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Conspiracies, Bombings & the 1973 Constitution (The Balochistan Series – Part...
This is the fifth installment of ‘The Balochistan Series’ here on my blog. To see more of the series, click here. This is the second half of PART 4, and the [...]
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Taha & Rauhan – music’s latest dynamic duo
Taha & Rauhan – a singing duo from NUST Business School is all set to release their first single, and all they need is your support. The two BBA students [...]
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Thank you for Big Mama’s House of Yo
Growing up in a manner which many would call ‘privileged’ was something I took for granted when I was younger. As a young child in Houston, going to school meant [...]
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Snow White & the Huntsman
Some of the fairy tale effects are marvelous; but the odyssey from darkness to light is unduly long and sloggy, and Stewart, with her contemporary edge, seems to [...]
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Johnny Depp – Alcoholic & Hopeless Romantic
I heard about the movie driving to work one day with my mother. One of the street beggars on the Jinnah Avenue underpass was selling newspapers, and as the familiar [...]
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(My absolute love for & yet complete failure at) The Art of Journal Writing
Back in those Kool-Aid drinking, halal marshmallow-squishing innocent days of my childhood, I would accompany my mother on her bi-weekly grocery-shopping trip to our local Kroger’s (or if I was [...]
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Zia ul Haq (The Balochistan Series – Part 5)
This is the sixth installment of ‘The Balochistan Series’ here on my blog. To see more of the series, click here. ————————————————————————————————————————————– Zia-ul-Haq came to power by...
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100,000!
On Friday the 13th of July, just a little over two years since I’ve been putting time and effort into this blog, the counter pushed itself closer and closer to [...]
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Macaulay Culkin between Home Alone & Drug Addiction
So now that we all know Macaulay Culkin (the one responsible for the Home Alone laugh attack family comedy that took America by storm) has joined the ranks of failed [...]
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Julia Roberts at the end of her rope.
We all know that Snow White was dragged out of her peaceful fairy-tale heaven and made over twice this year – once in Snow White & the Huntsman and once [...]
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When the going get’s tough, get going.
The last few months have been tough for me, and I’ve been stuck in a bit of a rut. It’s as if the heavens have aligned, all planets carefully synchronized, [...]
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Twenty Years of Fabulous Un-Cool
On yesterday in history, 1992 to be exact, I was brought into this world. (This blog post was supposed to go up on my actual birthday, but I was too [...]
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My Apology to all Fans of The Hunger Games
Dear THG diehards, I humbly lower my gaze before you and beg forgiveness for not enjoying your Holy Grail of literature. Forgive my insolence and insensitivity, but Katniss does not [...]
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Humans of Islamabad & Rawalpindi & Celebrating Independence Day in Pakistan
As an avid fan of the entire Humans of New York project, and all subsequent spin-offs like Humans of Milan and Humans of Australia, I was delighted to find out [...]
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50 Shades of Terrible
Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2011 novel by British author E. L. James. Set largely in Seattle, it is the first instalment in a trilogy that traces the deepening relationship between a [...]
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Musharraf, Devolution & Gwadar (The Balochistan Series – Part 6)
This is the seventh installment of ‘The Balochistan Series’ here on my blog. To see more of the series, click here. ————————————————————————————————————————————– Musharraf’s coup d’état was not...
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How ‘Catching Fire’ Almost Changed My Mind
This post is a review of Catching Fire, the 2nd book in The Hunger Games trilogy. To read my review on the first book, click here. ————————————————————————————————————————————– [...]
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How Bridget Jones’ Diary is Just Perfect
In a movie made legendary by Renee Zellweger in 2001, Helen Fielding‘s portrayal of the thirty-something, pseudo-feminist, chain-smoking, ideal-toting ‘Bridget Jones’ was brought to life. I caught...
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Battle of the Books: Harry Potter vs. Lord of the Rings
After months of being barraged by friends to grab a copy of The Lord of the Rings, I finally gave in and decided to read the trilogy. It starts off [...]
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The Rishta Auntie Reading List
Every young, twenty-something girl (and often younger in rural areas) in Pakistan notices that moment – the moment when her mother’s friends transform from The Nice, Jolly Aunties to Ruthless, [...]
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