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Coffee in a teacup
He was then silent. So was I. The coffee shop deserted. I began lifting my teacup of coffee, and stopped in mid-air. Looked up. He returned my stare. I then answered, “Have your words and thoughts live longer than yourself. Perhaps your words, your writings,...
Is This what Your God wants?
As the drama right after Salman Taseer’s murder unfolded on GeoTV here, I tried to explain to Akhtar (the servant watching the TV with me), how this Qadri has tried to punish a supposed blasphemer (as of course, nothing Mr Taseer said could be put within the...
Finding my god
Finding God has a lot to do with defining God People talk a lot about finding God. What they are really saying is that they are ‘defining’ God. Your god is defined by your actions. Period. You may claim to believe wholeheartedly in Allah, in Yahweh, in...
Attack from all sides
It is very easy to lose hope these days. Hope is a rare commodity it seems. Let us have a quick look: Pakistan is right now the world’s 10th failed state Religion is a loaded word now. It used to mean things like ‘believing in God’ and ‘being...
What a Pakistani can learn from an Indian entrepreneur
I was reading an article on Techcrunch and it occurred to me that the article had some very concrete lessons to teach anyone willing to either start, maintain or grow his or her enterprise. The article was about a company from India, but I read it like a lesson in the...
From the heart
The first job I got, in JaanPakistan.com as a webmaster, was a case of ‘being hired before the interview’. My friend had his family friends over for a social visit and during the conversation, his family friend mentioned that he was starting an online...