Archive - Tariq Writes

Reflections on Rain

As long as I can remember, the rain has brought me indescribable delight. The light rain, the heavy rain. The drizzling rain, the thunderous rain. The…

Jun 23 •

March 2024

Honouring Your Father's Legacy

Even if our own achievements are not as grandiose, daring or theatrical as those of our Fathers', our goal is to understand who we are, what crowning…

Mar 3 •

February 2024

Everything in its Time, Everything in its Place

The strength we need to deal with the realities of life often develops and blossoms in response to our situations. Scenarios in which one would imagine…

Feb 28 •

November 2023

Nerves of Steel

I'm no ping pong expert. I've played it a handful of times in my life, enough to have had a basic life experience, but not enough to be of any…

Nov 11, 2023 •

August 2023

Sticks, Stones, Civilisation

Wrapping up my formal academic studies felt like a titanic weight had been lifted from my shoulders. I had unfortunately chosen my educational path…

Aug 23, 2023 •

June 2023

The Hidden Language of the World

For a significant period of my teenage years, I abandoned my childhood habit of reading books. Despite rediscovering my love for reaching again in my…

Jun 22, 2023 •

First Impressions and Second Chances

I’ve always believed that first impressions show you what a person is really like. Initial negative impressions weighed heavily in my decisions to…

Jun 5, 2023 •

May 2023

Lessons from the Innocence of Youth

Screen addiction is real.

May 30, 2023 •

December 2022

Lessons on Self Control from my Son

Having become a Father for the first time and witnessing first hand the needs, demands and behaviours of my new-born son, I was fortunate enough to…

Dec 24, 2022 •

November 2022

The Myth of Decentralisation

Decentralisation doesn’t exist.

Nov 16, 2022 •

August 2022

Don't Live Through the Internet

We see it as an extension of ourselves, our abilities. We therefore are susceptible to the technology of the Internet itself disappearing from our…

Aug 23, 2022 •

March 2022

The Shortcut to Happiness

An enjoyable pastime of mine is reading and hearing proverbs from different cultures around the world.

Mar 5, 2022 •

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