Archive for the ‘here and there’ Category
… taqreeb kuch to behr-e-mulaqaat chahiye” mirza ghalib (a pretty long time ago) considering that you lot have awesomely short memories, a symptom of mental retardation – you are after all reading this blog – i’ll be nice and remind you of the last time we discussed the work of nida waqas nee` aqeel. it […]
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when great writers can’t write, they write about not being able to write. that, among other reasons, is why they’re great writers. hillaire belloc, yes he of “cautionary tales” fame, once wrote an essay called on the death of my muse in his collection, on nothing. that the guy was a racist and an absolute bounder is somewhat […]
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of gujranwala and other stories
it is indeed ironic that after all this time without being able to blog, when i do come online i choose to write about gujranwala. what is more ironic is that neither the chiras nor the batairs could do to me what their mountain dew did two days later. mild food poisoning. at least i […]
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deja vu, shmeja vu
for christ’s sake, if they hated the last post so much they could have told me! for what seems to be the umpteenth time over the past four years i was relieved of my cellphone by three gentlemen who will soon, hopefully, be beset by bubonic plague, leprosy, rabies and all sorts of torturous aches […]
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to continue the rant against what seems to be the premature demise of my beloved mother tongue, albeit at a tangent, i present to you the classic case of the end of verbosity in urdu shairee. the class and style has given way to simple efficiency. much like sacrificing the pure talent and artistry of […]
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dang. double dang. i know that i was the last person alive who watched animal planet regularly. so the news of the crocodile hunter’s death being on everyone’s mouths came as a bit of a surprise. maybe they heard of it from all the animals that were celebrating the departure of the one guy who […]
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of chomsky and the hezbollah
i,who hardly ever write on anything political, found this piece rather interesting. nice justification by the author. i could list a million people who would draw entirely different conclusions. comments anyone?
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People on Metrolite have a particularly wierd way of structuring their sentences. and even wen Sana or Saan T as she is known in certain quarters, (who’s not a regular)is filling in for the other girl, quratulain i think her name is, she lapses into the same metro style. ab paish keraingay hum aap ko, […]
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Tragedy
The history of suicide attacks stretches back at least to the 11th century, when the Assassins, the disciples of the Persian master Alamut, conducted suicide raids on neighboring fortresses. The Koran forbids suicide, Mr. Post noted, but he added that suicide bombers often consider their deaths acts of heroism, not self-destruction, and believe they will […]
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Condescending, moi?! He’s been a prostitute’s rich beau, an officer, a gentleman and a gigolo, but Palestinians can’t fathom Richard Gere’s latest incarnation as a cheerleader for their elections this weekend.Well known for his vocal support of Tibet’s Dalai Lama and celebrated for his captivating good looks, Gere urged Palestinians in a television commercial broadcast […]
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Relativity
While we watch our own government bumbling through the relief efforts in the northern regions, it is, weel, heartening to know that our adopted role models in emergency management systems are just as pathetic. Two months after Hurricane Katrina, evacuees are to get free cellphones. I’m sure that a big help and more than makes […]
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Hum zinda qaum hain
I haven’t written for several days mainly because there hasn’t been much going on that will be remembered that isn’t very morbid. With the exception of the Pakistani spirit of charity. Call it jazba call it zakat call it unity call it whatever. Does anyone realise that since the Qadiani killing incident in Mandi Bahauddin […]
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no more
There was an earthquake in Kashmir and Isloo today…. They’re expecting massive death tolls. Bad shit.
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Samandar-e-Bemaina - The Abbasnama 