WE MUSLIMS SHOULD STOP COMPLAINING

Quran says - "with every hardship there is an ease, yes with every hardship there is an ease”

the verse plainly means that with every problem there is an opportunity, with every disadvantage there is an advantage, with every down point there is an up point......God said this to Prophet in his most difficult times and following which Prophet never complained, never protested like we Muslims do but developed a positive and optimist personality and thus was able to deal with all that was thrown at him - violence, scorn, lies, blockade etc. and his positive personality won over his worst enemies as bosom friends.
The Islamic principle is to ignore the problems and avail the opportunities, today if we say the world is filled with problems for Muslims then the same quranic principle says it is also filled with opportunities. We have to recognise those opportunities of growth n good fortune and stop endless list of complaints against the world.
If we follow this principle we will come out to be positive personalities and not negative, we will come out to be optimists and not pessimists. Those whom we tag as enemies will come out to be our dearest friends.

Stop complaining and protesting,
Start self criticism.

My first week in MCRC

My valley of dreams.

My first encounter with Jamia mass communication and research centre (MCRC) was when I was in the first year of my graduation. I came here as a talent of one of the former student who was working on her final project. And since then I’ve been a regular visitor of MCRC.

But honestly speaking things have changed drastically, the moment my role has changed in the institution i.e. from being a talent of a production to a regular student of the centre.

I still remember that was 20^th July when the final results of the entrance test was out, and I was quite surprised after finding my name on the list because one of ma friend who also applied for the course could not get through this and I was expecting him on the list.

I was happy on getting through it, and also excited about the life which was waiting for me in the centre’s premises. But believe me it has never been that easy as it seemed from outside.

Our orientation started on 12^th august and we had a three days orientation programme. The initial three days were very interesting and knowledge based and motivational. The talks given by professor Yashpal, Seema Quidwai were quite interesting and motivating. The talks given by various others prominent journalists helped me a lot to make up my mind for this course.

But as soon as our classes started it got a bit chaotic. Sometime it was an overdose of information and knowledge for me as I graduated in a completely different stream i.e. Social Work, so I personally had to face a lot of problems in understanding the technical stuffs basically of online and photojournalism.

I am a kind of person who spends most of his time in the field or with my friends. But the hectic schedule of 9:30am to 5:30pm, which has almost killed my social life. Friends have started complaining and sarcastically call me “Bada Aadmi”.

But I am trying to learn time management as well as the risk management although I am finding it gigantic. But I’ve still not lost hope and am expecting a great year ahead.