Holier Than Thou

In the recent past a new breed of power player has emerged on the word stage of geopolitics. Where the “one’s” who mattered first wore saville row suits, these now come clad in Jubbah and the famous head dress and sunglasses. I speak of the Sheikh’s who in various guises and forms are now claiming…

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Defection!!!

After dealing with and using computers for over 12 years with a geeky degree in Management Information Systems i have come to realize that there are only two forces in the computer galaxy. The good side that is the various versions of window driven machines & the dark side with its sleek lines and alternative…

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December Mumblings

As the political debate heats up, it’s getting colder here. Cold in Karachi would be defined by the desire to wear a sweater for an hour in the mornings. Yes the early mornings when parents like me wake up to drive their wards to school at the ungodly hour of 7am or so. I wonder…

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Amidst Ruins In Kolkata

  Kolkata has in its splendid history a number of ruins to gaze at for the traveller to these parts. Perhaps the most famous one among these is  the Victoria memorial, one of the most beautifull memorials present in India. It took 20 years to construct and was done so in the memory of the…

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The Lure Of Power

Power…. something which the elite crave for and the masses know nothing about. They say nothing corrupts like power and our politicians are perhaps the best example of this sort of corruption. They say it was power that was Alexanders undoing in the end. As mere military conquest was not enough for this great general,…

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