Saturday, July 01, 2023

An encounter with words

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Yesterday, I started to listen to a new book, written and read by an Iranian-American writer. (The writer: Azar Nafisi) *** She was halfway ...
Friday, March 28, 2014

Part One: The Mausoleum

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It is the darkest hour of the night. In the city of Karachi, a young security guard stands in the shadows of a white marble mausoleum, sur...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Why I stopped going to the mosque...

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I begin this post in the name of Whitney , PSY (Gunggam) and Lana Del Rey , few of the most googled names so I can revive this bloody ...
Thursday, May 12, 2011

Faiz, the poet of nowhere

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This Faiz Ahmed Faiz hysteria with most Indians, gay Pakistanis and confused firangis resulted in me exasperatedly asking my father (the ave...
Saturday, September 18, 2010

Hollywood style Incest

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A female genetically modified creature created using the DNA of a female scientist, whose husband (the father effectively) ends up shagging ...
Monday, September 06, 2010

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I miss this.
Monday, August 02, 2010

Rant....

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Rating: R18+ Disclaimer: Apologies for the extreme profanities but heard first-hand over a period of one month (compiled in one paragraph) a...
Saturday, December 12, 2009

Billu Barber --- alternate endings

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Irfan Khan plays Billu, a poor barber who lives an uneventful life with his wife and two children in some north Indian village until Bollywo...
Monday, November 16, 2009

Freedom Fighters / Terrorists want to look cool too! (1)

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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

'Indians' Down Under

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'Indian' students in Australia have attracted a lot of attention lately. There has been racist violence --- see this Economist artc...
Saturday, July 25, 2009

Dark Side of the Moon

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Earlier this week, Moonlanding anniversary was everywhere. Now, I was born many years after the event that made Ray Bradbury suggest be the...
Friday, May 08, 2009

On the White Tiger

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I finished Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger in two nights. Let me begin with some quick observations. The prose is very simple and crisp. ...
Saturday, April 25, 2009

She didn't see

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The valleys of northwest are ruled by madmen who care more about the length of one's beard than anything else. In the delta of the east,...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Out of Pakistan

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I'd really like to watch these Pakistani classics. International Gorillay . A criminal mastermind sets out to destroy Islam by luring P...
Monday, February 23, 2009

How often does the best picture win?

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So the Academy Awards, Oscar, is done. Slumdog Millionaire won. But was that the best movie of the year? How often does the year's best...
Saturday, February 21, 2009

Lazy Days

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Mrs Inspector Amar Nath

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When Yossarian, who had not been heard from for years, learnt that yours truly was getting married, he wrote in to offer congratulations. ...
Sunday, December 07, 2008

The Indian awful conspiracy: Part II

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The Nation likes to describe itself as "the most credible of English newspapers in Pakistan". Among their credible and brilliant ...

the Indian awful conspiracy

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Pakistan foils Indian conspiracy http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=61906   Update...
Monday, December 01, 2008

Pakistani Ambassador admits that LeT received training and support from ISI, and then lies about LeT continuing to operate in Pakistan

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Or so I claim. Shoot me down, here's my semantic argument:   CNN's "Late Edition" http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cf...
Saturday, November 08, 2008

Akbar is incommunicado

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In the aftermath of the US election, we received the following press statement released by the Al-Akbar movement - the one promising revolut...
Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Obama Wins! Akbar Dances!

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As per the terms of the bet  between Anthony and Akbar, the world now waits for this historic moment: our very own Akbar on youtube, draped ...
Thursday, October 30, 2008

If I ever have grandchildren...

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...I hope they will be bastards. No man or woman should be forced to bow to false Gods, or fill in forms in triplicate for bastard bureaucra...

A pox on all marriages!

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I hereby certify that whoever thought this is not an insane way to register a marriage is an idiot and a lunatic. I also certify that I am n...
Friday, October 24, 2008

A-A-A bets on the US election

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The brothers are all barracking for Sen Obama, but both Amar and Akbar have bet on Sen McCain against Anthony. This post records the bets. B...
Friday, October 17, 2008

A-A on Italy's Deshis

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Amar I think I have been witnessing, in little visual sightings over 4 years, the rise of the Bangladeshi community in italy. In the early ...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Govt of Khalsa

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Friday, September 26, 2008

The most interesting looking chef I ever saw

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This photo is from the BBC website. The blurb reads:   Sweet makers prepare special pastries in Damascus, on the fourth week and final of th...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Gens M

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One gone. One more to kick out. Hum dekhenge. Inquilaab Zindabad.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Jesus look-alike

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This looks like Jesus, doesn't it? Well, perhaps not entirely! Poseidon, Greek God of the Sea, and perhaps one of the inspirations for o...