You only live once, make the most of it!
I had the pleasure of attending a very interesting event today, which was the launch of a pictorial biography by Rasheed Jamal on the leader of the MQM “Altaf Hussain” Born in Sept of 1953 this student leader has not only galvanized the middle class immigrant minority of Karachi into becoming its strongest party in…
A few days ago at the petrol station, I was talking to a friend as the attendant filled my car about my recent visit to China via cell when the attendant timidly approached me. I looked at him quizzically as I had already forked over the cash for the petrol, and shut my phone. “Sahab…
People normally associate and think of Lahore as the city of food. Although this is true in many respects considering Lahore’s famous gawal mandi and other such areas of street food, ever city in the world has its unique characteristics when it comes to eating out and Karachiites and their beloved city are no strangers…
On April 21st 2009 at Delhi international airport, the ex president of Indian Abdul Kalam, the missile man, was frisked before boarding a continental airlines flight travelling to the U.S. He was with a VVIP security detail which tried to stop him from being body searched but the airline staff persisted and A.Kalam the humble…
This morning the world has just witnessed the longest solar eclipse of this century. It was best viewed from a small village in India called Taregna in the eastern state of Bihar, where it was visible for a full earth shaking 3:50 mins. Funnily enough the word Taregna in Hindi means counting stars, how appropriate…
If anyone’s been wondering as to where I have disappeared to, I have just gotten through one hell of a week. July the 14th was an important day for my family specifically my inlaws as my “SIL†or “sister in laws†marriage was scheduled for that day and as I had to deal with being…
Cricket is a very cruel sport. Less than a month ago the whole nation was cheering as Yunis khan and his team won the world 20 20 cup, they were heralded as heros for beating Srilanka in the final so clinically, however the test series they have now lost in Srilanka has brought out the…
So it begins again. We have all been waiting for the Chief Justice since he came back on gilded wings to do something to provide relief for the population of Pakistan and two days ago he fired his first salvo. The government in denial as usual chose to impose a new “carbon” tax on our…
Its been a year and half since the launch of Deadpanthoughts. At first it started off as a blog on wordpress.com @ www.faisalk.wordpress.com, from there last year I got my own domain and courtesy of some friends set up my own website at the addy you are at now. Since then I have been demanding…
Even in today’s lackluster economic situation Pakistani’s continue to bring in internationally acclaimed chains of restaurants to have a go at the cafe culture of Karachi. Situated just ahead of bread people on Kahabane Shahbaz the “Secret recipe life style cafe” is just such a brand new venture. Renowned in the far east region for…