Posted on September 24, 2008, 4:22 AM, by Sohaib Athar, under
Etc.
It started with the perceptive ProPakistani people noticing how Google has never had an Islam themed doodle on their homepage, and Dr. Awab picked up the discussion the next day. I personally think that Google not showing any Doodles for Islamic events has something to do with their “Do No Evil” policy 😉 Seriously though, […]
Posted on September 21, 2008, 2:34 AM, by Sohaib Athar, under
Life.
I just watched the movie ‘Mongol‘ which is based on the early life of Genghis Khan, or Temujjin. The movie was shot in the Mongolian language, so I was surprised to spot many words that sounded like their counterparts in Urdu. I always thought the word ‘Urdu’ was from Turkish, but after a bit of […]
Posted on September 18, 2008, 1:32 AM, by Sohaib Athar, under
Pakistan.
I never thought I would waste ten thirty minutes of my life praising our new president, but I just have to write this one. This post on Karachi Metblogs is criticizing Zardari’s comments in the visitors’ log of Jinnah’s tomb on his death anniversary. Though I secretly hope for a day when discussing the Pakistani […]
Posted on August 17, 2008, 5:52 AM, by Sohaib Athar, under
Etc.
I have always been impressed by the mainstream media’s expertise in selecting the perfect image of a person with just the right expression to support what is being said in the text. For example, in his pictures, Musharraf may look proud, happy, confused, tired, sweaty, adamant, dancing, drunk, defeated or victorious, depending on the publication […]
Posted on May 8, 2008, 1:05 AM, by Sohaib Athar, under
Brain.
A phrase that has been really bothering me since I was a teenager is “Chain of Thought” or “Train of Thought” – it even has its own wiki page! As I have recently realized that one use of blogs are meant to be a personal ranting space, so let me do that. A chain is […]