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I am a starry-eyed idealist by vocation and everything else. I like to read and write on virtually everything, except house-keeping. Currently I live in Karachi, Pakistan.
Articles by Zuhair Vazir
Lithium
Zuhair Vazir Dec 21, 2005 interacts: 8 Views: 2300“Well, they liked my character – said I was dripping with pomaded promise. Now all I drip with is SSRI residue.” Ali smiled again
They Came From the Brothel
Zuhair Vazir Apr 27, 2005 interacts: 46 Views: 5535There was music, alcohol, hash and the prevailing dampness of our saturated lusts. Since Biblical times, lust had always been intimately associated with the idolatrous worship of Ishtar: the Babylonian goddess of fertility.
Moonchaser
Zuhair Vazir Apr 5, 2005 interacts: 10 Views: 2106Shaftain Sahib jumped off his sixth floor balcony onto a sabzi wala. The vendor, Salim, died right away ... Shaftain Sahib survived the fall only to attempt another suicide...
Elucidation from the Loony Side
Zuhair Vazir May 20, 2004 interacts: 25 Views: 3423I am a victim of madness, brought upon by very powerful media. Madness, as you may have realized, is a nature. It has been termed as a disease of the brain but eventually it acquires the attributes of disposition.
Sleeping with the Wanton Sisters
Zuhair Vazir Jan 14, 2004 interacts: 6 Views: 3442The sensation would disturb me if it occurred under any normal circumstance, but at present it makes me feel like a human aquarium.
The Devil is the New Intern by Saville’s Desk
Zuhair Vazir Dec 10, 2003 interacts: 15 Views: 3047I got off my seat, stretched and grabbed a cigarette and scribbled a note for ‘Sara’ on a Post It. As I stuck the note on Saville’s monitor I wondered why had I not seen the woman yet.
Zuhair Vazir
- Articles on Chowk: 6
- First article: Dec 10, 2003
- Latest article: Dec 21, 2005
- Times read on Chowk: 19853


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