Top Five Reasons for Loving Pakistan

Posted on June 10, 2007
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Raza Rumi I am averse to the ratings and rankings that characterize the junk-journalism of our times. Much like the embedded style of reporting such a view remains partial and often ignorant of the nuances and layers of subtext that are almost unachievable in the pop-view of the world. Readers might question this apparent paradox […]

Inspiration Pakistan: Salim Autos

Posted on June 9, 2007
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Owais Mughal jaanwar, aadmi, farishta, khuda aadmi ki haiN seNkRoN qismeN This is a story about common people of our society. I have deliberately used the word ‘Common’ in a worldly materialistic sense as the main characters of this story were neither famous, nor very educated. They were not rich either. Still they affected the […]

A Pakistani in Bangladesh: Dhaka by Degrees

Posted on June 5, 2007
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Raza Rumi How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees. -William Shakespeare I grew up in the post-East Pakistan era, and my only exposure to Bangladesh was initially through textbooks that were at best sheepish about the events surrounding its liberation. History was suspended by the school […]

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