Category: Culture
Ministry of Narcotics Control states the obvious
A workshop held on Friday for supremely obvious statements and conclusions was attended by Parliamentary Secretary for Narcotics Control Syed Inayat Ali Shah, Director-General Planning and Monitoring Unit (PMU) Ministry of Narcotics Control Mohammad Shahid, Dr Nadeem Rehman United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Head Institute of Psychiatry Fareed Minhas. A report [...]
Easy shopping since no death in Lahore
I am ever so glad no one died in the Lahore mall fire on Friday. If they did there would be mourning in a full PTI manner with prayers and rememberance for the deceased, which is SUCH a waste of time; people have nothing better to do that say prayers for the departed. If we [...]
MUST WATCH: Harvard Lecture on Justice
Please watch these series of lectures from Harvard University‘s YouTube page on Morality & Philosophy. The video below is based on 2 lectures on the topic of “The Moral Side of Murder” It’s really insightful and profound.
Jahanzaib Haque is a manly macho man
How many men do you know that listen to their wives? Now how many of them would listen to them before marriage? Almost none. Not, the Web Director Express Tribune blogs who is also the lead artist at Jay Toons and also Co-Founder of Onion News Pakistan Roznama Jawani and was once lead guitarist of [...]
Pakistani TV Plays: Selling Depression as Entertainment
It won’t be something said out of the blue if it’s mentioned that TV these days is more like a radio for us when someone at home is watching it, especially the morning show and cooking show craze that has really influenced our moms. What later happens is you being a guinea pig of some [...]
Capitalism murders Vintage Treasures
It’s a pity how we fail to value our vintage treasures with hopes of sustaining capitalism, thereby, destroying old buildings and pursuing 20 something story residential buildings or shopping malls instead. We often see new buildings in vulnerable conditions while the old ones stay strong enough to stand the wrath of weather and minor faults. [...]
Klaypex Refreshes Dubstep
The latest buzz for fans of electronic music comes from Canadian duo ‘Johnny and Mark’, collected known as KLAYPEX. Connect with them on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Soundcloud for some mindblowing original and remix tracks. The only known interview they’ve done so far can be found on CandyBeats. To get in touch with them, email [...]
Concept Of Beauty
Anthropology, much enthrallment to my cravings to seek knowledge, has invited me to reflect on any certain area which might have sparked interest and curiosity. Thus, I center my reflections to the ‘concept of beauty’. The idea had only come into inception through a video shown in class which portrayed a brand of ‘beauty’ through [...]
Having A Choice Is What Matters
Being a social sciences student, spurning discrimination, racism, ethnocentrism, overt nationalism, blatant extremism and every other characteristic embedded In me were things that were always there, studying ABOUT them only furbished the despise. Quite surprisingly, being a woman I never really considered ‘gender’ as being a hurdle or progress towards humanity. This was something I [...]
Broadway vs Lahore – Theaters & Cultures
Theatre life has always been a customary characteristic of any culture. It provides some basic utilities to its patrons such as entertainment, economic essentials (jobs) etc. Culture is much affected, reflected respected, influenced, used and presented through, by and in theater world. Formidably the world has segregated this particular art form into ‘high and low [...]
Shoaib Durrani’s Engagement Announcement Excites Grave Robbers
The InQishaaf fanbase of unhappy aunties and confused scene-based-boyz has been dealing with a tremendous blow to the heart following the announcement that Rockstar-Dentist Shoaib Durrani of the band InQishaaf is due to be married this year. This is the 2nd time aunties and boyz will have openly contemplated mass suicide following tennis sensation Aisam [...]
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