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Zarrar Said

At the age of four I wrote my first full opera. At five I started my first revolution in a small village in Argentina. At 8 I went back in time to assasinate JFK, after which I went back to the eighties and shot JR from the grassy knoll. At 20 I rigged the US national elections in Florida thinking it would be a good joke... it wasn’t. I am Morpheus and I’m here to show you the door. So take the purple pill and wave your heartburn goodbye.


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Articles by Zarrar Said

The Importance of Natural Selection

Zarrar Said Apr 6, 2008 interacts: 604 Views: 24337

Throughout time we have asked ourselves whether we are fallen angels or risen apes. The answer lies in a simple yet tabooed subject.

A Political Manifesto for Sale! - Part I

Zarrar Said Sep 10, 2007 interacts: 9 Views: 2431

In the current feverish run-up to elections, have you wondered why our political parties have still not published any meaningful manifestos?

Pakistan Shinning III - Population and Literacy

Zarrar Said Apr 3, 2007 interacts: 17 Views: 5999

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.

The Day We Killed Bob Woolmer

Zarrar Said Mar 19, 2007 interacts: 194 Views: 20762

Bob Woolmer’s demise has to be Pakistan’s largest blemish in cricket. I want to tell the tale straight from the heart of his biggest fan.

Pakistan Shinning II - Propoganda or Reality

Zarrar Said Mar 12, 2007 interacts: 97 Views: 9240

There is no precedent of any nation having developed economically without consistently saving and reinvesting a substantial portion of its annual GDP.

Pakistan Shinning I - Propoganda or Reality

Zarrar Said Mar 8, 2007 interacts: 104 Views: 11418

The Musharraf Government is frantically beating the drums of its fictional economic miracle of the past half a dozen years. This is painfully reminiscent of similar media projection attempted by the erstwhile BJP Government with its 'India Shining' propag

Save our Children from Mental Abuse

Zarrar Said Dec 26, 2006 interacts: 8 Views: 3042

It is disturbing enough that both English and Urdu versions of Yahya’s creationism documentaries -- that conceal, deny and confuse with theories not testable with science -- are being shown almost daily. That they’re passed off as science is e

Don’t Cry for me Rawalpindi

Zarrar Said Oct 4, 2006 interacts: 14 Views: 3743

They each carry a sports bag and wore crisp new white shirts with the letters “Under 19” engraved on the left side.

God’s Last Class

Zarrar Said Apr 20, 2006 interacts: 2 Views: 3039

God steps into the classroom for the last class of the semester and walks quietly to the blackboard. The TA, Gabe, hands him a piece of chalk and God begins to scrawl in really bad handwriting

The Wedding Gathering

Zarrar Said Feb 10, 2006 interacts: 5 Views: 2813

The alpha-males gather around the females and show their support. They are ready for the catch. The bait is set and the females fall for it. The soldier male approaches the empress. She is reluctant to show her emotional side

Kashmir United -- A Peek into a Luton Ghetto

Zarrar Said Dec 6, 2005 interacts: 115 Views: 17697

I felt like a Black man in an all-White bar... I reverted to the 'Paki table' and joined in on conversations about trying to get good weed and how some friends they knew were in jail


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Zarrar Said

  • Articles on Chowk: 11
  • First article: Dec 6, 2005
  • Latest article: Apr 2, 2008
  • Times read on Chowk: 104521

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