Archive for November, 2008
Floydosis
Madness was the central theme of some of the most important Floyd releases.
Dr Richard Bentall, a renowned professor and author at the University of Manchester’s School of Psychology, while conducting research for a paper that he wrote on the awkward issue of psychosis in young men and women, stumbled across a peculiar phenomenon.
Even though the [...]
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Weed
A colleague of mine — a funny, upbeat office joker — has this habit of cracking faith-based jokes. He’ll tell you Sikh jokes, he’ll crack Christian jokes, Hindu jokes, Jewish jokes, even some Zoroastrian and Buddhist jokes.
Late last week he approached me early in the morning and said that I must hear his brand new [...]
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Some Serious Thoughts On Fashion
“Fashion industry.” Really, what on earth is this “fashion industry” in Pakistan? Some newspapers have gone on and on about the ins and outs, the trials and tribulations, the glory and the triumphs of “Pakistan’s fashion industry.”
I’ve seen many young journalists passionately discussing and then scribbling page after page about the “politics” (read gossip), the [...]
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The Correct Turn
Like the Palestinian Intifada, the recent Kashmiri uprising has nothing to do with bombs, kidnappings, beheadings and assorted terrorist tactics. Instead, it is now unfolding in the streets with stones, flags, speeches and slogans confronting bullets, arrests and teargas.
I’ve never been much of an enthusiast of the Kashmir issue though I’ve held an academic interest [...]
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It’s like this only
Everyone knows how Jews, Hindus and, of course, the Freemasons have been the most compelling reasons behind the many political, economic and social problems that are eating up Pakistan. I just don’t understand why there is even a debate about this.
I humbly suggest that anyone attempting to debate this irrefutable fact should be taken to [...]
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