Ramadhan is not getting over, it’s we who have finished it.
If we wish we could relive Ramadhan every month of the year. Afterall why has God asked us to fast in Ramadhan? [Quran: Chapter 2, Verse 183] O you who believe! fasting is prescribed for…
How Netvibes.com will save you several hours each week
Has the Internet changed how you read the news? It certainly has changed for me, and saving me lots of time. I remember the pre-internet days when I had to wait for dinner time to watch the news,…
The Golden Years
Dad was rummaging through his old briefcases and guess what we came across? A treasure trove of memories. The oldest photographs in the history of Vakil Family. I saw pictures of my mothers School Farewell…
15 tips that help achieve better concentration in prayers.
Afterall what is it that God wants, (Sheik Arif asks)? Does He want us to bow down and prostrate even more? Offer more prayers? Go to even more pilgrimages? Well if that’s what He wanted…
The 4-Hour Work Week (Book Review)
What a book. It’s motivating, sparks a great number of ideas and it’s worth a buy simply for the list of resource of websites, books and companies that it has. Warning this Blog Post has…
Shark sighting in Bangalore!
I saw it myself, I swear. It was right there next to the sting ray. And it’s retailing at Rs. 100/Kg at Metro. I don’t know about you, but this picure makes me sad.
6 secret-weapons that can help you write better and more regularly.
Do you feel a novelist in you scraping to come out? Want to start a blog but don’t think you’re writing is good enough? Are you going through the draft of your email again and…
Bye bye Vah Blog. Hello Arif & Ali.
It started with a newsletter that I fondly called “Your weekly dose of inspiration.” Which over time metamorphisized into the Vakil Housing Blog. And now say hello to the Arif & Ali Blog. Why this…
Storytelling comes alive again.
You’ve got to hear it to believe it. I might say that it’s the best audio entertainment I have heard. Listen to the enchanting stories of Mary Shelley, Edgar Allen Poe, Oscar Wilde and others…
How Small Business Owners can now, never miss that Million Dollar Idea.
Jott. It’s one heck of a brilliant idea. It’s been raved about here, here and here. Tips, tricks are being tailored for it to make it even more useful. It’s free. And I can’t use…