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Going to the bazaar in chains
Picture this: I am walking down the street tomorrow, and someone accuses me of being a robber, murderer, blasphemer, Ahmadi (take your pick). Would you attempt to rescue me from the clutches of the...
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An entrepreneur in the making at Sunday bazaar
For as long as I can remember I have been a regular visitor at Sunday bazaar. I love to see the interesting mix of people, some haggling, some in awe of the vast variety of goods on offer, some merely...
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Expat bhai, Pakistan is Pakistan yaar!
I feel sorry for Pakistani kids who grew up abroad. I realised this when my nine-year-old cousin was doing a heritage project in school, about Pakistan. She had to talk about her ancestry and how she...
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I found a little bit of Pakistan in Hong Kong!
I have been an expat for three years now and I still can’t get over it. My husband assimilates much better than I do. He is able to adjust to change in a way that is silent and not at all messy. He...
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I visited Karachi after 10 years: Here’s what I saw!
I recently returned from a trip to Karachi, the city of my birth. It was my first visit there in ten years. I was asked many times how I’d noticed the city changed from what I remembered of it. Much...
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Why don’t beggars quit being so gross?
The following is a graphic description of my traumatic ordeal last week, when I was forced to cruise through a bazaar full of beggars in my handsome new Corolla. I emerged from it with a greater...
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Landa bazaar: More than just poverty, heat and mud
At the heart of the cultural hub of Pakistan lies the decades old ‘Landa bazaar’. To some it is but a crowded alley of poverty and inexpensive counterfeits; to others, it is a source of sustainable...
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Rest in peace Farooque Sheikh: Your humility and talent will be missed
Who would have known that the movie Club 60 would be his last performance? Who knew that so soon after playing the role of a man coming out of depression and learning to live again, he would say...
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Are Pakistani women clinically obsessed with clothes?
Every evening after iftar they storm the streets in flocks, like contingent troops, with one and only one purpose alone – they want clothes, clothes and more clothes. The women of Pakistan, it seems,...
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There is no difference between Christmas and Eid
Tis’ the season to be jolly! December always comes with great tidings; winter chills, hot chocolate, numerous holidays and an opportunity to make new resolutions. And along all this, it also brings the...
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“It’s Chand Raat. He would want to be with family”
He looked again at the big slab of ice, big no longer. It had melted here and there, there and here. There was the memory of ice spread across the table. In zig zag lines, in the air around the table....
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Saif Ali Khan’s Baazaar may not be extraordinary but it surely is different
Baazaar is heavily inspired by the 1987 Michael Douglas-Charlie Sheen film, Wall Street. The movie revolves around Rizwan Ahmed who recounts his experience of the Mumbai stock market. The film...
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