Owais Mughal While driving back from work tonight, I took a trip down the memory lane. The trip took me back 24 years where I saw a guy named Iftikhar and it made me laugh out loud. Iftikhar was the muffakir (intellectual) and the mascot of our street cricket team. He was especially gifted in […]

Owais Mughal We were recently walknig in the back alleys of Naples. The scene was very traditional Italian. In narrow pathways there were shops selling all kinds of merchandise from colorful pasta to miniature art, guitars to fountain pens and old books. There were children playing football in every open space. In all this traditional […]

Owais Mughal While the country is going through severe floods we thought a small detour to a lighter topic may be a good idea to raise everybody’s spirits. In the past we’ve carried a 4-part series as a tribute to Dildar Bhatti which can be read here, here, here and here.