Coffee Grounded

Where dining in today’s Karachi is a hotch potch of upscale eateries and coffee houses in which one has to empty their pockets to have a few cups of coffee or dinner, the Karachi of yesteryear had a thriving café culture at very affordable prices. I speak of the 40’s and the 50’s where Pakistan…

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The Nonam show ver 1.0 ep 1

The Nonam show Ver 1.0 from Nonam Show on Vimeo. Show notes are below Suggest a Name for our show Why we are doing it > A causal discussion to review the online community How is Main Stream Media tackling the online media Dawn.com testing the waters of the online scenarios Do they know how…

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Vanishing parks of Karachi

When I was growing up in Karachi around the 1980’s we used to come back from school, have lunch and then cycle to the nearest park to play cricket or soccer to our hearts delight till the sun went down. Carefree days indeed and one misses them sometimes. However these days all three of the…

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The monster within

A few days ago I was standing at a signal on the junction of  Tariq Road and Bahadurabad when a few street urchins, all young approached my car window. After giving them what alms I could spare I watched in true horror as one of them, a girl around 9 strode over to the next…

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Commercializing god

When Faisal Qureshi first spoke to me about this picture my initial reaction was that of indifference, as Pepsi cola Pakistan did construct this monument in the first place. However upon seeing it I am stuck inbetween a feeling or revulsion and disdain. Why must we treat our monuments this way? If we are so…

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Cricket: science & skills

When the Pakistan team won the 20 20 world cup it was as usual against all odds. No one expected us to be even there in the finals but we were and to the joy of the entire nation we swept aside the Sri lankan’s quite clinically. Back home people went mad as this was…

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About writing

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. – Douglas Adams Writing, whether for a living or for passion involves deadlines. They might be set by an editor or by one self but they nearly always in my own personal case, go by without me being able to perform….

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Saad Khan tragedy, more revelations

This report was posted by Fahad Siddiqui the admin from the Facebook Group Say NO to Reality Shows As promised, we are now publishing a conversation with one of the contestants / eyewitness of the Clear man show. For confidentiality purpose we can not disclose the names of the people who were involved in this…

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Imran Khan’s political descent

Imran Khan has been a political mystery I have been following for some time now. When he entered into politics at the end of his cricketing/social work career many people from all walks of life looked upon him as a symbol of hope. The reason for doing so lies in the fact that as a…

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The great saudi game

I often go and read middle eastern blogs, and there are some great bloggers out there in the land of the sealed. The reason for doing so is rooted in the fact that the “royals” (what we shall refer to the Saudi high command as) have taken it upon themselves to constantly solve our problems…

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