You only live once, make the most of it!
A year and five days, that’s about how long it took for us to go from a joyously democratically elected nation to one fraught with suspicion, unrest and teetering on the brink of a massive implosion of our newly founded freedom. I speak of the day we held our last elections, almost free and fair…
There was a time in this world when people referred to each other in random slang without anyone getting offended, where jokes about religion, race and creed were common and were not only tolerated but were so synonymous with daily lives and working environments that no one batted an eye! This was when the term…
Few people if that, in the third world are unfamiliar with the arts and bane of begging. It is rampant everywhere in our society from traffic signals to governmental offices where in India it is referred to as baksheesh and here in Pakistan as sweet little kancha. Although westerners when they arrive at our shores…
Youth, the gears of a countries machine, the lifeblood of a nation’s body, the essence of which all great movements have been made of simply because youth means enthusiasm and energy- not even the sagacity of experience can replace that. However energy and enthusiasm are forces of nature which, when misplaced, can wreak as much…
It’s really difficult to describe the sensation of load shedding to someone who is unfamiliar with their power getting interrupted. The incident in question happened after the last “major bombing†incident, you may insert whichever one is the flavor of the week in Pakistan; a friend of mine called to check up on my well…
There are only a few topics the media here in Pakistan is more obsessed with than India and its nefarious “unseen hand”. Foremost among these is ‘Amreeka’ our ally of good and useful times since Independence, and frequent ruler through various quasi governments here. Kindly referred to here by pundits and journalists alike as “Mai…
On 30th October 1947 Qaid E Azam the founder of Pakistan and the greatest leader we have ever said the following on reaching Lahore where several brutal acts were committed against minorities. “We have, undoubtedly, achieved Pakistan and that too without bloody war and practically peacefully by moral and intellectual force and with the power…
After having spent 31 Ramzans in this country, each followed by the grand festivity that Eid brings I have started to look forward to them year in and year out. Firstly because as a smoker they provide me with a virtual detox from the harmful but glorious nicotine wafting through my system and secondly they…
We are all addicted to these little updates and with the advent of the new face book layout we are even more hooked into what everyone is doing every second of their lives. Heck now we can even comment on each others updates and there are so many times I want to add the following,…
The new Aagahi is out today with “The News” in print, give me some feedback people 🙂 Click to read on any of the pages below!!