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The third edition of The Laidback Show – UpShorts, by Faisal Kapadia and Awab Alvi. Enjoy the discussion but would love some feedback on how we can improve this casual discussion podcast Show Notes after the jump Cricket debacle, Champions trophy ‘09, Pak vs New zeland semi final, India’s badua Meeting FQ, his down to…
Its not that we have a problem with standing in queue or waiting for a few days to get any sort of visa on our “green passports” since we are used to being humiliated for a short while anyways. That much is to be expected from our old Masters. However even we the great brown…
The pic below was taken by a fellow blogger on her recent trip to Gawadar/Baluchistan. According to her, wall markings and graffiti like this are the norm in any area of Gawadar and the people often refer to Pakistan in conversations like “aap ke pakistan me to” Puts in perspective where Baluchi sentiments are? Would…
It all started out really well, broadband became available in boon town dial up Pakistan and with its advent we discovered social networking. It began with orkut, which was probably everyone’s first experience with this kind of a forum. Now bored housewives and the working and active strata of our society all had one thing…
Where dining in today’s Karachi is a hotch potch of upscale eateries and coffee houses in which one has to empty their pockets to have a few cups of coffee or dinner, the Karachi of yesteryear had a thriving café culture at very affordable prices. I speak of the 40’s and the 50’s where Pakistan…
The Nonam show Ver 1.0 from Nonam Show on Vimeo. Show notes are below Suggest a Name for our show Why we are doing it > A causal discussion to review the online community How is Main Stream Media tackling the online media Dawn.com testing the waters of the online scenarios Do they know how…
When I was growing up in Karachi around the 1980’s we used to come back from school, have lunch and then cycle to the nearest park to play cricket or soccer to our hearts delight till the sun went down. Carefree days indeed and one misses them sometimes. However these days all three of the…
A few days ago I was standing at a signal on the junction of Tariq Road and Bahadurabad when a few street urchins, all young approached my car window. After giving them what alms I could spare I watched in true horror as one of them, a girl around 9 strode over to the next…
When Faisal Qureshi first spoke to me about this picture my initial reaction was that of indifference, as Pepsi cola Pakistan did construct this monument in the first place. However upon seeing it I am stuck inbetween a feeling or revulsion and disdain. Why must we treat our monuments this way? If we are so…
When the Pakistan team won the 20 20 world cup it was as usual against all odds. No one expected us to be even there in the finals but we were and to the joy of the entire nation we swept aside the Sri lankan’s quite clinically. Back home people went mad as this was…