Laidback show episode 9
Show notes after the jump
Rendezvouz with Rez kempton
The first time I saw Rez was in an Indian production called “Harry Puttar†a madcap comedy of an Indian moving to the U.K while his father carries out his secret mission. He played a smallish part of “Amul†but instantly struck home with his natural ease and flair for the craft of acting. Since…
HP invites all bloggers to hp mini launch!!
Please go here to register for this event : http://bit.ly/5UjDh2 Hp will be giving 1 HP mini to a deserving blogger at each event!! On the registration closed issue : we are still reviewing people and space to see how many more people we can accommodate. We will also be having additional events over the…
Of goats and men
The second eid or Eid Ul Azha is almost upon us, tis the season to be bloody as they say in muslim households all across the world. Mine is no different and I have readied my apparatus for buying 4 goats for my family. Obviously this apparatus has been carefully chosen to maximize my buying…
Muslim graveyard desecrated!
Pakistan is these days regarded as a global headache, we are an allied state but our various governmental complexities and inefficiency make us a hard pill to swallow for anyone. The worst problem is of human rights abuses in Pakistan, which our foreign friends have a hard time explaining to their voting public. However strangely…
The dictators wife returns!
A play by Mohammed Hanif Devised and performed by Nimra Bucha Arts Council, Karachi. 10/11 December. 8pm. Tickets available at Espresso, Liberty Books and at the venue on the night. ________________________________________ what people are saying… “Bucha comes across as a crazy mix of Eva Peron and Imelda Marcos… energetic, vivid, and compelling†(The Friday Times)…
SWO & Unifem celebrate 16 days against domestic violence!!
These are testing times for women in Pakistan. The country ranks 106th out of 137 on the Gender-related Development Index and 66th out of 75 on the Gender Empowerment Measurement Index. Despite religious, constitutional and legal rights, women’s position in the society is weak. With each passing day, conditions are getting miserable as women are…
Fighting back!!
The recent conditions of the country and the blast in the “Islamic university†in Islamabad as well as the direct threats to different schools have forced education to come to a standstill here in Karachi. At present after holding meetings with the parent bodies the schools have decided to remain closed for a few days…
Parathas for Peace
For the last 2 years Pakistan has been in a deep barrel of something smelly. I’m not saying this lightly, because as a resident of this great abyss of morality called Pakiland I have personally experienced a change in my life from a carefree one to one where even the drive path home has to…
A silver lining?
The whole world seemed to believe for the last year or so that the Pakistani government was about to fall down in face of the incoming hordes. By hordes I refer to the militants which are battling our army these days in south waziristan and as reports filter in are proving to be a tough…