This post is part of a series titled, ‘Did we do any learning?’ created by my dear fellow blogger and exceptional writer Timmi, at The Lively Twist. With so much happening in my country Pakistan, I could think of nothing else. These thoughts reflect lessons I think my nation learned this year. As did I. … More Wake up and think for yourself – What Pakistan learned in 2014
Horror comes to life You don’t expect such horror in real life. You don’t expect such barbarity from humans. You don’t expect to send your children to school and never see them again. But then you do. Because it happens. It happens to our people. Our children. Our teachers. Our schools. An Army public school … More Peshawar school shooting – Pakistan’s Dooms Day (16th December 2014)
‘Ewee what’s that smell?!’ A familiar outrage when our mothers or grandmothers cooked in Desi ghee (clarified butter). Those were fleeting interactions with the word ‘desi’ in my childhood. As I grew older, doctors began piping the benefits of eating pure and unadulterated food, so Desi (organic) chickens and eggs were now the rave. After … More My Journey: From Desi ‘Ghee(butter)’ to a Desi ‘Me’
Noone plays ‘good vs.evil’ pingpong better than comic books. Worlds and cities with raging battles all around. Morbid clouds vowing never to let the sunlight through. Fiendish villains constantly hatching plans to unleash some carefully processed and planned misery on the poor masses. And then of course, the most important pillar of these rotten places, … More Gotham has Batman, who does Pakistan have?
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