Inspiration Pakistan: Selflessness in Jaded Times

Posted on June 28, 2010
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Sehar Tariq Times in Pakistan are tough. Things were never great but they were never this bad either. There weren’t as many incidents of violence, so many hours of load shedding or such high prices of food and electricity. And in our fast paced downward spiral, we have lost our sense of being one nation. […]

Alam Lohar: England di Jugni

Posted on June 27, 2010
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Adil Najam I am still in the groove of Arif Lohar’s Coke Studio performance. I find it especially invigorating to listen to Arif’s version back to back with his father Alam Lohar’s. In doing that, I just stumbled on this wonderful recording from Alam Lohar: England (read, Englaaand) di Jugi. It really is worth a […]

Why Banning the Internet may be a Good Thing

Posted on June 25, 2010
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Adil Najam Pakistan seems ready to ban the Internet (again) (well, parts of it)! On the face of it, this is Internet banning silly season all over again. But wait. Maybe, this is different. Maybe, its not even a bad thing! Maybe, this is exactly what we need! But before I explain why this may […]

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