Dara Shakoh

ایک ڈھونڈنے والا

[Dara Shakoh @inquisitiveAdam]

@mazdaki @mad_nessss Mazdak died a tragic death

[Dara Shakoh @inquisitiveAdam]

@nauman_arbab @mazdaki Rekhta also says that it is by Johar

[Dara Shakoh @inquisitiveAdam]

@khattak_amer کتاب عمر کا ایک اور باب ختم ہوا
مبارک ہو

[Athenaeum Book Club @athenaeumbc]

A powerful scene in the Odyssey happens when Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca after twenty years of war and wandering.

You would expect the story to end with celebration, with the hero coming home, the family reunited, and order restored.

Homer does something far stranger.

Odysseus arrives disguised as a beggar, because Athena warns him that the palace has been taken over by more than a hundred suitors who have been living there for years, eating his food, drinking his wine, and pressuring his wife Penelope to marry one of them.

They believe Odysseus is dead and in their minds the kingdom is already theirs.

So the king of Ithaca walks through his own halls dressed in rags while the men stealing his house sit comfortably at his tables. They mock him, throw scraps at him, and one of them even strikes him, and Odysseus takes it. That is the remarkable part, because the same man who blinded the Cyclops and survived twenty years of disasters now stands quietly while strangers insult him in his own home. Homer tells us his heart burns inside his chest and that he wants to attack them immediately, yet he restrains himself and waits.

Instead of striking, Odysseus studies the room carefully. He counts the men, watches their habits, and quietly observes which servants remain loyal and which have betrayed him. The hero of the Odyssey does something most people cannot do, which is delay revenge until the moment is right.

Eventually Penelope announces a contest and brings out Odysseus’ great bow, declaring that she will marry the man who can string it and shoot an arrow through twelve axe heads lined up in a row. One by one the suitors try and fail, because none of them can even bend the bow. Then the beggar asks for a turn. The suitors laugh at first, but the bow is eventually handed to him.

Odysseus takes it in his hands and strings it effortlessly. Homer says the sound of the bowstring tightening rings through the hall like the note of a swallow. Then he places an arrow on the string and sends it cleanly through all twelve axe heads.

In that moment the beggar disappears. Odysseus turns the bow toward the suitors and reveals who he is.

What follows is one of the most brutal scenes in Greek literature. The doors are sealed and the suitors realize too late that they are trapped inside the hall. Odysseus, his son Telemachus, and two loyal servants begin killing them one by one. There is no escape, no mercy, and no negotiation. The men who spent years consuming another man’s house die inside it.

It is a violent ending, but Homer wants you to understand something important. The real danger to Odysseus was never just the monsters and storms on the long journey home. It was the possibility that someone else might take his place while he was gone. When Odysseus finally returns, he reminds everyone in Ithaca of a simple truth: a man’s home is not truly his unless he is willing to fight for it.

[Dara Shakoh @inquisitiveAdam]

@ZulfiqarAhmed69 @NewhamIndParty Good luck

[Dara Shakoh @inquisitiveAdam]

@clickonnadeem @Micks_it @laiq_laiqhs Not pathologist but he is a Professor of Anatomy

[Dara Shakoh @inquisitiveAdam]

@yarpunhal اگر آپ چھٹیوں میں کتاب کھول لیتے تو آج millionaire کے بجاے billionaire ہوتے 🤔

[Dara Shakoh @inquisitiveAdam]

@molve_arif @yarpunhal تشکر

[Dara Shakoh @inquisitiveAdam]

@molve_arif @yarpunhal کیا یہ سچ ہے کہ رستم وسہراب فردوسی نے یہ رزمیہ لالچ میں لکھا تھا۔کہ محمود غزنوی وعدے کے مطابق ہر شعر پر ایک سونے کی اشرفی دے گا۔یہ رقم اسے اپنی زندگی میں نہ مل سکی۔محمود نے جب رقم بصد جبروکراہ جب بھیجی تو اسی روز فردوسی دنیا سے رخصت ہو گیا۔یہ تمام قصہ خود ایک کہانی سے کم نہیں۔

[GeniusThinking @GeniusGTX]

I'm obsessed with cognitive biases.

A "cognitive bias" is a systematic error in thinking that destroys decision-making.

11 most powerful (and dangerous) cognitive biases I've found: 🧵

1. Survivorship Bias:

[Dara Shakoh @inquisitiveAdam]

@grok @yarpunhal کوئی بتلاؤ کہ ہم بتلائیں کیا

[Dara Shakoh @inquisitiveAdam]

@Rainmaker1973 25

[Dara Shakoh @inquisitiveAdam]

@Rainmaker1973 Yes 26

[Felipe MIllon @Felipe_Millon]

Today, we at OpenAI launched Deep Researcher and I wanted to share a deeply personal story about how amazing this tool is and how it will change the world. Trigger warning, related to cancer....1/9

[Dawn.com @dawn_com]

"Pseudo-archaeology has played a big role in constructing mythical histories that feed into imagined pasts that ultimately only aid the political aims of ultra-nationalism."

https://t.co/o56eSmIOpv

[Dara Shakoh @inquisitiveAdam]

@Gypsy_heart8 Ask again, when she is sober

[Ayesha Siddiqa @iamthedrifter]

Tomorrow in SOAS a talk on India-Pakistan relations - history and future

[Harsh Goenka @hvgoenka]

HMV was a treasure trove of timeless Hindi film songs. Reliving some of my old favorites today—pure nostalgia!

[Dan Walker @mrdanwalker]

“If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two imposters just the same”.

Blown away by the resilience and determination of Sir Chris Hoy this morning.

Shortly after being told that he has between 2-4 years to live because of his terminal cancer… his lovely wife, Sarra, was diagnosed with MS.

The man remains an incredible inspiration. Sending love to the whole family.