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| THEN & NOW |
A lot has changed for some and yet nothing for others. ‘THEN & NOW’ is an attempt to visually dissect or connect the similarities that have occurred over the decades in Pakistan. The idea for this project is to stimulate people to dig out old images from their family albums and connect them to present…
Shanaakht
Dear Youth of Today, Going through an IDENTITY CRISIS? Well now is the time to find out who you really are!!! The Citizens Archive of Pakistan brings to you The Shanaakht festival – a chance to rediscover your identity. This five day event will run from the 8th to 12th of April 2009 at the…
Celebrating woman’s day
Woman’s day is coming up here in Karachi and there are several events taking place for this occasion. Yes not all of us Pakis are the chain them veil them smack them type folks. Specially not a lot of Karachites who not only appreciate but try to empower females by their social activities. One such…
Ranjha & juliet
The KB thespians have been in the past responsible for bringing us plays like “Waiting for Godot” & “The importance of being Ernest”. They are a Pakistani theater troupe and followers of Stanislavski’s school of method acting. They have now come up with a romantic comedy to lighten our hearts on Valentines day called “Ranjha…
Deadpan on Globalpost
Today marks another milestone in my journey here on Deadpan Thoughts. Today Globalpost has launched its website and promises to be a window for a much wider audience for this blog, let me explain. Globalpost is an American organization focusing on news, view and opinion based articles from all corners of the globe. It has…
Michael Crichton passes away
Today is a sad day, one of my favourite authors Michael Crichton passed away at age 66 finally succumbing to his long private battle with cancer. Michael was a Harvard medical school grad and an amazing writer who provided his readers with escapism which could be justified by scientific facts. Most of his books deal…
Terror in Ziarat
A massive earthquake has hit Pakistan yesterday morning in the Ziarat region, 60 km to the north east of Quetta. According to eyewitness reports entire villages have been flattened as the initial shocks were 6.4 on the Richter scale and after shocks around 6.2 and 6.1 which were felt in the afternoon in the same…
Published in the hoot
So I hardly ever toot my own horn, lol yeah right I am a blogger I am shameless man!!! Seriously though I know I have been published quite a few times before but somehow it just gives me a big thrill every single instance. Thus I am quite proud of the recent fact that an…
Aagahi (Sept-Oct Eid Issue)
Hey hey folks, the new Aagahi just hit the stands today featuring yours truly on the cover and custom detailed graphics to boot. This supplement seems to have grown into something good in the last 5 months i have spent with it as Asst Ed and I am quite proud of it. Check it out!!!…