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Nauseating and F***ing BrilliantBy Saira Ansari: I have seen the video by Amra Khan, stills from which are posted below. It is macabre, nauseating and f***ing brilliant. I don’t know why I loved it but it made me shudder and equally connect at some very demented level. I find Masooma Syed’s work intriguing mainly because I find her intensely intriguing. Her work is complex and intertwined cha ... From The Sa Project Maya Khan and My Bermuda ShortsBy Saad Shah: The streets of Pakistan abound with informal, but highly effective moral policing, enforced by a snide comment here, a leery look there. And to those who think it applies only to women (well, it does mostly), think again. The amount of times I was told not to wear shorts! Not just any teeny tiny chaddi, but good ol' respectable Bermuda shorts. And ... From Guest Posts Intolerance and VigilantismBy Kalsoom: Firings and getting shows that encourage intolerance and vigilantism off-air are a short-term fix, but they ultimately don’t solve the greater issue – the need for independent checks and balances on the media. While Pakistan’s electronic media boom has been an important phenomenon, there also needs to be measures to curb that rein, so that it ... From Changing Up Pakistan Matchmaking ProcessBy Catgirl: I am recently going through a match making process – rigorously and religiously with me being presented as a trophy ready to be won. The phone call never comes- as they say. I’m not sure if guys go through the same process. The problem is the groom-judging scenario comes after the girl has been selected. Plus it is said that a man is judged by ... From The Emotional Lava Virtual SatanBy Rija: You need nothing but the raw, naked earth. The classes and the creeds are self-illusions to make you feel better or worse. The construction worker in his dirty gloves and the chief architect in his shiny suit are the same. The money we created and the money we can destroy. Everything on the web will vanish with the blink of the deadliest virus inje ... From Battery Acid A Chest Pounding, Hairy CreatureBy Farheen Zehra: I am a woman. Yes, I get angry, especially when I’m hungry but THAT does not make me a chest pounding, hairy creature with huge nostrils. A fire spitting dragon maybe but definitely not a gorilla! Here are the problems I have with this ad. Firstly, there is the setting. The typical rishta aunty, the larki walay (parents of the girl) and the prosp ... From Beanbag Tales Urdu > English EquivalentsBy Muhammad Shakir Aziz: So what I've done is changed the English > Urdu wordlist to work for Urdu > English purposes. It is a dirty solution, there are still lots of problem in the word list, and ideally there should have been a word list typed specifically for Urdu > English purposes. But this quick dirty solution works in most cases for me. And I am sharing it here onli ... From Linguistics Learner Half-assed RantBy Nadia Hussain: And so begins my half-assed rant. The painter is condemned to please. Bataille, here we go again. You bite me, you do. He (the other, watching me) uses words like succinct and reductionist and I’m watching his mouth. I watch mouths and I watch myself. I wonder how they see me. A friend recently told me that they (the proverbial them) only see ugli ... From Art Ka Pakistan Islamabad NuisancesBy Sarah Hasan: Among many other nuisances (use of loudspeakers, urinating in public etc. ), what I have noticed is a new trend of wall chalking which is a crime under Pakistani law. See here. Every single sector without an exception has fallen to the abusive and at times painful marketing strategy of "wall-chalking"? I have NOT seen a single moment during my stay ... From Sarahinsouthkorea Saving Face Nominated for OscarsBy Riaz Haq: What Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and her fellow social entrepreneurs are doing in Pakistan's unhealthy culture of complaints is truly inspirational. Let's hope others will follow in her footsteps to light candles and not just curse darkness. Emmy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s latest film Saving Face has won an Oscar nomination in the category "B ... From Haqs Musings A Fresh EpisodeBy Shoaib Ahmed: Recent summoning of Pakistani Prime Minister in Supreme court, regarding re-opening of corruption cases against the President is a fresh episode. Media's singular focussing lenses magnified the issue for the Nation. Prime Minister walked in and out of court, waving the legislative clause from the constitution of Pakistan providing the President com ... From Shoaib Ahmeds Diary Ghairat Brigade AuntiesBy Sonya Rehman: Racing through the park, out of breath and eager, the holier-than-thou host was out to catch unsuspecting victims – young couples – sitting on park benches to interrogate whether or not the couple were married, or, were dating. Like frenzied, trigger-happy hunters, these idiotic women amidst throaty cackles began chasing (literally) frightened ... From Sonya Rehman Turned 16By Raindrops: I turned sixteen yesterday, it was a great day, really. G was gonna get me a new cellphone but mom didn't let her which I really don't mind because I know G's been wanting to get a new cellphone for a pretty long time but she still hasn't gotten one for herself yet. It was really awkward in tuition. I knew my cousin brother knew it was my birthday s ... From Motivate Me NCA Battle TurfBy Saira Ansari: Visual Arts at NCA has popped its 11th baby. The Class of 2010-2011 graduated last week. I might sound like a broken record when I relate the same stories that we suffered when our batch graduated. Space wars, display date dilemmas, nervous breakdowns and respect issues. All fought and sustained on the NCA battle turf. Yet again the show seems to b ... From The Sa Project The Cryogenic State of PakistanBy admin: By Muhammad Badar Arshi There is hardly any example found in the world that a nation setting aside its millions of brains, constantly making awful and destructive choices and then attribute the results to the destiny. What dreadful options our leadership as well as masses have opted at critical junctures that a loving appearance of a country is co ... From Pakistan Opinion Blog |
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