Archive for August, 2008
Look back in anger
Differences between Muslims and Hindus that became the basis for the Muslim League’s call for a separate state had to do with socio-political realities.
It was a fantastic experience watching a bunch of twenty-somethings getting all excited about Independence Day.
Of course, the cynical, jaded me couldn’t help but explain this behaviour as a means by the [...]
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Critics are us
If Inzimam-ul-Haq were a music critic…
First of all, thanks to Almighty God, boys in many bands prayed well, and so the Islamic Republic music scene is recovering from pulled hamstrings because praying comes first and then playing but we tell girls not play, only pray, because girls belong in the kitchen making lunch for strong [...]
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What Talibanisation?
It was 1991. I’d just quit the University of Karachi and joined a weekly magazine as a feature writer. My office was on the fourth floor in a building on I. I. Chundrigarh Road. I headed down to get myself a pack of cigarettes and a saada-khushbu paan. The moment I stepped out, my way [...]
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Follywood!
Much has been discussed about the political reasons behind “Pakistan’s decent into religious extremism.” Unfortunately, very little has appeared regarding the more social and cultural reasons behind the dreaded phenomenon. One way to go about this is to analyse certain Pakistani films that may answer the question about the general society’s role in the matter.
Miss [...]
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