Game On! Green On! on August 15, 2022 Game On! Green On! As Arshad Nadeem’s javelin crossed the 90m mark and the Pakistani flag hoisted a top in silent pride, the nation gushed in green glory! The athletes’ performance at the CWG 2022 brought salvage to a nation in suffering. It has been a welcome change amidst the current economic and political […]
Naipaul and all the feminine tosh! on June 12, 2011I just took the ‘Naipaul test’ in The Guardian and scored a pathetic four out of 10. Darn it! Turns out Mr Naipaul does have a gift! The Nobel laureate (for literature) recently claimed in an interview that, “I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it is […]
Media 007 on June 3, 2011While the gun battle ensued in the perimeters of the PNS Mehran late last Sunday, tripod stands were being grounded, cameras being set, reporters fixing their hair the last minute before going on air just outside. The gaming arcade that the military installation had become overnight was going out live to the world. Lives were […]
Time to get real on May 11, 2011The World Cup is over, with India becoming the new world champions in cricket (amongst other fields). The green shirts are still finding it hard to reconcile with the defeat at the former’s hand on that ‘black Wednesday’. Despite displaying an astonishing gesture of magnanimity to the lost heroes — a rarity for a nation […]
The new Face(book) of revolution on February 10, 2011“Revolución sí, golpe military, no!” (Revolution yes, military coup, no!) came Castro’s call early January 1, 1959, on ‘Radio Rebelde’ (Rebel Radio). It was only a matter of time now that Batista would fall and the rebels reign. The revolution that left its indelible mark on the pages of history as the ‘26th of July […]