Archive for March, 2009

In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin

Daniyal Mueenuddin is the latest entrant in the growing list of Pakistan fiction writers and his debut is a collection of short stories called “In other rooms, other wonders”. The stories in the book are linked together via a central figure, KK Harouni, a landlord in Punjab although in a couple of stories the link [...]

Quote of the day – March 08, 2009

“Forget aging. If you’re six feet above ground, it’s a good day.” – Faith Hill

Dare to Dream: CDGK plans e-ticketing for CNG buses

CDGK is planning on introducing e-ticketing for CNG buses that are to be launched next month. While government’s previous attempt at improving the conditions of buses and environment at the same time by encouraging private sector to invest in the CNG buses was a massive failure. This time around CDGK is planning on running the [...]

Dare to dream: Green Karachi Project

Last month I wrote about River Valley Park, a 4,432 acre park that was announced in June 2007 by the City District Government Karachi. Since then there have been various updates on and off, but in December 2008 it was announced that this project has been delayed due to the financial crisis faced by the [...]

Pakistan’s Women Cricket Team

While women have been rallying for equality all around the world, I didn’t expect Pakistan’s women cricket team to take it to the heart. I mean just cuz the male team crashed and burned so spectacularly in the last two world cups doesn’t mean women team have to follow their footsteps Check out the scorecard [...]

It’s that time of year again

Last year I was complaining about the growing number of so-called Lawn Designers putting up exhibition of their lawns. Little did I know at that time that it will only get worse each year. These lawn designers are like virus, they multiply each year. This year you can see billboards of the usual suspects such [...]

The Rickshaw Chronicles – 014

Mera Gear Aap ke Pass Hai What are Rickshaw Chronicles?