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Being woman made her source of all powers
This is part two of a three-part series. Read part one here.Preparations for the wedding were elaborate. Sheherezade’s dress was sewn with golden threads. Seas were emptied to bring pearls for her. A...
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Napier’s bird of gold
The Napier Road in Karachi is named after the famous British General Sir Charles James Napier, who conquered Sindh from the Mir rulers of the time. The road begins at Lee Market and ends around Denso...
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Outrage in the land of the pure
Yaqoob Bhai was gutted when he saw the heart-wrenching images of the famine in Thar on TV. He attacked his burger with much anger and outrage. Orya Maqbool’s Theory on Famine in Thar …Yoga in Islamabad...
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Tharis: The starving protectors of national wealth
One man burned himself in Tunisia and the entire Middle East woke up from a deep slumber. In a little over two months this year, 48 children have died due to negligence in the drought affected Thar –...
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Why I won't be cheering for Shahid Afridi anymore
Dear Shahid Afridi, You've always been an enigma of sorts for the Pakistan team. Not one to follow orders; and more often than not, falling short on the expectations the populace has for you. On some...
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Movie Review: The Lego Movie
A scene from movie, "The Lego Movie". – Courtesy Photo Everything really is awesome, if you think about it.The corporate-owned metropolis initially introduced in The Lego Movie, stresses in an...
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"Pakistani Taliban, adopt ballots not bullets!"
For once, the militant Taliban should listen to religious scholars, especially in India, who are urging Indian Muslims to embrace ballots ‘wholeheartedly’.The talks between government representatives...
View ArticleCII: Pushing Pakistan back to the caves
When the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) ruled that, according to their interpretation of Sharia Law, rape victims could not use DNA reports as primary evidence, and instead rely on the testimony of...
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Blaming Bilawal
Right now the entire media spotlight is on Thar due to the tragedy which has befallen its inhabitants. Many children have died due to malnutrition and as I write these sentences, more gruesome details...
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Is Afridi really to blame?
I am quite bamboozled by the onslaught Shahid Afridi has received of late. Don’t get me wrong. As a proud activist for gender equality, I felt disgust at his comments, which came to light through a...
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From Saudi, with love
The revelation that Saudi Arabia is the ‘friendly Muslim country’ that deposited $1.5 billion into the Pakistan Development Fund isn’t a surprise. After all, it could hardly have been Yemen or Jordan;...
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Her unfinished shawl covered the world in warm comfort
This is part three of a three-part series. Read part one here and part two here.An early spring evening, the park was ringing with noises, both human and animal. Children laughed. Dogs barked. Young...
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Street dancing years: The golden age of Pakistani pop music
EmbryoThe years between 1987 and 1999 constitute the golden age of Pakistani pop and rock music. In these 12 years more pop/rock artistes emerged, albums were recorded and released, and concerts were...
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Movie Review: Total Siyapaa
A scene from movie, "Total Siyapaa". – Courtesy Photo In Total Siyapaa, a muslim Pakistani lad and a hindu Indian lass, seek her parents approval. The problem isn’t their religion; it’s where they...
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Five ways Pakistan degraded women
Pakistani women know to expect no special concessions. At any given moment in history, one or another political force, religious edict, or social problem is aiming directly at them, pointing fingers,...
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Food Stories: Chapli kabab
My cousin was a cadet at the Kimari Naval Base, and most of his weekends were spent at our home. The best part of his visit was the drop off to the Kimari Naval Base in the night, for on the way back...
View ArticleReigniting the Cold War in Euromaidan
What started as a political tug-of-war between Europe and Russia in a square in Ukraine (Euromaidan) now has the potential of becoming a major international conflict that may pitch the world’s largest...
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The trivialization of rape in Pakistan
Last Thursday afternoon, while walking in the park I overheard two men discussing the rape case which is currently making headlines in the media. This was before the victim’s death. Both of these...
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'Ask Afridi the wrong question and you will get a stupid answer'
I would like to register my own personal protest regarding Afridi’s comments on the Under-19 Women's Cricket team formed in Peshawar, in which he stated that 'our women have great taste in their...
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Old Sufis, new challenges
Excursions into the land of SufisDuring the 1980s, many young college students like me used to take a bus anywhere into Sindh’s interior whenever we were harassed by the Ziaul Haq regime.Cities and...
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