You only live once, make the most of it!
Written by Ramla Akhtar The problem is that women all over the world, and in the society that I know most – my own – are brought up under this oft intangible belief that they are lesser beings, created for the sole purpose of scrificing and pleasing others around them. If they don’t have a…
Democracy was achieved in the Fatherland after February elections. It has however been hobbled by problems. Total confusion still reigns as the government consists of a hotch potch of three political parties united for the sake of forming the government only, while totally different in their ideologies which makes for a weak center and thus…
Just a few hours ago as the French President was all set to board his flight out from Israel a gun shot rang out. The security personal obviously scrambled at the airport to get him & his beloved Carla Bruni plus his Israeli counterpart to safety as soon as possible. Later it was learned that…
They arrived at Karachi airport last night, with the famous blue shirts and the tri colors of the Indian Flag, to a rousing welcome by fans weary and thirsty for some semblance of cricket in this country, to start off the Asia Cup 2008 which promises to be an exciting event. True that many columnists…
It was yesterday lunchtime I started to come to the conclusion I must put all this business (or non-business) with Owen behind me. Yes, I know I’ve said as much before, but this time I shocked myself into meaning it.  It was the hollow emptiness that did it, the tiny knife with the pearl…
The only fact in this book – is that General Zia’s plane took off , and crashed four minutes later. The rest is a delightful tale of fiction, with a humourous version of zia’s character, of the mangoes in the plane…the imagery is delightful, the author has painted many a vivid picture of army life…the…
No one could have suspected this after Man U won that crucial final against Chelsea in the UEFA cup, but it is happening. The heart of Man U, the charismatic Portuguese right winger Christiano Ronaldo has a dream and that features him dashing round the pitch at the Bernabau not Old Trafford. Everyone knows about…
In the end of his career Alan Border once said ” There is only one common denominator in the scandals of the last 10 years in cricket, Pakistan” Although i often do not agree with the arrogant, match winning robotic type mechanisms that the Aussies are i cannot help but bow down to his summarizing…
It takes me a while to compose the text, but in the end I think I get it right: ‘Lost for words for once – desperately wanted to say something to make you smile. No good at jokes, bit better at hugs, guaranteed to clumsily shatter a silence. But I want you to know that…