To “Dharna” or not to “Dharna”, That is the Question

Image Source: https://www.facebook.com/PTIOfficial Disclaimer: I am not a politico at all. When I started this Blog I made a resolution of not writing on two issues, religion and politics. The reasons are simple and understandable. Both religion and politics are issues that result in controversies of the most despicable type and form. And I am […]

Book Review: Khushwant Singh: The Legend Lives On…

“The Patiala Peg of Publishing is No More” ~ Shobhaa De That might be so, but his writing are here to stay! This is perhaps the only book (as of now) containing one of the best and choicest of obits on Khushwant Singh. Khushwant Singh: The Legend Lives On has been edited by his son […]

Happy Independence Day! Pakistan Zindabad

I bought two of these hats at a red light stop. The guy was selling them for Rs. 120 apiece, I was getting late, the signal was abut to go green. I paid him Rs. 200 for two. Got home and gave them to the kids, they just loved it. Snuggler made, Biryani and […]

Street Crimes in Karachi–II (The illegal, weapons trade)

This is the second part of Street Crimes in Karachi which deals with the subject of free availability of weapons in Karachi. In the last part I wrote about the various types of Street Crimes. One has to understand that muggers, target killers, kidnappers and looters use different types of weapons, because of a number […]

Street Crimes in Karachi – I

Image Source: http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/ In the last two weeks, two men I knew, have lost their lives at hands of merciless muggers, in the “City of Lights” aka Karachi, . Both men were married, had kids and were in their late thirties, and sadly both got shot at close range after midnight, but at different places […]