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In recent times we here in Pakistan have been totally starved of cricket cause quite simply no one has the nads to come here. Thus when Sri Lanka decided to show up we all went into over drive, fans, team, management you name it. Our reaction can be best described as a glass of cold…
By Batool Habib T2F (The Second Floor Cafe) is being forced out of the building it is currently situated in – and it has left 90% of Karachi in dire dismay at the thought of losing a place as great as this – the cultural , intellectual hub of Karachi, The Second Floor has really…
I have been thinking about this for a while now. Somehow for some reason at least to me our religion and our political setup do not seem to add up at all. Islam has always had since its early and most successful days Authoritarian rule. Whether it was Prophet P.B.U.H or after him the Caliphs…
Now that Obama has taken over the mantle as el presidente will dubya stop making ridiculous remarks? Will the easing of the burden of his responsibilities make him a saner man? Err no.. “One of the very difficult parts of the decision I made on the financial crisis was to use hardworking people’s money to…
I have been reading this masterpiece, and so I thought I would share it with you guys in a review. The 7 of you that read my blog anyway. Its a book by Gregory David Roberts and its called “Shantaram”. Its not one of those itty bitty thin novelettes this. Ohhhh nooooo its a big…
Winner of four golden globes, based in the sub continent, music by A.R Rehman, acting by Irfan Khan. Just one of the above four should be reason enough to watch this flick and so I did. The direction, production and music were great, the story? not so great. I really fail to understand why people…
We have heard about schools for girls being shut down and even shopping being banned for women in the troubled North of Pakistan by the head “creepy crawlies” the Taliban. However they have surpassed all heights now by banning all music and videos shown in public buses in their held territories. Yes sir transport owners…
The inauguration speech of a new U.S president and his swearing in ceremony makes for pretty worthwhile watching. It not only tells us about the great pomp and faith the nation of America bestows upon their new leader but also gives us an indication of things to come. Obama’s speech to me was not incredible,…
Its been a weird week, it began with the publishing of an article of mine in TGK, which I might add is a fantastic new web zine started by the youth of Pakistan and showing all those fuddy old news paper editors out there how to do things the non cliche way. So here is…
Credit for pic GBG @ cricket247