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ManiaRavings is a personal blog that focuses on events and happenings in Jaffer's life.

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  • Monday for meeting… tuesday for talking…

    Posted on Friday July 31st, 2009 at 23:00 in social

    Are you free Mr(s). Blog Reader ? Well, if you are, might I then persuade you to watch the following clip ? Alright then, if you’ve got Friday sorted out, I hope you are having a lovely Saturday ! Some one my Facebook mentioned that she was g...

  • Dona Nobis Pacem

    Posted on Wednesday November 5th, 2008 at 22:00 in social, the water cooler

    Peace Globe #1209 Focusing attention on Mahatma Gandhi today, does not mean I endorse non-violence as a total solution towards peace. Neither is war nor democracy. For a highly respected figure, I believe Gandhi is just as misunderstood. He was inde...

  • Blogblast for Peace - Memeing the Movement

    Posted on Saturday October 25th, 2008 at 13:35 in social, the water cooler

    Her Royal Blogginess, Mimi Queen of the memes, held court here at ManiaRavings earlier this week with a Royal Entreaty for me to participate in Blogblast for Peace on November 6 2008. —— copie below this line —— Blogblast of P...

  • Poverty’s vicious face - As mirrored in India

    Posted on Wednesday October 15th, 2008 at 14:37 in social

    Today is Blog Action Day. It is a non-profit event where bloggers unite to to post about the same issue on the same day. This year’s theme is Poverty. I did not see myself participating earlier but I was tagged by Amy of the delicat journal, wh...

  • Food log: The first 24 hours after Ramadan

    Posted on Wednesday October 1st, 2008 at 22:00 in spiritual, social, eid

    Stardate 62106.2 Made possible by popular demand. Well, sort of… Men meeting and greeting after Eid Prayers Ramadan officially ended last night and today was the first day of the month of Shawaal. It is called Eid-ul-Fitr (Festival to break th...

  • My little world in Twitterverse - TweetDeck

    Posted on Saturday September 27th, 2008 at 09:01 in social networking, social, computing, twitter

    Many if not most of my friends know of my love for Twitter. Some like that I am willing to share bits from my life and stuff that I find online, some who are already on Twitter are glad to have me make their online experience more wholesome, while so...

  • Good riddance Summer !

    Posted on Friday August 29th, 2008 at 22:52 in social

    That’s right people. Summer in Ontario is not my favourite time of the year. Though it only lasts approximately three months, I sometimes dread its coming. Sure there are picnics, barbecues and road-trips to look forward to - but they only happ...

  • Thus speaketh I

    Posted on Monday July 14th, 2008 at 13:17 in social

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  • Tarheel Ramblings calendar finally arrives !

    Posted on Monday June 30th, 2008 at 10:23 in social

    Lee of Tarheel Ramblings held a contest last month in which I was the first to come up with the correct answer. The prize was a copy of a Tarheel Ramblings Picture Calendar. Before I go on, I have a confession to make. I put off buying a calendar bec...

  • Playing hookey

    Posted on Wednesday May 14th, 2008 at 21:26 in social

    I took a holiday the last week and a half, visiting my friends in Toronto and Mississauga but I guess that holiday also extended to blogging and reading and commenting on your blogs as well ! It was a great to know how the guys are moving on after fi...

  • Of split personality and irresponsibility

    Posted on Friday April 25th, 2008 at 15:00 in spiritual, social

    Today was Friday and Friday or Jumu’ah, as it is called in Arabic, is a day of congregation for Muslims. The congregation is an obligation upon the men, and there can be no excuse for missing it unless due to sickness, in a situation of emergen...