Archive for December, 2007
Eating and smiling
l was thinking, what would life really be like had it been based on what is shown in TV commercials that are forced down our choking throats, day after day. Women would remain (all decked up, of course) in the kitchen, preparing all kinds of food with a favourite cooking oil which they see as [...]
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The good monster
A leader’s true legacy tends to be more accurately deciphered when studied through the effects his ideas and policies have had on the cultural mindset of the people. When the late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto took over the reins of power in 1972, he presided over a country disillusioned by the defeat of the Pakistan Army [...]
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Where’s my coffee?
Lately, my email inbox is being bombarded by letters from young men and women angered by my “cynical” stance on the on-going “students’ movement” in the country.
Most of them asked: how can a former student activist like me who stood up against the Zia dictatorship ridicule today’s young guns against another dictator?
First of all, there [...]
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