June 2011
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“No-one gets married in a castle unless they own it…It is brash celebrity...”
– Carolyn Bourne, woman who is being dubbed wrongly as “Mother in-law from Hell” in her email to future daughter in-law. I however got enormous respect for her! For the news item click here or an analysis here.
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4:04 pm // Nothing smart to say
I am sorry but always coming up with witty or smart statements is difficult, so this is one of those posts where I am not going to jolt any of those down. Think whatever you want of me, but sorry not today.
Your parents talking to you about something from your past is perfectly fine and I have grown accustomed to it (pretty healthy thing to do in my opinion) but they sitting with your Uncles and...
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unspokenkairos replied to your post: KOUF - Dude where is the woman in my Islam?
lol dude, you’d love my dad. he’s into everything you’re into
I love dads, it is them who do not love me back! (jk) I am glad to know that he is into all the cool stuff :)
unspokenkairos replied to your photo: Rumours Glasgow, had some funny named noodles and…
bubble teaaaaaaaa
If those funny little...
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“I like to describe myself as the world’s leading anti-pi...”
– Michael Hartl, an educator and former theoretical physicist (news item: ‘Tau day’ marked by opponents of maths constant pi)
My add: For Pi’s sake Dr Hartl you are not even a real physicist, you are a theoretical physicist! Long live the Pi!
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Watchmoving pictures 3
25/06/2011, on Canon 7D without any editing. For complete set, click here.
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KOUF - Dude where is the woman in my Islam?
If Islam is the perfect religious and social model of life with high emphasis on fairness for all, where does it go when it comes to the women? To an outsider and thinking insiders, Islam today dictates a patriarchal society where women takes a back seat in every regard while being reminded that it is for their own good. Women are easily objectified and are without hesitation compared with...
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9:57 pm // Can't say that I didn't have anything...
Finally ended up changing the theme today for my tumblog. Getting disqus to work again was a little tricky but otherwise it was a breeze.
Now should finish that article I was writing on how women disappeared from Islam.
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Ganga - Clouds (Album: Forget Gravity / 2011)
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“If it is necessary to use a married woman, it would be best [for] her husband to...”
– Israeli Rabbi Ari Schvat allows women to act as ‘honeypot’ for Mosad (ABC: Israeli Rabbi Blesses Honeytrap Sex For Female Spies)
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Like Me For Who I Am: Coke Studio →
sykhan97:
I bet everyone in Pakistan has heard of Coke Studio, right? Well, I recently found out about India’s MTV Coke Studio and I got really mad. Because like I love India and all. But, they copy like everything American and they also copy us, in our songs, and now Coke Studio?!
Coke Studio is like the…
My add: Coke Studio started from Brazil and got unprecedented following when...
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WatchIBN Live - Orissa: Dalit MP denied entry in temple
Puri: The chairman of the National Commission for Schedule Castes was denied entry at a temple in Puri. PL Punia, who is a Dalit himself, was allowed entry just till the compound, but found the main temple doors shut.
The Congress MP has said that he will take up the matter.
It seemed more like a police raid than a temple worship escorted by a...
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2:55 am // Well....
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Muslim Tory minister says Pakistan's treatment of... →
My add: Got to agree with her on this even though I rarely find myself agreeing with Conservatives. It will also be interesting to see if Baroness really goes to the OIC meeting in Astana since David Cameroon has advised her not to. Oh and yes I met her a month or two back in Glasgow.
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helpmeflyyy replied to your post: 7:27 pm // I love how this music is playing with my mental state
I’m not a fan of bilal khan’s second appearance on the show, he should have just cashed out with the first. Despite that, amazing, amazingggg episode!
Well do agree that this wasn’t as grand as the previous one but still was a good listen. Have you checked his collaboration for...
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A Successful Relationship
Does Not involve sending suggestions via Facebook message to your partner while he/she is sleeping right next to you. (via meahkh)
Wow! Mehtab is this the “deep intellectual state” we reach after getting married? I almost miss your angry abusive rants on Tumblr :D
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“Why do we like China? Because they don’t want to make Pakistanis slaves like the...”
– Amir Rana, director of the Pak Institute for Peace Studies (Washington post: Pakistan courts China as relations with U.S. grow strained).
My add: We are taking the art of begging to literally a total new level!
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WatchMoby - Be The One (by Lindsay MacKay)
One of the 10 finalists for the Moby’s video competition, Hello Future.
From video description: When thinking about the theme Hello Future paired with the song Be The One, I couldn’t help but to gravitate towards a parent child relationship. Through this piece we explore the ways in which teenagers, even when loved, feel isolated. This dichotomy...
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“a real realist would recognize that security competition with India is the...”
– Ahsan Butt (in Pakistan’s India policy, and the tyranny of arithmetic)
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11:09 am // We are all walking time capsules
and we can’t help it. Our inherent instinct of romance with things which we saw at a specific point in time keeps us going on and on. They never forgot their villages from 50s; those lush green fields and simple folks - and I cannot forget the promise of a new beginning.
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7:10 pm // £600 yearly insurance renewal, £250...
What a beautiful life!?!
Does this qualify as one of those posts with a FML HASH TAG?
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7:27 pm // I love how this music is playing with...
Next time I am going to load it on to my phone or ipod and play it via headphones during photoshoot. Check the Pakistani brilliance in music in action at Coke Studio’s latest episode.
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joethought asked: you're right. the whole tone was antagonistic. i do feel apologetic about that. kashmir is a passionate topic for me too, since i've visited many times. lets just hope a solution emerges soon, yours or mine or anybody else's that will ultimately benefit kashmiris.
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6:05 pm // Back after a wonderful Afghan lunch and...
Dr Taj (of MECO) was in Glasgow for a talk show on BBC Scotland so he called me up yesterday and we made a plan to meet up today. After picking him up from a cafe on Byres road we went on around the City, showed him how the Muslim community is living here and how they are distributed along the area when I entered Renfewshire via Shawlands only to be given a ticket by police (they were very cordial...
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“Pakistan’s defence failures for some years have shaken the people of...”
– Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister during National Assembly’s session on Defence Budget (source: Dawn). Unprecedented amount of criticism on Pakistani defence establishment within the National Assembly. About time!
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DJ Shadow - Organ Donor, Extended Overhaul...
“The first and most important rule of gun-running is: Never get shot with your...”
– Yuri Orlov (from film, Lord of War)
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unspokenkairos replied to your post: Lesbianism is a hoax? After Amina, another “Lesbian blogger” found to be a man!
*seriously scared i’m gonna fall in love with a woman pretending to be a man one day * cries — also: now you can reply to peoples comments privately if someone uses the ask me thing on their pages… - horray!
Well I guess it is just very risky finding love online. Ah...
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Watchmoving pictures 2
Test 11/06/2011, on Nokia N8 without any mod at Ayr beach.
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OBL and Pakistan
I heard on the news this morning, Pakistan has detained their own key military officials responsible for aiding US CIA in the operation that killed Osama Bin Laden.
What a joke this is! The US conducted a covert operation without alerting Pakistan authorities and Pakistan has just shown the world… (complete post by officialtlong, here)
My add: For last few days all over the world the...
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“To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.”
– Al-Ghazali
(via helpmeflyyy) 