Archive for February, 2007

Of tact, pomp & uniform
There is a video clip on YouTube being circulated these days through e-mail. It shows a young maullana sahib from a famous Karachi mosque (and school of thought), taking on Presisdent Musharraf’s “liberal policies,” as the President sits there smiling in smug resignation, presiding over a dialogue with students and the [...]


Smug thugs

12Feb07

Of vanity & virtue
Don’t you think that the “fashion industry” in Pakistan is such a splendid thing?
To begin with, it has given the narcissistic among the idle rich the chance to
turn vanity into an economic virtue.
Ask the LUX ducks as us cynics whip water off their backs. They just smile back and keep on [...]