Weekly roundup 8.6.09

Well what a week this has been. Its pretty tough living in this heat in Karachi, although shockingly the electricity has not gone for 10 days now. How can we go from 8 hours of no lights per day to no power outages for this long? Did someone push a magic button? What is the…

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Making peace with muslims?

It is quite comical that the world has gone from “suspicion” to “we are at war” status with the Muslim world, if such a thing exists. What is the muslim world?? Is it a world apart from the judeo christian world? Is there a Buddhist world? Do we all not live in the same world?…

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Dhaba Quettakhel

On the smelly super high way, coconut oil in my hair Filthy smell of kachra rising up through the air Up ahead in the distance I saw a trucks lights My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night There he crouched near the doorway defecation there! And…

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