Ashes, 4 days many expectations

{ Posted on Jul 03 2009 by Faisal.K }
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The ashes series between England and Australia perhaps represents the oldest rivalry in the game, not the fiercest though as that would be Pakistan and India but then we seldom believe in playing the puritanical version of cricket any longer. Test ...Read More »

We are Our Enemies

{ Posted on Jul 02 2009 by Guest Post }
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Make no mistake in realizing the fact that only America, India and Israel are not responsible for our destruction. We are also ourselves responsible for our miseries and steady disintegration. Look at our civil and military leadership. The richest beggar ...Read More »

A tale of two countries

{ Posted on Jul 01 2009 by Faisal.K }
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Writers often take in all sensory input from their surroundings and then mix it up inside to create the symphony that only words can. Recently I am getting a very strong vibe of reconciliation from our neighbors. Why is this ...Read More »

In the loop :Time for the meek to speak!

{ Posted on Jun 30 2009 by Faisal.K }
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When the peace accord between T.N.S.M (tehreek E Nefaz e shariat e muhammadi) and the government was broken by the militants moving into Buner and declaring the constitution of Pakistan “haraam” as well as our supreme courts, the naysayers of ...Read More »

Aik Alif

{ Posted on Jun 28 2009 by Faisal.K }
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Coke studios is a series of jam sessions of fusion music, mainly Pakistani folk and rock sponsored by coke and produced by the ever magical Rohail hayat. This number is by saeen zahoor and noori called "Aik Alif" close your ...Read More »

Iran revolution or twitterlution?

{ Posted on Jun 24 2009 by Faisal.K }
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There has been a huge hue and cry over the Iranian election protests in the last week or so, but to me as a neutral observer the situation is way more fuzzy than it looks. First of all, let us study ...Read More »

China revisited Part III

{ Posted on Jun 24 2009 by Faisal.K }
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Its been a week since I arrived in China and after the last post, as I flew back to Shanghai I felt like I was almost part of the fabric of this nation now, ceaseless noisy and restless. The flight ...Read More »

China revisited part II

{ Posted on Jun 23 2009 by Faisal.K }
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The city of Zhengzhou in Henan province which I got off in after the last entry is massive and a bit archaic as Henan is the poor part of china or the part most foreign tourists or business travelers do ...Read More »

Visa’s for the damned

{ Posted on Jun 23 2009 by Faisal.K }
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Summer has arrived in Pakistan and with the advent of the hot blazing sunshine the exodus has begun. No, I do not mean people fleeing for good to azure shores or our politicians who seems to be able to invent ...Read More »

Pak wins 20 20 World Cup

{ Posted on Jun 21 2009 by Faisal.K }
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I kind of lost touch with the fact that today was the 20 20 final between Sri lanka and Pak, maybe it had something to do with the 6 hour delay while sitting on a runway in shanghai last night, ...Read More »
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