Critically Acclaimed: Man Push Cart

Posted on September 15, 2006
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Adil Najam A movie based on the life of a fictional former Pakistani rock star who now sells coffee from his push cart on the streets of Manhattan, with a Pakistani-American playing the lead role, has emerged, according to Dennis Lim of the New York Times as “among the most striking American independent movies of […]

Mubarakbaad: Wedding dholls for Bilal

Posted on September 3, 2006
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Adil Najam All of us here at ATP want to wish our colleague Bilal Zuberi the very best of luck on his marriage day; today. Yes, you heard it right! From one married guy to a soon-to-be-married guy: “hunn, lagg patta jaaye ga!”; this phrase is not translatable but lagg patta jaaye ga” is profoundly […]

Picture of the Day: What is wrong with this picture?

Posted on August 11, 2006
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Adil Najam Because education is as central to everything else as it is (see earlier ATP post) I want to stick with it a little longer (plus, as a teacher, education is what I do). Regular contributor Owais Mughal just sent me this picture, published in Dawn today (11 August, 2006). Ostensibly, this is a […]

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