During school days, first in and last out was the routine that we ought to follow when it comes to school bus. We were among the first to get on the bus and among the last to get home. Every morning our bus driver had a ritual of playing the recital of ‘Surrah Rehman,’ followed by …
When you are living in a jungle full of predators, all you can do is to be cautious and take some safety measures. Your only bet for survival is to somehow avoid them, take precautions and run like hell… hoping that you’ll somehow lose them. But running does not always works as they are everywhere, roaming …
Nusrat Hussain is back with new music videos “Shor” and “Maza Dard Ka” from his upcoming album “Kaho.” Those of you know who don’t know Nusrat, he was instrumental in forming top Pakistani bands Vital Signs and Junoon. Correct me if I am wrong, it was Nusrat who had come up with the tune of Vital …
Micro-blogging website Twitter has been blocked across country by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) today. But it can be accessed through cell phone at the moment. According to official statement Twitter is blocked due to some caricature competition of Prophet Muhammad’s (pbuh). Back in May 2010, PTA blocked the access to Facebook for the very reason. …
I was getting into an elevator on January 4th evening last year, when someone overheard my conversation with a friend about Salmaan Tasser’s assassination. His immediate response was “usnay harkat he assi ki thi” (that’s what you get by committing an act like that). And I look at him wondering, what exactly did he do …
My friend’s four year old daughter asked me one day what is a cassette. When I told her that how we use to listen music from cassettes using cassette recorders/players in good ol’ days, she stared at me for a second, probably thinking.. ‘Yikes! unlce jee you are too old.’ That is perhaps the same expression that …
Social media may have played a pivotal role in mobilizing the Arab spring, but in Pakistan it has taken down Maya Khan. Without going into the debate of Maya Khan show and its created hoopla, let us discuss the role of social media that has successfully stimulated a discussion on media ethics and social responsibilities …
Where opportunities for new singers and bands to reach out their audience have increased tremendously with the advent of new TV channels and internet, sadly the quality of music has taken a serious nosedive. Every other song beamed over these mediums is outright crappy. Sometimes it seems that whole point of making an expensive video …
Remember the song “video killed the radio star.” Now the same notion is probably coming true for motion picture industry. The technology has empowered the independent filmmakers to produce films, videos, or documentaries under a nominal budget and release it to worldwide audience without seeking any nod of approvals from bossy producers and cunning studios …
After much procrastination website is finally up… Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning – Winston Churchill
