The importance of being earnest – and single!!!

Today’s Review is plastered with stories about being single, unmarried and…*gasp*… HAPPY!!! I almost cried at the fact that people are finally realising that you dont need to be married or seeing anyone to be happy… The two things that struck me most in the different articles were… 1. When comparing marriage to eternal bliss,…

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Day Light Savings? Part II

I usually leave my house at around 9:30am to go to my office in the I.I Chundrigarh Rd Area. Having set all my clocks one hour ahead on the night of the 31st of May 2008. I set out as usual for the morning commute today. Surprise surprise i encountered almost nil traffic on the…

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Daylight saving?

Daylight saving? what is this, a new sham? Another way to soothe their consciences, knowing that time and again they only “pretend” to do good for society? Is getting us to sleep an extra hour going to change anything? Is this going to make the electricity go any less? NO! it will not! Infact it…

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The May 08 Aagahi

Well its out finally, my first venture into the world of print media as an Assistant editor. The first baby as it has been coined by the new “Aagahi” team. Along the last month we have had many trials and errors & lots of time slots where we racked our brains to come up with…

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Fruit for thought

In Pakistan, giving people bouquets of flowers and mithaiee or chocolates, is the norm for any celebratory event.. But did you think about bouquets of FRUIT?!!!! Check out Edible Arrangements The concept is so funky. Everything from chocolate covered strawberries and chocolate bananas to pineapple flowers and melon leaves and cherries on a stick! They…

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The Positivity Blog

Everyone needs a little pick me up every now and then. Recently I came across a blog called ‘The Positivity Blog‘. This blog focuses mainly on personal development. We all develop certain behaviours to cope with different situations – this blog shows us how to deal with situations more effectively, with less effort involved. The…

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The Secret

This is a post I’ve been meaning to write for a long time now. Last month, I attended a gathering at an aunts place which was based on discussing the book called “The Secret” – it’s quite a popular book based on *the law of attraction*- it talks about how you can achieve whatever it…

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23.5.08

I started writing this novelette… about 2 months ago. A love story…somewhere between Mills & Boon and dare i say something good. Thing is i wrote furiously for about a month….got to the part where its almost finished. However it is stuck now, i read it again… i try to imagine what it would be…

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Slavery in Pakistan

In the major city centers of this country, a construction boom has been happening for the last 10 years or so. The landscape is dotted with billboards advertising new and newer projects for housing. Each a city in itself they seem. Even foreign builders have now entered our market such as the new “Crescent Bay”…

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Fatherhood once more

Ever since achieving fatherhood on 2nd may once again, I seem to have entered a new dimension in my inner quandaries and self questioning on the onus of responsible adulthood. The first time was more than 4 years ago and the mind seems to have forgotten the total array of trials and tribulations new babies…

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