Way of Life :: Movies
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Indiana Jones, Iron Man and a Touch of Narnia
Ras Siddiqui May 31, 2008If one enjoyed “The Raiders of the Lost Ark” or “The Temple of Doom” along with an okay “The Last Crusade”, nineteen years later viewers will still enjoy The Crystal Skull, wrinkles and all.
Harold and Kumar Escape From Gitmo
Ras Siddiqui Apr 24, 2008This time the duo attempts to explain the difference between a Bong and a Bomb aboard an airplane to Amsterdam in a post 9/11 environment.
The Irreverent Hero Islam Forgot
William Dalrymple Mar 19, 2008The Adventures of Hamza is the Iliad and Odyssey of the mediaeval Persianate world: a rollicking, magic-filled heroic saga, full of myth and imagination.
Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa Agha on Pakistan Military
AliHasan Cemendtaur Mar 2, 2008Stay out of politics, it is good for you, good for us, Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa Agha advises Pakistan Military.
My Top Ten Novels by Desi Writers
Asif Naqshbandi Feb 12, 2008I am a prose stylist and all my choices reflect this bias.
India Chalo - An Anecdotal Look at the Indian Economy
Nadeem Hood Feb 1, 2008Combining real facts with anecdotes and colourful characters that symbolise the new India, INDIA CHALO written by Brij Raj Singh, is a passionate look at India and its opportunities .
A History of the Pakistan Army by Brian Cloughley
Agha Amin Jan 19, 2008Brian Cloughley has made an honest attempt to present things as they are or as he perceived them to be with whatever facts he could lay hands to.
Hyderabad’s Rare Book Seller
Ayub Khan Jan 18, 2008Described by a writer in Anthropology Today as “one of the few antiquarian book shops in India” the book store itself is the size of a large closet.
On disowning Bhagat Singh and Other Vagaries
AliHasan Cemendtaur Oct 26, 2007“Zia Ul Haq ordered to destroy all Hindi and Gurmukhi books of the library. The books were thrown in a nala (sewage channel) that ran by the library.”
A Writer's People and earlier works of V.S. Naipaul
William Dalrymple Sep 19, 2007Naipaul was once a penetrating and unpredictable literary critic, but here criticism has been reduced to a series of spikey provocations.
Why should the West Monopolize and Hijack Philosophy?
V S Gopalakrishnan Sep 17, 2007The trouble with western books on philosophy is that they seldom cover Oriental philosophies.
Review of the Book: FREAKONOMICS
V S Gopalakrishnan Sep 9, 2007Mercifully the sub-title of the book is “A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything”.
Independence Thinker
William Dalrymple Aug 18, 2007Gandhi is one of the most written about individuals in modern history... But recently his status has been somewhat eroded.
Book Dropper
Ibrahim M Khalil Aug 11, 2007Nicholas Nassim Taleb says there are two ways to look at your bookshelf. The books you have read and consider yourself well read or...
The Secret Is: Don’t Worry, Buy Happy
Saima Shah Apr 5, 2007Then mankind became a bit smarter and said no god. But that meant more and more people would ask questions and not do as they are told. So mankind had to be taught to believe in god again and ignore the really difficult questions of why we kill, why there
Double-Click for Lit
Mariam Shoaib Feb 6, 2007a bookworm-now-blogger’s view on the digitization of literature
In the Line of Fire, A Review
Nauman Sadiq Jan 9, 2007Musharraf can legitimately be titled as a ’benevolent despot’. He does not possess exceptional intellectual abilities but at least his basic premises are correct. He is a moderate, progressive, forward-looking, intelligent, humorous, frank and
Which Islam?
Mohammad Gill Nov 24, 2006Although many of us despise the western style secularism, western science and philosophy, western democracy, and modernity, we do not have any reasonable and pragmatic substitutes for them. The result is an intellectual schism.
Pervez Musharraf Vs. George Orwell
Aisha Sarwari Oct 12, 2006It wasn’t that simple though, I noticed that Pervez Musharraf steers clear from George Orwell’s most cautioned malaise – Lack of Clarity.
Banning O Level Urdu Textbook
Syed Ali Jul 25, 2006The federal education ministry has approached the British Council to withdraw this book from O level syllabus as it is said to contain some derogatory remarks against local people.
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