A blog recommendation

Although, I have the link to this blog on my blog, I wanted to emphasize its’ brilliance; so here goes: CHECK OUT pakistaniat.com !!

I wish I was there ..

After the match against NZ, I had a very strong feeling that Pakistan would win the Twenty20 world cup. I went around telling everyone who cared that we were going to pull this one off. Why? Because we needed it. It was not about cricket, rather, it was about a nation that had been surrounded [...]

Blackouts in Lahore

More on growing up in Lahore here
Lights are ‘out’ these days oftener than ‘in’ ….
Soon, my thoughts settled on memories I have not visited in years. Memories I have unsuccessfully tried to evoke before but they proved to be elusive, leading me down dark alleys and then disappearing into thin air. I am convinced that [...]

Leadership risk or failure?

This morning I woke to the news of another political leader getting shot in yet another developing country. The question that comes to ones mind is why does it happen in developing countries only? Words like corruption, poverty, illiteracy and hopelessness in society come to mind. I don’t think it happens due to any of [...]

Growing up in Lahore in the 80s ..

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this on the Tech Lahore blog. It brought back fond memories.
Read in full here
Related posts: here, here and here
To start off, I am incredibly lucky. I was born to a privileged family in Lahore, Pakistan. I attended the best schools around (Yes, a proud Aitchisonian!) and was exposed [...]

Shaykh Hamza Yusuf’s popularity in Muslim countries

I came across some very interesting facts recently. I have not researched enough but looking at the initial data, I was surprised to find that Shaykh Hamza is becoming increasingly popular in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey, UAE and Egypt.
According to google trends ‘Hamza Yusuf’ is used as a search term the most in this order:
1. [...]

Explanation of Iqbal’s poetry

I think his work needs encouragement. So watch it and comment here.

Yeh Watan Humara hai -

Beautiful song and video .. this one goes out to the oppressed people of Pakistan, may those who have power be inspired to change things for the generations to come! Video

Rang de Basanti

Today movies, music and Television in general plays such an influential role in the construction of social reality for most of us. When these narratives tell us the most important mythic stories, it is important to give them some attention. Since its’ release Rang De Basanti has been at the center of much social commentary [...]

Why so Nostalgic??

In the last two years I have noticed that I have started watching a lot of PTV dramas of old .. I guess thanks to youtube. Reading about the earlier immigrants to the Western lands, one always reads about the importance of the VCR; every family would boast a growing collection of PTV dramas and [...]