The Universal Command is pure vision, unlimited possibilities, and entirely boundless. It ignites the Universal Intellect, through which thought is bound, defined, and then projected onto the Universal Soul. The Universal Soul receives the perfect…
My training to be a “good wife” started at the age of 8. “I shouldn’t have to tell you to take out the garbage. If you see that it’s full, you should know that it needs to be taken out. What will you do when you get married?” Marriage was not even on my mind, but I silently took out the trash and then…
For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to belong to a conscious community that is united by a common worldview and connected by the desire to self-actualize. A conscious community…
We arrived at the Aga Khan Museum fully equipped with our DSLR cameras to capture every angle and detail possible. After driving for ten hours and…
Based on my previous research of the Aga Khan Development Network, I shared my personal interpretation of the purpose and relevance of the Aga Khan Academies almost two years ago (see earlier post: From AKDN to AKA – A Systematic Vision). Since then, my curiosity has taken me…
Language, a set of recognizable patterns, is arguably humanity’s greatest achievement. Through language, each generation is able to record, preserve, enhance and most importantly, pass down the knowledge from the past. Language, the programing…
This paper addresses the following questions: “What is the primary purpose of AKDN?” “What are the essential values or ethics which inform the AKDN’s vision?” “How does the establishment of Aga Khan Academy support the vision of AKDN?”
This post discusses the fulfillment of my Time and Knowledge Nazrana, but it is a very different kind of post. Here, you will not find the details of my TKN assignment, the numbers of hours I clocked, how I went about working in a new setting, or the resulting impact of my work.
During the weeks leading up to my birthday this year, I fervently searched for the true meaning of a birthday. I wanted to know what it is that I am supposed to be celebrating and I assumed that once I knew that, it would be easy to figure out how I am supposed to be spending that day.
Chandraat has always been about checks and balances. My mother would open her accounting log and record my parents’ earnings, deduct the amount for Dasond, and then distribute individual allowances. If it was the Chandraat after Bakra Eid, then my brother…