May 2011
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Recipe to create and self-destroy a country
Time needed: 60 years but can be done sooner
Ingredients:
A mis-interpreted dream, preferably involving religious utopia
People from all parts of the continent loosely united by religion
A few feudal lords (add according to taste)
1 Dozen hard liner Generals
Continuously fed hatred of 1 neighbour (if needed, also of a jewish state)
An excuse of a constitution that can be amended as...
February 2011
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For WorldCup
Nothing makes us merrier, as a society, than winning a cricket match. I am almost sure our Gross National Happiness was at its peak in 1992 and 2009 and at its lowest whenever our team is touring Australia. Some of us have repeatedly requested that our team builds some kind of match plan and preconceived strategies that would help us be consistent and hopefully win more of the times. Lot of...
January 2011
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K Kar Sakun Shumar Dil Ki Hasrataon Ka Main
Lambi Hai Shab-e-Tanhai, Per Itni Bhi Nahin
October 2010
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Naqoosh-e-Iqbal
Naqoosh-e-Iqbal, an excellent book to help one follow Iqbal, has this verse on its cover page:
Naqsh Hain Sab Na-Tamaam, Khoon-e-Jigar K Bager
Naghma Hey Sauda-e-Khaam, Khoon-e-Jigar K Bager
I was thinking about how to put in English and came up with:
All Impressions In Vain, Sans a Bleeding Heart
All Sonnets Mundane, Sans a Bleeding Heart
August 2010
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This is our final decision! Oh, unless we reverse...
Mohammad Yousuf’s coming back doesn’t really surprise anybody. It saddens me a bit though, to imagine, that like other aspects of life in Pakistan nowadays, tolerane is fleeing cricket as well. One rough series and the board is over-turning its oh-so-firm decision of banning Yousuf? Nobody can deny the expertise and maturity Yousuf brings to the field, but giving him a spot naturally...
July 2010
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Avadh Punch
A little riddle posted by Sepoy led me to research about Punch, the popular British magazine of 19th century and ultimately to the Indian version of it called ‘Avadh Punch”. Published from 1877 through 1936, Avadh Punch featured literary giants like Abdul Haleem Sharar, Pundit Rathan Nath Sarshar (of Fasana-e-Azaad fame), and some other awesome contributors who never got the much...
June 2010
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Geo/Jang is now hiring
Geo/Jang is now hiring for the following position:
Job Title: Senior Spice Editor
Description: We take our reporting very seriously. If a headline is not serious enough, we make it look like one! As a senior member of our spice department, you will oversee the spicing up of headlines and be on a constant look out for news that can be spiced up. Further more, your responsiblity will include...
April 2010
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Know Your People: Katchi
Even before we entered the gate of Kemari, a guy in rugged jeans and vintage polo -with his lips still red from the Paan he had savoured earlier- rushed to us asking if we wanted to go to Manora. He was disappointed when we told him we didn’t want to go to Manora and just wanted to stand by the boats for a few minutes. It was early morning and quite obvious that he had yet to make the first...
March 2010
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Originally posted at Pakistaniat, it is a great 1...
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Why do we seek glory?
A good post on Beentherella mentioned that what people really want is to be validated. Can’t really disagree with that. Taking it one step forward, people want to be validated or proven right as much as they want others to be proven wrong. A student would rather see the whole class give the wrong answer than some random kid getting it right.
It is a natural tendency alright but is this...
February 2010
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Rann
Just watched the movie “Rann” featuring Amitabh and Ritiesh Deshmukh.
I am sure the movie wouldn’t do good at the box office because it has a pinch of reality in it. The movie shows the true picture of today’s media and its behind the covers collaboration with political parties. I think it is more true of Pakistan than of India, the channels we have only sell...
January 2010
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Ruka tu hoon magar sirf saans lene ko
shakasta-paa hoon main shakasta-dil nahin hoon abhi
September 2009
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Materialism →
Everybody should watch this video about materialism.
August 2009
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Jashn-e-Bahara
Love this song. Such a melodious number…
Pradip Somasundaran - Jashn Bahara
Found at abmp3 search engine
July 2009
3 posts
Sushi and "Ijaar"
Tried Sushi for the first time today. They had tuna, eel, avacados and some other good stuff. I had around 6 pieces and was liking it but the 7th piece made me go urghhh. It was a good experience though. Would have been really nice with some beer. May be Corona.
Thought more about Ijaar. My initial focus was pretty good but I drifted from it just to get more organic traffic. I think in the...
Tomorrow
Have a big day tomorrow, hope it goes well!
Disconnect
Had been thinking about it for a while and finally did it. Disconnected my data plan and converted my CrackBerry into a BlackBerry again!
So no more checking-email-every-2-minutes! Now I only check my email while I am on my computer and the next goal is to bring it down to around 3 times a day. Having the Gmail open all the time is distracting and unproductive as well. Will try to avoid that...
June 2009
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Tweeting for #PakCricket
Tweeted for T20 Cricket worldcup #PakCricket for 5-6 hours today. We made it to the Twitter trending topics and were #5 at a time.