Articles with tag: Pop

Music: Muslim Madonna

Arun Reginald Jun 29, 2008 interacts: 51

Performing seated alongside notable ghazal maestros of the subcontinent was the eight years old Deepika Thathaal known by her stage name Deeyah.

Can Religious Leaders Redeem the Future of the World?

Mohammad Gill Oct 12, 2007 interacts: 235

138 prominent Muslim scholars have written an open letter to Pope Benedict XVI calling for religious harmony between Christians and the Muslims.

Pakistan Shinning III - Population and Literacy

Zarrar Said Apr 3, 2007 interacts: 17

There is no precedent in history of any nation demonstrating double-digit (or even high single digit) GDP growth while spending next to nothing on its human capital.

One Man’s Religion as Another Man’s Belly Laugh

mehul kamdar Oct 4, 2006 interacts: 6

The funny side of the Pope’s comments - why can’t people laugh anymore?

Infallibility No guard Against Stupidity

Patrick Masih Sep 18, 2006 interacts: 317

I’m not sure what is more vexing, the fact that the pope said what he did, or the calim that he didn’t mean to cause offense.

The Fertility Debate

Aisha Sarwari May 12, 2006 interacts: 35

The role of women in determining their fertility is also a factor of politics and power established by the clerical class rather than what Islam actually specifies. Many Muslim countries assert that women do not have a right to deny pregnancy

Which Road will the Pope Take?

Adeel Khan Apr 28, 2005 interacts: 47

Major inter-faith issues lie ahead of Pope Benedict XVI, he succeeded Pope John Paul II, a man who supported religious relativism and worked to enforce better relations with Jews and Muslims.

Linking Poverty and Population

Kamal Siddiqi Apr 24, 2005 interacts: 41

Currently Pakistan is the sixth most populated country in the world. It also enjoys the dubious distinction of having the largest people under the poverty line, estimated at over 50 million.

Vide ’made’ the Radio Star

Mehreen Malik Oct 9, 2004 interacts: 3

In the Pakistan video industry, love isn’t considered sincere unless it is professed with a sachet of your favourite paan masala in hand...

The 20 Best Pakistani Pop Songs … ever!

Nadeem F Paracha Aug 6, 2004 interacts: 79

Fuzon are still a new story and if they keep their egos intact and don’t fall early for the glitzy and amoral ways of corporate pop, they have a future that can only become bigger and better.

Junoon Ltd.

Asif Memon Jan 10, 2004 interacts: 32

Who knows, maybe Junoon will release some better music soon. Hopefully the cola hasn’t gone to their heads. They might even prove me wrong with a good english language album.

The Sheep Dilemma

Madiha Waris Jul 31, 2003 interacts: 48

I just HAVE to meet another of those alarmingly-increasing-in-number pseudo intellectual freak-shows with all the latest best selling Kamila Shamsie

I’m With Stupid

Haroon Moghul Jul 3, 2003 interacts: 6

thought to myself, as I searched for the right kind of chocolate fudge cake, that I was now living in an ascendant empire, the most powerful country on earth and perhaps in all of human history. An empire!

Bari Imam’s Republic of Peeristan

Hala Malik Jul 2, 2003 interacts: 46

Before, this disease was limited to the illiterate population of Pakistan, but now it’s becoming more of a fashion for literate and well-known people to be seeing some Pir or Sufi. It’s the latest new trend.

Lanka - A Small Sashay

arti buxi Jun 27, 2003 interacts: 15

On a fine March morning, I too packed my passport and landed into the hassle free Colombo airport. The way I see it, supreme happiness is ‘Visa on Arrival’.

Yesterday and Tomorrow in India Today

Dost Mittar Jun 7, 2003 interacts: 166

Here was, then, the India of yesterday: poor, hungry, mired in poverty, highly dependent upon the vagaries of weather and yet full of life with colour, dance and music.