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Friends of mine celebrating basant on a Cavalry chhat. Frankly I was surprised, so used to as we are of the educated middle class only supporting IK this vocally

Friends of mine celebrating basant on a Cavalry chhat. Frankly I was surprised, so used to as we are of the educated middle class only supporting IK this vocally

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Interesting to note that neither Zia nor Begum Zia make any bones about shaking hands with members of the opposite sex in their 1982 visit to the US.

Interesting to note that neither Zia nor Begum Zia make any bones about shaking hands with members of the opposite sex in their 1982 visit to the US.

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43,166 просмотров • 6 дней назад

I have a theory about Dar-e-Nijaat

I have a theory about Dar-e-Nijaat

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Apart from the obvious ‘fakility’ bit, every single scene in the drama screams Matric pass Sialkoti imagining elite life (my nanhyaal belongs to a Sialkoti gaaon and I did Matric before you accuse me of classism). Masters orientations at huge schools like Harvard aren’t some Hogwarts fantasy. Separate departments will hold different orientations which are rarely ever aesthetic enough to gush about. It’s Boston, not Oxford. And why would they wear ‘long coats’ at orientation? Aur Suits mayn long coats kaun pehenta hai? Umera Ahmed ko ek angrezi show ka naam aata tha, so ghuser diya.

Apart from the obvious ‘fakility’ bit, every single scene in the drama screams Matric pass Sialkoti imagining elite life (my nanhyaal belongs to a Sialkoti gaaon and I did Matric before you accuse me of classism). Masters orientations at huge schools like Harvard aren’t some Hogwarts fantasy. Separate departments will hold different orientations which are rarely ever aesthetic enough to gush about. It’s Boston, not Oxford. And why would they wear ‘long coats’ at orientation? Aur Suits mayn long coats kaun pehenta hai? Umera Ahmed ko ek angrezi show ka naam aata tha, so ghuser diya.

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284,067 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

ahistorical paknats 🤡

ahistorical paknats 🤡

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786,871 просмотров • 1 год назад

On Indu Mitha (nee Chatterjee) and Uma Anand (nee Chatterjee) — the Lahori siblings divided by partition.

On Indu Mitha (nee Chatterjee) and Uma Anand (nee Chatterjee) — the Lahori siblings divided by partition.

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The double standards of who Umera Ahmed has written as the perfect man (wait till the end) #darenijaat

The double standards of who Umera Ahmed has written as the perfect man (wait till the end) #darenijaat

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23,959 просмотров • 20 дней назад

This reminded me of the time when Asha Bhosle sang songs for a Pakistani movie, Sargam (1995). When Adnan Sami Khan was still a Pakistani and we were in one of those windows when artistic collaboration was possible.

This reminded me of the time when Asha Bhosle sang songs for a Pakistani movie, Sargam (1995). When Adnan Sami Khan was still a Pakistani and we were in one of those windows when artistic collaboration was possible.

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174,129 просмотров • 6 месяцев назад

There is no evidence that saris were banned in Pakistan under General Zia-ul-Haq. I went through Pakistan Television archives from the Zia years and found women wearing saris throughout his rule.

There is no evidence that saris were banned in Pakistan under General Zia-ul-Haq. I went through Pakistan Television archives from the Zia years and found women wearing saris throughout his rule.

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62,514 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад

Responding to Mr. Hijab’s hodgepodge of an argument. You might sound smart because you have a British accent, but doesn’t mean you actually are.

Responding to Mr. Hijab’s hodgepodge of an argument. You might sound smart because you have a British accent, but doesn’t mean you actually are.

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377,952 просмотров • 2 лет назад

This guy is a public intellectual in Pakistan. This is the standard of our highest education (he went to LUMS). And then young people on here get mad at me for hating on burgers.

This guy is a public intellectual in Pakistan. This is the standard of our highest education (he went to LUMS). And then young people on here get mad at me for hating on burgers.

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244,127 просмотров • 2 лет назад

Our dear leftist friends like their international leftist narratives that don’t allow them to criticize their own country (or perhaps it’s just plain old expediency, they have to live in Pakistan after all, and talking about the Indian left instead of their own country is much easier). Then there are scions of domestic dictators who broke the country and imposed censorship, had the Baloch thrown from planes and many similar democratic acts; they obviously want to continue to stake their claims in the place where daada jaan was king. Fortunately I don’t have any such issues.

Our dear leftist friends like their international leftist narratives that don’t allow them to criticize their own country (or perhaps it’s just plain old expediency, they have to live in Pakistan after all, and talking about the Indian left instead of their own country is much easier). Then there are scions of domestic dictators who broke the country and imposed censorship, had the Baloch thrown from planes and many similar democratic acts; they obviously want to continue to stake their claims in the place where daada jaan was king. Fortunately I don’t have any such issues.

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128,444 просмотров • 1 год назад

PSA. Wasn’t able to post the full thing on my Instagram, so thought I’d do it here, although most here might not be too clued into the context

PSA. Wasn’t able to post the full thing on my Instagram, so thought I’d do it here, although most here might not be too clued into the context

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121,837 просмотров • 1 год назад

I will continue repeating this till I can’t, Pakistani liberals use Zia as shorthand to pretend that the Pakistani state had any moral standing to begin with. It was always a debased idea and Jinnah fully participated in the deliberate confusion that is the hallmark of Pakistan to this day. This is what he created. This is Jinnah’s Pakistan.

I will continue repeating this till I can’t, Pakistani liberals use Zia as shorthand to pretend that the Pakistani state had any moral standing to begin with. It was always a debased idea and Jinnah fully participated in the deliberate confusion that is the hallmark of Pakistan to this day. This is what he created. This is Jinnah’s Pakistan.

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76,574 просмотров • 11 месяцев назад

Mock shaadi by the Pakistan Students Association at Rutgers last night. All the songs are Indian, it seems, so very much like an actual shaadi in Pakistan.

Mock shaadi by the Pakistan Students Association at Rutgers last night. All the songs are Indian, it seems, so very much like an actual shaadi in Pakistan.

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41,607 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад

Almost every year under Bhutto, fire was opened on protesters across Pakistan. - Labourers in Korangi. 13 killed. - Sindhi Language Protests. 10 killed - NAP Rally at Liaqat Bagh. 12 killed. - Election protests in Lahore: 18 killed Full link:

Almost every year under Bhutto, fire was opened on protesters across Pakistan. - Labourers in Korangi. 13 killed. - Sindhi Language Protests. 10 killed - NAP Rally at Liaqat Bagh. 12 killed. - Election protests in Lahore: 18 killed Full link:

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What should Pakistan do about Palestine? This is a 40-minute long video essay. None of the depth of what I am trying to argue can be brought into a short clip, but here is one anyway, because short attention spans (which, btw is one of the arguments I make in the video about thinking local). Full link:

What should Pakistan do about Palestine? This is a 40-minute long video essay. None of the depth of what I am trying to argue can be brought into a short clip, but here is one anyway, because short attention spans (which, btw is one of the arguments I make in the video about thinking local). Full link:

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115,326 просмотров • 2 лет назад

People were trying to dismiss Dharmendra by bringing up his affiliation with the BJP. Whatever his reasons for joining, Muslim or Pakistan hate was clearly not it.

People were trying to dismiss Dharmendra by bringing up his affiliation with the BJP. Whatever his reasons for joining, Muslim or Pakistan hate was clearly not it.

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48,736 просмотров • 10 месяцев назад