What I read in September and much more…

In September, I was on my annual vacations, spent a fortnight trekking in the jungles of Chakwal, and desserts of Cholistan.

Yes I took a book with me… so my travelling buddy was:

Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari: In September when my journey started and evolved as I went through the chapters of this book in train. It can be a tiring or difficult read, especially it contradicts and shatters many beliefs of this modern world. But, I suggest you to detach yourselves from emotions and biases, and read from logical and neutral perspective. It is a mind boggling roller coaster ride that passes through the stations of cognitive revolution and agricultural revolution and stops on the junction to unify humankind to take them on the journey of scientific revolution BUT will it take us to promised land where we can live happily ever after or are we heading towards an Armageddon? Read it to find out.

When I came back to my home, I read about the person who created my homeland:

Jinnah of Pakistan by Stanley Wolpert: '[Quaid-e-Azam] Muhammad Ali Jinnah was for Pakistan what Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru combined were for modern India – inspirational father and first head of state'. This sentence written on the back cover of the book was persuasive enough for me to buy and read it. Being a biography it is written from an interesting chronological perspective. It is a journey of how Mamad (Quaid's nickname in childhood) become Jinnah and died as Quaid-e-Azam. Caution, one (as a Pakistani) have to keep patriotic biasedness aside to understand the journey of this great individual.

TV Shows, Documentary and much more:

1. The Story of God with Moregan Freeman: A fantastic travel documentary series premiered on National Geographic, now available on Netflix, to learn about existence or potential existence of God or gods in various cultures and countries of the world. It revolves around the common factors or functions that made up the all or most of the religions the world. Common functions like Heaven and Hell, God and Satan, Virtue and Sin etc.

2. Jinnah The Movie: 11 September is the death anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam, so in order to commemorate this was a good watch.

3. Ertugrul Ghazi (Dirilis Ertugural): Yes it is a long TV series, and I am watching it at my own pace and leisure, so it will remain on my list for a couple of months.

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