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Imperialism, Theirs and Ours 19 Nov 2012 | 08:31 pm
Reblogged from Greased Cartridge: Below is a conversation about imperialism, US and Pakistani, and my note about it. While it is commendable that there is an upcoming documentary (The Invisible War) t...
Cookie 1 Oct 2012 | 01:47 pm
Where do I begin? Ever since I was a little girl, cats weren’t exactly my favorite animals. I didn’t hate them but I didn’t like them either. I loved dogs, gold fish, turtles, but cats – nah. It proba...
An Open Letter to Maya Khan – P2 30 Jul 2012 | 11:35 pm
Maya Khan, I have no personal vendetta with you. But you’re at it again. Last time I found you chasing morality in parks frequented by lower-middle class citizens (they make fantastic targets for r...
Interview with Murat Palta – Genius Behind Oriental Remakes of Hollywood Classics 21 Jul 2012 | 03:19 am
Oriental-esque Godfather by Murat Palta “It began two years ago,” according to Murat Palta who studied graphic designing at Dumlupınar University Kütahya, Turkey, “with an experiment to blend traditi...
Book Review: The Moslems are Coming by Azad Essa 10 Jul 2012 | 02:15 am
The author here with a USB47. I’m late. I’m always late. I planned to update this blog with my review of Al Jazeera journalist and desktop ‘terrorist’ Azad Essa’s incisive book “The Moslems are Com...
On Challenging the Empire’s Narrative 28 May 2012 | 07:00 am
An Iraqi prisoner of war comforts his 4-year-old son at a regroupment center for POWs of the 101st Airborne Division near An Najaf, March 31, 2003. The man was seized in An Najaf with his son. (AP Pho...
On the Notion of “Honor” and Masculinity 12 May 2012 | 07:59 pm
I speak from a South Asian perspective – briefly so. The idea of “saving” a woman’s “honor” is not a man’s job. It is highly complicated in the sense that when a woman is sexually assaulted or harrass...
The Shaadi Manifesto 18 Mar 2012 | 02:11 am
Since everyone’s coming up with their own manifesto for whatever reason they believe in, I’ve decided to put forth my own because I am, much to my disappointment and irritation, surrounded by rishta z...
On Daughters 20 Feb 2012 | 06:01 pm
From the trailer: In India, China and many other parts of the world today, girls are killed, aborted and abandoned simply because they are girls. The United Nations estimates as many as 200 million g...
Doodle: A Love Story 15 Feb 2012 | 02:47 am
Maybe I’ll publish my doodles about love and other crazy things some day. For now, here’s what I have. Serious Pulitzer material. Happy Valentine’s Day, folks. :)
