April 27, 2009

Silence of the Lambs by Samad Khurram

Someone just forwarded me 'Silence of the Lambs' by Samad Khurram. I am just quoting a para from the post which I liked. Click the link below to read the entire article.

Jinnah’s Pakistan is a dream gone wrong. Perhaps if he knew that the dreamland for living in peace, harmony, religious tolerance and freedom was going to become arena for public flogging where laughs of sadist barbarians and the screams of minors will echo, he would not have decided on creating it. Had he known that there would be more suicide bombs in his country than any other place in the world, where fundos would go around the cities threatening women to become religious, where school children would have to undergo security protocols as if they were in a war zone, would he have even bothered to work for the green and white?
Link: http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2009/04/20/silence-of-the-lambs

Pakistan & state religeon

I read this nice quote by the Founder of Pakistan regarding the role of state in the religion:

"You may belong to any religion or caste or creed — that has nothing to do with the business of the state.”— Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah (AUGUST 11, 1947, in the constituent assembly of Pakistan at Karachi)

April 14, 2009

Coke Studio season 2 coming soon ...

For anyone who is hearing this name for the first time, coke studio is an initiative led by Rohail Hyatt where artists can come and perform live in a studio environment giving them the ability to do experimentation and fusion.

Season one episodes are all available online to view or download: http://www.cokestudio.com.pk/seasonone/

I'm eagerly looking forward to season 2 which will be out this summer - just wanted to spread the word around for a nice initiative.

April 12, 2009

Laga Reh by Shehzad Roy

I wanted to post this for a long. Remembered when I saw Shehzad Roy's new video :)

Enjoy and think ...

February 16, 2009

U.S. Tweaks Internet Privacy Guidelines

Federal regulators tweak recommendations for how Web sites should collect, save, and share information about users, extending them to ISPs and mobile users. A step in the right direction, and I think this needs to be followed by a legislation to safeguard the rights of people.

See this news item for details: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/US-Tweaks-Internet-Privacy-Guidelines/.