Blogemics
Asad’s Coffee, Ayla’s Baklava and Jahanzeb’s Chutney: A Tale of Many Tastes
It was Sunday in Bangalore. Streets abuzz with shopaholics and vendors. Parks metamorphosed into loiters’ Eden. Pubs all awake and the ever-vigilant moral cops. The two words Sunday and Bangalore evoke many pictures… We as usual occupied the kitchen. The event may not be as relevant as the occupying of Wall Street. But it nice […]
Batman’s Shots: The Larger Violence
Slavoj Zizek has said to the effect that when the twin towers in the US were bombed, those whose window into the outside world were only television and game consoles thought that the towers were falling on screen and the bombing was orchestrated not by the dreaded Al Qaeda but at one of the state-of-the-art […]
Marcel Khalife: Oud, Darvish and Revolt
Mahmoud Darwish was an inspiration for many, especially among peace workers and human rights activists all over the world. Through his simple but highly powerful poems, the Palestinian writer attracted millions of people and persuaded them to line up against the Israel occupation. Many revolutionary movements, especially the musical groups used Dervish’s verses and words […]
Blogging Lives in Madrassa
I joined the madarssa in 1997 and finished my studies in 2007. For the reason that my Alma mater is not characteristically different from all other institutions of the same ilk, I would not like to mention any name, thereby proving that I am not pursuing any personal vendetta. Three days after I started learning […]
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