Ahmer Jamil Khan

Author: Ahmer Jamil Khan

  • Time is a Great Teacher, but does it Kill its Pupil?

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    Time is indeed a great teacher. It has taught many lessons, great and small, to all its eagerly learning pupil. History teaches us many lessons from notable examples, on a great personality’s vision or inspiration or a great tyrant’s mistakes. All these stories have something for us, a lesson or a moral. All those great…

  • Belief and the Right to Believe

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    Did you know, that Belief and the Right to Believe are two separate things? A “Right to Believe” is something entirely different from a “Belief”. Understand the difference! You, under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the constitution and/or law(s) of your country, have the Right to Believe in any/everything you may wish to believe in/about. I,…

  • Should tobacco smoking be entirely banned or simply discouraged?

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    Tobacco smoking has been proven to be injurious to health; it is in fact the single largest preventable cause of death around the world… So why do people smoke, and why they are allowed to smoke, and why should it be banned or discouraged?

  • The ZABMUN 2012 experience

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    The over all experience was a great one, in which we learned many new things to carry on all along our lives.

  • How SM-MUN happened!

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    In the year 2012, students of St. Michael’s proactively took the initiative to organize and host not one, but two grand events: the first one being the St. Michael’s Debate Championship (SMDC) 2012, in which other institutions and private delegations were invited to compete in cut throat parliamentary debates; and the second one being the…

  • Updated the website!

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    I have updated my website: moved from the “Website Builder” software to the more reliable WordPress! I have also migrated my blog posts from my old WordPress.com blog to my own personal domain (ahmerjamilkhan.org). WordPress is amazing, I must say; it is really easy to use and manage, highly adaptable, easy to customize and has…

  • The beautiful end to a wonderful beginning!

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    The 1st SM-MUN finally came to a beautiful end! It was really amazing to see our hard work and efforts shine so beautifully! To our volunteers and all our delegates, I am really indebted to you all! I am really thankful to Owais, Mr. Lobo, Mrs. Naiyer and Mr. Misquita for all their support and…

  • St. Michael’s Model United Nations

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    The importance of debating and public speaking skills are immeasurable. Public speaking and debating are not just skills but an art, which are essential in shaping the personality of an individual. Humans are social; hence expressing oneself is an essential need. How well one expresses them and how well they get their ideas across to…

  • Evolution of the English language

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    The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known…

  • In the name of love

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    Love has many different meanings in many different contexts. But does this broad term encompass vandalism, robbery, arson, murder, terrorism? Many would disagree; many did just all this in the name of love. Someone made a blasphemous video insulting Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.); this ignited the sentiments of the Muslims and resulted in attacks on the…