Sunday 10 February 2019

My Team in PSL 4... Special Blog by Shoby

So the time of the year has arrived, when everyone will be glued to the screens to witness the greatest extravaganza of cricket in Pakistan. Season four of Pakistan Super League (PSL) is going to be kicked off from Feb 14, 2019 and the most exciting thing this season is that this time almost 8 matches will be played in Pakistan. I really wish, one day we can see the complete season being played in Pakistan (Insha ALLAH).

Lets talk about my most favourite team or the team I am going to support in PSL. No points on guessing that I am not at all going to change my team this season as well... From the very first season, no matter what the results are, I have always been supporting whole heartedly only one team...

The team representing one of the coolest capital of the planet The Coolest Islamabad United. Well it really needs no reason to have one of these six competing teams as your favourite. But still let me sjare you my top two reasons why I support IU. One, it belongs to my city. Secondly, bhai is ke owner bhi to apney NAQVIs hi hain na (ha ha ha :-) But one thing that didnt go well with me this season is, Misbah ul Haq is not playing from IU. He has joined Peshawar Zalmi franchise. Therefore, IU will be lead by Muhammad Sami.

As a matter of the fact, which ever team wins, ultimately it is about the victory of cricket and one who will emerge as victorious will be no one else but our beloved Pakistan.

So I am all enthralled and excited and really cant wait to see the hits bringing smashing out of the park maximums and getting the bails & wickets dislodged by some real time pace bowling. Cricket has the tendency to join us together and we should use this event as a channel to be united.

My message, support your team with full zeast but dont bother who wins or loose because at the end of the day, it is just about all of us. It is about Pakistan. Wishing all the teams and players a very good luck... May the best team wins...

Saturday 2 February 2019

AMKK- My Next Poetry Book...

AMKK- My Next Poetry Book...

MBMST was a dream and it went on to be a huge success... It managed to get quite a good volume of fame in the eyes of my readers in public and at the same time, it got some immense praise & appreciation from the biggies of the field... Well known poets of our era including Fakhira Batool Naqvi, Wafa Chishti, Naseem e Sehar, Col. Maqbool Hussain, Zain Shakeel and many others gave me some incredible feedback after reading the book...

To tell you honestly, right after the honeymoon period of MBMST was over (exactly three months of its launch), people started asking me about my next book... I was literally circled with queries like when I am going to pen my next book and I was always like, Sabar kero yaar... Abhi MBMST enjoy kerney do mujhey... But after almost three years, I made myself ready for the second book...

People are now asking, what kept me away from the next book for three long years... My reasons are quite simple... I wanted my readers to get comfortable with my style of writing and having said this, I dont want to give them the same old story in the same old style everytime... I am not a stereotypical poet and there are many hallmarks of traditional poets that are NOT present in me whatsoever...

I dont attend a lot of mushayaras, as I dont want the same ten, twenty poets to listen to my stuff and I dont have the aptitude & patience of digesting the poetry coming from their side too :-) (I know I am sounding a bit rude but this is what I really am)...

I want my readers to have something new everytime I write... This is the very reason why I am now a days away from writing novel/ afsana/ films reviews and blogging... Plus I was busy with other projects esp The Master Storyteller... Judging itself is a full time job and I dont want to compromise on the quality I give to the work I am associated with...

In short, there is a long list of things that almost intrigued me to stay calm and wait for the next time... Alhamdo LILLAH the right part of time has now arrived and yes I am done with the first draft of my next book.

Insha ALLAH when you will get to read my next book #AMKK (the title of which I am going to announce on Feb 14, 2019), you will defintely observe a change in the overall feel of the book... You will see new topics, new subject matters and new untouched things & phenomenon... Nevertheless I must say, AMKK is the next episode of the very same story which was narrated by me in MBMST...

Hope you are enjoying these waiting moments...

Stay Blessed and Happy Waiting...

#ShahbazAliNaqvi #Shoby