An Incredible Woman Dr. Binafsha Manzoor By: Faiza Otho

An Incredible Woman Dr. Binafsha Manzoor

By: Faiza Otho 

Everyone works for himself but there are some people who live and work for the betterment of fellow human beings.Dr.Binafsha Manzoor Syed is one of them.

Dr. Binafsha Manzoor is an illustrious oncologist in breast surgery at the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro.

She is working as Academic Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgical Oncology and incharge of Multidisciplinary Basic Medical Science Laboratory too.

She runs a breast clinic at Minimal Invasive Surgical Centre. Dr. Shah is a dynamic person with multiple talents.

She was born on 19th May 1978, in Hyderabad. Her charismatic and promising personality reflects vividly love for humanity, “I can't see anyone in pain and crying,” she believes.

Her dressing is unique but simple. Actually she is among those people who believe in simplicity of life, “Living simply makes loving simple”. She is a soft and kind hearted lady with many God gifted talents.   

“The doctor should be frank to his patients, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him”.

Syed has a strong desire to make a meaningful contribution and a will to bring about a positive change in the lives of those women who had suffered from breast cancer. 

Somewhere deep inside her, she has strong desire to provide health facilities to the women of rural areas of Sindh.

Her family supported her a lot and she also gets encouragement from her colleagues and seniors. “My parents wanted me to be a doctor, so eventually it becomes my passion since I was very young”.

Dr. Binafsha Manzoor Syed graduated from LUMHS, Jamshoro in 2001. During her final year she got a scholarship from King's College London for three months electives training in General surgery at King's College hospitals.

She was awarded a scholarship to pursue Ph.D in Breast Surgery from University of Nottingham in 2007, England and completed her degree in 2012.

Dr. Binafsha presented her work at a number of national and international Conferences and meetings. Her valuable contributions in various fields of life proved her bold and sympathetic personality.

Her life gives us the message that after achieving one goal in life we have to keep moving on, to achieve the other goals. She is a lady who with her strong will power can achieve any goal in life. 

[The writer is student of  (MC-2k12)Mass Comm Department University of Sindh. Faiza wrote this feature in 2014 as part of practical work done under supervision of renowned journalist Sir Sohail Sangi] .

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[The writer is student of  (MC-2k12)Mass Comm Department University of Sindh. Faiza wrote this feature in 2014 as part of practical work done under supervision of renowned journalist Sir Sohail Sangi] .

Summer feast: Thaadhal

By: Faiza Otho

It was the hot summer day and there were huge crowd of people on the stall who were enjoying the summer feast near the road side. Though, trend of Thadal in Sindh decreases with time because nowadays readymade Thadal is available in the market and many other new beverages introduced in market but the taste of originally handmade Thadal will not be replaced by readymade Thadal or other beverages, it will remain the traditional and tasty drink of Sindh. Passing through the Wadhu Wah road in Hyderabad, I heard the jingle of beads which seize my attention towards it. I saw around the shops and noticed that the sound of beads was coming from the stall of Thadal.

Thadal is considered as the energy drink and mostly used by the Pehalwans of ancient times to gain energy before facing the opponents, now it’s also famous among the locals because it controls the feeling of thirst in scorching heat of summer. Vendors seem happy selling the traditional drink and earning their livelihood. Thadal made with the ingredients like milk, pumpkin seeds (char maghaz), sugar, water, poppy seeds (khash khash), black pepper, almonds, pistachios, and green cardamom (ilaichi). Only half an hour is required for making a glass of delicious summer drink which cost only 20 rupees per glass and easy to buy.

Vendor of Thadal stall, Maula Bux setup his stall since few months at the beginning of summer near Wadh wah road in Hyderabad. The vendors display and prepare the thadal to attract the customers at their roadside setup. “Taste and choice of people have change but Thadal would not be replaced by any other drink” said Maula Bux.

Maula Bux is living in a condition of hand to mouth and Thadal making is the main source of his income. He has to carry out any other business in winter to flourish his family comprise of 7 members. Maula Bux griefly explained: “ Summer is the blessing for me and only season for my earning but in winter I choose to do other business most probably to sell soup or tea. On festive seasons it becomes difficult to fulfill the dreams of childrens, to get them new clothes and pair of shoes.”

Now Thadal stalls and making seems distinctive to the people, especially youngsters which pull them towards its stall and they want to try this energetic drink.

[The writer is student of  (MC-2k12)Mass Comm Department University of Sindh. Faiza wrote this feature in 2014 as part of practical work done under supervision of renowned journalist Sir Sohail Sangi] . Later this was also published in http://www.thesindhtimes.com/blogs/summer-feast-thaadhal/