Ejaz ShameemChapter 8 — Patience and PerseveranceLeo Tolstoy wrote that “only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving…Aug 6, 20201Aug 6, 20201
Ejaz ShameemChapter 7 — Confluence and SeparationThe second term continued to unfold with it’s mix of the expected and the unexpected. In the meantime, my uneasy and tenuous truce with my…Jul 29, 20201Jul 29, 20201
Ejaz ShameemChapter 6 — Cowboy CanteenThe scene on Platform №2 at the Lahore railway station was chaotic and the atmosphere heavy with the air of expectancy. The boys of 21st…Jul 17, 2020Jul 17, 2020
Ejaz ShameemChapter Five — The Settling InWe settled into the routine of life as Pre-cadets or PCs as we were generally referred to. And what a routine it was beginning with PT at…Jul 7, 2020Jul 7, 2020
Ejaz ShameemChapter 4 — Loss of InnocenceThere is something about the profession of flying, especially air force flying, which infuses a certain confidence laced with a bit of…Jul 2, 20201Jul 2, 20201
Ejaz ShameemChapter Three — DiscoveryLike mountains, which are thrust higher by inexorable geological forces, consequences of an endless chain of cause and effect unleashed by…Jun 28, 20201Jun 28, 20201
Ejaz ShameemChapter 2 — RughraWe arrived in grand style; me riding in the back of the Tonga with my big suitcase and my father in the front, with hardly a better…Jun 27, 20203Jun 27, 20203
Ejaz ShameemChapter One — The BeginningThe Pakistan Western Railways train slowly slithered into Sargodha station and came to a rather drawn out halt, as if overcome by…Jun 27, 20201Jun 27, 20201