You only live once, make the most of it!
The city of Zhengzhou in Henan province which I got off in after the last entry is massive and a bit archaic as Henan is the poor part of china or the part most foreign tourists or business travelers do not get to see. The population of henan is about the population of our country,…
As I write this, I am hurtling along the Chinese countryside in a bullet train (D Train) traveling @ 204 kms/hr. Amazingly enough the wifi is keeping up with it and working perfectly. The view from my window is a blur of trees, rice paddies, yellow hayfields and equally beautiful and muddy waters of several…
A friend of mine, Farooq sent me this dvd from Australia and after watching it I feel every one of us needs to see this. Ok I have never been big on broadcasting conspiracy theories because they mostly confuse but having been very interested in the “New world order” as well as how certain very…
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…
Its the morning of the 28th of May, Thursday as I sit at work in Karachi checking my mails, answering them as fast as I can because of the fear of KESC quitting once again leaving me stranded without data or work. At this precise moment my telephone, cell phone and twitter go berserk at…
When Ammar of Teabreak asked for my email on twitter last week I never knew what was in store for me. Yesterday I received an email from him telling me I have been named blogger of the month by Teabreak along with questions which I duly answered to make this interview. Obviously I am overwhelmed,…
Today was a great day, I arrived at the national bloggers conference at the Regent plaza hotel around 330pm and stuck there till almost the end. What I got to hear and see were great speaking sessions by some of the most noteworthy bloggers in town, Jehan Ara, Awab, Farhan, Ammar, Asghar, Raja, Ramla, Ammar(Urdu…
Well its been one hell of a week. I make reference to hell because of the weather Karachi is experiencing these days. Not that I have been to hell or know the temperature there *shudder but it cannot be a lot hotter than it is right now. Things have been happening so quickly this week…
I had the opportunity to give an interview to Mike Graham of Talk 107 FM in London, U.K this morning. He wanted to get an in depth analysis of the situation on the ground as far as the drone attacks are concerned vis a vi what the American foreign policy seems to be for the…
Hurridly organized, loosly knit but touching, the protest done today at the press club in Karachi was a thrill to attend for me. It started at about 3pm with a press conference inside the press club which funnily enough I had to talk my way into as I did not have a bonafide “journaalist” card,…