminsize;•ItcanbefoundinPakistan,India,Bangladesh,Nepal,Bhutan,Myanmar,Thailand,Laos, cambodia and southern Vietnam;•Itlivesinplainsandhillyregions;•Itisascavenger,feedingfromdeadanimals;•Thisvulture’spopulationshavebeendramaticallydecreasing,becauseamedicinecalleddi clofenac, used to treat domestic livestock, goes into its body when it eats the dead animals. This leads to kidney failure, and the vulture dies.

if you want to find out more about the oriental white backed vulture, visit our website at wwfpak.org


mr. & mrs. Khan were set-tled in Karachi. The razzle and dazzle of life in a large city attracted them to it. They belonged to the town of mardan in the North West frontier province which had a conservative Pathan population. Karachi with its cosmopolitan population was in stark contrast. mrs. Khan wore a veil in mardan but here in Karachi she did not wear one.

They were young and fond of travelling. on week-ends they would visit places of recreation in Karachi. once their relatives came from mardan to visit them. They decided to show manora Island to them. They packed a picnic basket and took a boat from Keamari bound for manora Island. Their visitors were very excited as they were seeing the sea for the first time leave alone travel-ling on it. Initially they felt fear of the sea but when mr. & mrs. Khan said it was safe, they finally convinced their

relatives to take the trip. Boats in Keamari were usually fool proof but this particular one wasn’t as we are about to find out. They were half way to manora when water started entering the boat. It had a leak. The mekrani boat driver started filling a utensil with water which had entered the boat and empty-ing it outside. But to no avail. The leak grew in size with the pressure of the sea water and overcame the boat which capsized. Fortunately there was a boat near by which saw the mishap and immediately rushed to the scene. They res-cued all the passengers but mrs. Khan was nowhere to be found. A forlorn mr. Khan returned home without his beloved wife. overcome with grief he was at a loss since a couple of divers had scanned the waters for her but she was to be found nowhere.

mrs. Khan had been washed ashore on manora Island. The lighthouse keeper and his wife had found her.

She was alive but uncon-scious and their efforts to revive her finally succeeded. She regained consciousness but was suffering from amne-sia, memory loss, and did not know who she was or where she came from. She stayed with them and they kept her in comfort. one day the light-house keeper and his wife went to the mainland. They took mrs. Khan with them. In the hustle and bustle of the mainland she tripped, fell and received a blow on her head which revived her memory. The keeper and his wife were thrilled. She was able to tell who she was and asked to see her husband. The keeper went to the welfare organization and gave whereabouts of mr. Khan as she had explained to them and asked for him to be traced. The efficient welfare people got down to the task and finally traced him to the glee of them all. mr. & mrs. Khan were reunited and lived happily ever after.

by Zeenat Iqbal Hakimjee

Story time

On the way toManora Island


A group of frogs were travelling through the woods, and on the way two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit with all their might. The other frogs kept telling them to stop, that they were as good as dead. Finally, one of the frogs took heed to what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down and died.

The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. once again, the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even harder and finally made it out. When he got out, the other frogs said, “Did you not hear us?” The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the entire time.

Story time

There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to someone who is down can lift them up and help them make it through the day.

A destructive word to someone who is down can be what it takes to kill them.

be careful of what you say. Speak life to those who cross your path. The pow-er of words... it is sometimes hard to understand that an encouraging word can go such a long way. Anyone can speak words that tend to rob another of the spirit to continue in difficult times. Special is the individual who will take the time to encourage another.

Two liTTle frogsTwo liTTle frogsThis story teaches two lessons:

Fun fair is such an amazing and entertaining event which is organized in most of the schools for the entertainment of students, their parents and the school staff as well. recently, the same function has been organized in the Knowledge Inn model Town, ugoki, Sialkot.

The whole school was decorated with amazing stuff like flowers and lights etc. Students

came with their parents. many colourful stalls were there which were so tempting like stalls of edibles and stalls of toys.

After some time the program was started with the name of Allah Almighty. When the show proceeded on it was amazing thing that small kids of play group and nursery were performing so confidently on stage. School management has arranged a

fancy dress show. The purpose of this dress show was to show the culture of different provinces and it was really superb. many acts were performed by the students and each performance there was a massage for the audience.

most important thing was that some exciting games and prizes for the parents.

In short it was a tremendous day with an amazing and superb event that was enjoyed by everyone. every school should organize such events to promote the talent of students and entertainment.


Fun Fair. . .

Spring time bursts forth in a superb show of colour as millions of blossoms paint the landscape a delicate pink. It’s cherry blossom time in Japan! For Japanese families its time for blossom viewing a favourite pastime during the first two weeks in April when flowering is at its peak in many parts of the country. Visitors to Japan during this period can join in the cel-ebration of nature’s beauty by strolling through some of the many gardens in which cherry trees grow. IN the Tokyo area, the best dislay isinUenoPark,when1,500trees stretching for miles along an aqueduct – stand in full bloom. other gardens for blossom touring include the imperial palace, Shinkjuku Gyoen, Koganei and Tama cemetery.

more than 4,000 trees bloom at mukogaoka.

recreation ground south west of Tokyo near the mukogaoka Yuen Station of the odakyu electric railway. A grove of 10,000 trees bursts into flow-er at Higashi-Yamatoshi near lake Tama, outside Tokyo.

In Kyoto, intensive groves turn things rosy in late April along the oi river in the vicinity of Arashiyama Park. The trees ere were trans-planted from Yoshino in the 13th century. In Kyoto’s mar4uyama Park, night time illumination adds to the dis-play during blossom season.

Yoshino an otherwise sleepy little town about on hours’ brip south east of osaka, becomes the focus of sightseers from all over Japan. each April when more than50,000cherrytreessplash pink across the Yoshino hills in groves

originallyplantedbya7thcentury Buddhist priest.

on Hokkaido, Japan’s northern island, cherry trees wait until early may to blos-som. There are large groves at Goryokaku Park near the city of Hokadate and at matsumae.


by Aasma Khan

CHERRY BLOSSOMCHERRY BLOSSOMTIME IN JAPAN


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