#Karachi Bloggers Meet Up! ’08 – My Kind of Partaaayyyyyy

Are you stoned on half told Islamic history?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK8CqZQ8XHY The New York Time video report ‘Tuning Out the Taliban’ after its release started a new debate in the Pakistani literary corner. Are we living in denial? Is Taliban not Pakistan’s enemy number # 1? Are the newcons trying to de Islamize Pakistan? Has Ali Azmat gone nuts? These are few of the [...]

Why choose?
The Film: Trainspotting (1996) The Line: “Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a f***ing big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. “Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching [...]

The Pony Within
Remember back in the day when we had the courage to dream to be anything; astronaut, pilot, doctor etc you name it. But majority of us grew up to do something else, in most cases completely opposite of what we wanted to do. Like for instance I always wanted to be a fighter pilot but too much [...]

Reality Bites
A recent event that shocked every TV watching Pakistani, was the conversation that took place between two members of the national assembly Dr. Ferdos Aashiq Awan (PPP Minister) and Kashmala Tariq (disputed association with PMLQ) in a political talk show. In this show Ferdos Baji accused Kashmala of things that even a punk on the streets will think twice before uttering. And the language she used made me ask this question to myself: “Why on God’s green Earth I voted for these people?”