Go watch the whole thing, now. Then go pay your regards to Director Nina Paley. Seriously, go. [via Kottke]
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February 2009
The stakes for the Long March are finally all on the table. The Pakistan Supreme Court – put in place by Musharraf – has declared the Sharif brothers ineligible to stand in elections. As a direct result, Shahbaz Sharif is out as Chief Minister of Punjab. Nawaz Sharif in a press conference declared that Zardari [...]
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If there is a cuter, more cheering sight than these girls in a Swat school, I haven’t seen it today.
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update: “It’s a very Masala film”. Those kids are too damn cute, btw. Just in time for Oscars, we saw the “controversial” crowd-pleaser last night. I loved it. Boyle & Tandan tip their hats to Company, Maqbool and Salaam Bombay in visual and thematic cues but I thought Trainspotting may have been the biggest influence. [...]
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Increasingly, I am convinced that the discourse on Pakistan within the United States needs some major intervention. My fear, or maybe paranoia, is that Pakistan is en-route to be declared “mentally incapacitated” by United States aka “failed state”. The impact of such a declaration (whether stated or not) would be that US will need to [...]
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On the Big Picture: Scenes from Pakistan (“Collected here are 40 recent photos from Pakistan, with a special acknowledgement to the artistry of AP Photographer Emilio Morenatti”.)
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In choosing this setting for the Ball, we have sought neither to excuse or dismiss any historical events, nor to support or challenge any interpretation now placed upon them. It is clear, however, that some people have found our reference to the British Empire to be distasteful. We are unhappy that any offence should have [...]
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U.S. policies have weakened Pakistani civilian rule, Sanjeev Bery and Manan Ahmed, Special to the Mercury News: From power blackouts to loss of control in the Swat Valley, average Pakistanis are paying a heavy price for decades of on-and-off U.S.-backed military dictatorship. And the U.S. policy of drone missile attacks will not provide answers. Instead, [...]
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From The Long War Journal There have been 36 recorded cross-border attacks and attempts in Pakistan this year, according to numbers compiled by The Long War Journal. Twenty-nine of these attacks took place since Aug. 31. There were only 10 recorded strikes during 2006 and 2007 combined. Plus, the six in 2009 – so far. [...]
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Yesterday’s announcement that Zardari has made a deal with the TNSM and installed “Islamic government” in Swat is all over the news. I talked, briefly, with Jerome McDonald of Worldview today. My main point was that there exists a history – 1994, 1999, 2007 – of efforts to install a Shari-Nizam-e-Adl (Islamic Order of Justice) [...]
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I usually don’t watch telly, but this caught my attention. I missed the segment but found the transcript on NBC’s news site. Not being up on my gossip, I can only hope this is the good news that it seems to be. Profile: George Clooney talks about Fatima Bhutto and how he’s become involved in [...]
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Per demands, interested readers can go to Awaz-e Sukhun’s Karhi recipe to learn how my mother makes it. The author of the blog, the Sukhun-var, has snuck into our house and pilfered my dearest amma’s secrets. Perilous times.
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I haven’t watched a live cricket match, in person, since … I don’t know. ’91? Wait, maybe ’96? I have to get this right. Hold on. West Indies in Pakistan, December 1990. I remember Wasim Akram. Look at that second inning stat-line: 9 0 28 5. Glorious. And that Zahid Fazal. Man, I hated that [...]
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Lahore, wouldn’t you know, has a geography made entirely of food-stuffs. The natives, even as they partake of second-rate fare will tell you excitedly about the best versions to be found in such and such an alley behind the Civil Secretariat. They will eagerly offer to take you there, so you can admit, that what [...]
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So, the Goats. Our family was blessed with two brand new grandsons in the past few weeks and, by tradition, two goats (each) had to succumb to gastro-intestinal juices of friends and relatives. This is also known as Aqeeqa. Being a proponent of Eat What You See movement, the four goats had to be procured [...]
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I just got back and the first thing I missed this morning was breakfast. I don’t normally have breakfast – more of a cup of coffee and go kinda personality. But at home, home home (whatever that means or is meant to mean), I revert to some indeterminate age wherein I used to have three [...]
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