Exploring the Victorian Harbour By: Ahmad Faruqui on January 20, 2019Ages ago, when I lived in Karachi, I saw a movie called 'Hong Kong's Hot Harbour'. It was a thriller with a boat combat. A year or two later I found myself in Hong Kong while in transit to San Francisco on PanAm. It was an overnight stop and there was not much time to tour. But I had seen enough to want to return. That happened a few decades later. I fell in love with the place. Yet I was … [Read more...] about Exploring the Victorian Harbour
Exploring various theories, including behavioural economics, ethnography on January 20, 2019Claire Booth's debut book is perfectly timed for January. Instead of the typical New Year's resolution targeting exercise, weight or healthy living, though, Claire Booth aims to fix a problem that was her personal affliction for years and is evidently quite common within the entrepreneurial demographic. Formerly a sleep-deprived wreck - a habitual planner, list-maker and worrier, someone … [Read more...] about Exploring various theories, including behavioural economics, ethnography
‘Fraud Saiyaan’ — Pakistani actress Sara Loren’s Bollywood film fails to connect on January 20, 2019Bhola Prasad Tripathy has hit upon the perfect scheme for easy living - marry rich women and live off their wealth - for a while at least, before moving on. He has about a dozen wives scattered between Lucknow and Benaras. He seems to be having all the luck, but his good fortune deserts him when he chances upon Murari. Murari is a private detective who happens to be the uncle of one of his … [Read more...] about ‘Fraud Saiyaan’ — Pakistani actress Sara Loren’s Bollywood film fails to connect
Bahadurabad to get its very first health food joint tomorrow By: News Desk on January 20, 2019For all health conscious foodies living in Bahadurabad, N'eco's Natural Store & Cafe is expanding its operations for the first time in eight years and coming to your neighbourhood. With its famous scrumptious menu, N'eco's will be opening its doors tomorrow (Monday) near Bahadurabad Chowrangi. If you are on diet and looking for low calorie, healthy food options then N?eco's is the place for … [Read more...] about Bahadurabad to get its very first health food joint tomorrow
Would love triumph over family politics? By: Afza Raheel on January 19, 2019'Aatish' is currently an on-going drama on Hum TV, starring Hina Altaf and Azfar Rehman. It is written by Shagufta Bhatti. It is produced by Momina Duraid and was aired on Hum TV first on August 20, 2018. The story begins with a girl named Asma who is an orphan and was left by her mother to a lady named Azra Manzoor, to take care of her. As Asma's father was an alcoholic, her mother feared … [Read more...] about Would love triumph over family politics?
A startling, beautiful portrait of a community in peril on January 19, 2019The apocalypse has never looked as peaceful as it does in The Dreamers. Permeating the small Southern California town of Santa Lora is a contagious sickness, one that doesn't induce vomiting or fever or really any pain at all - only deep, ceaseless sleep. "They sleep like children, mouths open, cheeks flushed," writes Karen Thompson Walker. "Breathing as rhythmic as swells on a sea." The … [Read more...] about A startling, beautiful portrait of a community in peril
Croatia is the perfect destination for a family getaway on January 19, 2019Here I am. Locked in a glass capsule, 100 feet up and any second now the floor will disappear and I'll plummet to earth at 40mph with G-force-a-go-go. I want to get off, but, after all my bravado, there's no going back. The attendant gives me a reassuring smile and pushes the button. Twenty seconds later I arrive, like a water torpedo, at the bottom of Aquapark Istrialanda's Space Rocket … [Read more...] about Croatia is the perfect destination for a family getaway
‘Glass’ begins where the latter film’s last minute reveal left off By: Daily Times Monitor on January 19, 2019A bridge that officially connects both Night's dark, minimalist take on the men-in-tights genre and his 2017 serial-killer thriller 'Split, 'Glass' starts more or less where the latter film's last-minute reveal left off. David Dunn now runs his own business, selling surveillance cameras and security devices alongside his son Joe. He's still prone to go on late-night prowls through the mean streets … [Read more...] about ‘Glass’ begins where the latter film’s last minute reveal left off
Hollow rhetoric does not help policymakers go beyond binaries By: Syed Ali Zia Jaffery on January 18, 2019Army units take great pride in their history. More often than not, a battalion's emblem is based on its biggest war grab. Paltan ki izzat (honour of the unit) means life and death for all, right from the Commanding Officer down until sepoys. Responding fire with fire is what these soldiers are trained for. Trained by the British, India and Pakistan have a lot in common in regard to their armies. … [Read more...] about Hollow rhetoric does not help policymakers go beyond binaries
From Romania with love on January 18, 2019I felt I had walked into a James Bond movie. I was standing in a vast cavern surrounded by the inky waters of a subterranean lake. Craning my neck I looked up to see a sparkling waterfall of crystallised salt clinging to the sheer black walls hundreds of feet above me whilst fringes of delicate stalactites were suspended like icicles from the roof. The Turda Salt Mine in Romania is so big that … [Read more...] about From Romania with love
