tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:14:07 +0000Rantings of a mind that is reluctant to conform and not too keen on changehttp://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/tazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)Blogger337125http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifAReluctantMindhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-8065593109638603229Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:39:00 +00002009-10-30T16:13:22.901+06:00USAInternationalreligionPakistanAafia Siddiqui <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/uzrQWZ4Qs0Q/pakistan-and-us-unholy-matrimony.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)18<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ijIQQYF4GW6EhosR4EZkmlR5NmQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ijIQQYF4GW6EhosR4EZkmlR5NmQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ijIQQYF4GW6EhosR4EZkmlR5NmQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ijIQQYF4GW6EhosR4EZkmlR5NmQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=uzrQWZ4Qs0Q:KVnvkxpoueQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/uzrQWZ4Qs0Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/10/pakistan-and-us-unholy-matrimony.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-7319216200409898975Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:45:00 +00002009-10-25T00:25:15.955+06:00terrorismPersonalPakistanKarachi-A few months back, I started teaching at a local university as visiting faculty. The reactions I got varied from extremely flattering to downright insulting to my decision. One foreigner I know mocked it with a very derisive “So what will you achieve by teaching rich kids in air conditioned classrooms?” Honestly, at that point in time, I had no idea how to respond to that scathing comment. I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/FnrqWVqvZxM/my-finest-hour.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)29<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H_uQD98PR6g05hz8ZZpdrpGPKoQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H_uQD98PR6g05hz8ZZpdrpGPKoQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H_uQD98PR6g05hz8ZZpdrpGPKoQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H_uQD98PR6g05hz8ZZpdrpGPKoQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=FnrqWVqvZxM:j82quN0LTXg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/FnrqWVqvZxM" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-finest-hour.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-6429489133358899893Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:11:00 +00002009-10-22T15:45:28.712+06:00Pakistanmedia.Reading newspapers in today’s Pakistan is an ordeal. All you get to read is news about bombings, acts of terrorism and gang rapes which is traumatic at best. But what gets you even more nauseous is reporting done in bad taste and almost non existing editing. The News International was never a great newspaper to begin with, but of late, their standards have reached a new low.Apart from printing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/mN7ImOdIxAM/reading-news-is-more-painful-than-visit.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)26<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kE7V_Y-3V-FLGWL2piJX4DVs_-E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kE7V_Y-3V-FLGWL2piJX4DVs_-E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kE7V_Y-3V-FLGWL2piJX4DVs_-E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kE7V_Y-3V-FLGWL2piJX4DVs_-E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=mN7ImOdIxAM:unVEQ6AwiDs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/mN7ImOdIxAM" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/10/reading-news-is-more-painful-than-visit.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-4615493317004923411Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:55:00 +00002009-10-18T19:06:01.194+06:00cyber space<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/4Kj4vXXuhuE/happily-ever-after-in-140-characters.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)10<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M8WswY2sRM_ZsDHYOVevc20F-NA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M8WswY2sRM_ZsDHYOVevc20F-NA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M8WswY2sRM_ZsDHYOVevc20F-NA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M8WswY2sRM_ZsDHYOVevc20F-NA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=4Kj4vXXuhuE:G0Yel0tkDYQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/4Kj4vXXuhuE" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/10/happily-ever-after-in-140-characters.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-6166220717540948367Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:15:00 +00002009-09-26T13:28:12.376+06:00Pakistan-The tall and short of world leaders....President and Michelle Obama with Madhav Kumar Nepal, prime minister of Nepal and his wife, GayatriPresident and Michelle Obama with Anifah bin Haji Aman, minister of foreign affairs for Malaysia and his wife, Siti Rubiah AbdulsamadPresident and Michelle Obama with Paul Biya, president of Cameroon and his wife, Chantal. With a name and hairdo like that, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/Y7J7ppOUdPs/tall-and-short-of.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)29<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mkq3LOaIdscy1gfRLnkwAi8ZaPU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mkq3LOaIdscy1gfRLnkwAi8ZaPU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mkq3LOaIdscy1gfRLnkwAi8ZaPU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mkq3LOaIdscy1gfRLnkwAi8ZaPU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=Y7J7ppOUdPs:9eYMMjCqJe0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/Y7J7ppOUdPs" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/09/tall-and-short-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-5728741495555810009Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:00:00 +00002009-09-30T00:12:42.909+06:00HumourPakistan-Is it just me or have other people noticed that members of Tehreek-e-Talibaan, Pakistan generally have wonderful dark locks to go with their warrior persona. I don’t know what the brand managers of Clear Shampoo and Head & Shoulders and Pantene proV are doing, but if anyone of them is doing their job right, they must sign the whole executive council of Tehreek-e-Talibaan. Hakimullah Mehsud not http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/XGhDvzQq-ow/pakistans-next-super-model.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)29<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AGRn8W0lA4hooOr7V_tseRe9plk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AGRn8W0lA4hooOr7V_tseRe9plk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AGRn8W0lA4hooOr7V_tseRe9plk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AGRn8W0lA4hooOr7V_tseRe9plk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=XGhDvzQq-ow:TnNqEtyvo68:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/XGhDvzQq-ow" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/09/pakistans-next-super-model.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-2348087379007567429Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:11:00 +00002009-09-17T11:36:11.931+06:00religionPakistanKarachi<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; 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So what if she is just a computer programmer who works for a company that caters to adult websites. Porn is still porn even if it means that she writes software codes and all. I think having a friend http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/1rjYK4BMA0E/hmmm.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)46<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zR6jWmw2AuxzLmP1NTpwKrbQIi4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zR6jWmw2AuxzLmP1NTpwKrbQIi4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zR6jWmw2AuxzLmP1NTpwKrbQIi4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zR6jWmw2AuxzLmP1NTpwKrbQIi4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=1rjYK4BMA0E:Rs8mzl5BDpY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/1rjYK4BMA0E" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/09/hmmm.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-3659786702496191988Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:29:00 +00002009-08-17T19:00:25.141+06:00... you never find it and die in the quest for utopia.People, it’s official.I am jobless and rediscovered that being a penury stricken part time student is no fun at all.While browsing the net looking for a job, I came across this woman who wears a resume t-shirts - with her resume printed on the back of the T shirt. Since I cannot carry a T shirt with my resume emblazoned on the back (my resumehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/5WL-a6UMsw4/finding-job-that-works-for-you-is-like.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)35<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VUebwxNzUcT6X0kOIsZqyfFFfPQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VUebwxNzUcT6X0kOIsZqyfFFfPQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VUebwxNzUcT6X0kOIsZqyfFFfPQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VUebwxNzUcT6X0kOIsZqyfFFfPQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=5WL-a6UMsw4:8XFk5RyZVik:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/5WL-a6UMsw4" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/08/finding-job-that-works-for-you-is-like.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-6798459650014999480Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:20:00 +00002009-08-13T16:34:34.507+06:00cyber space<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/MX2PTXRkbLY/links-for-long-weekend.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)11<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_aZB3OIx00BnQQq42kGWJzA7IsA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_aZB3OIx00BnQQq42kGWJzA7IsA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_aZB3OIx00BnQQq42kGWJzA7IsA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_aZB3OIx00BnQQq42kGWJzA7IsA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=MX2PTXRkbLY:N3SK6P3XnGc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/MX2PTXRkbLY" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/08/links-for-long-weekend.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-997753214768905227Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:39:00 +00002009-08-12T18:12:55.752+06:00Pakistani cinemaFilmi-One of my favourite objects to photograph are the promotional banners of Pakistani films. This picture that I am pasting here is an artistic gem. This is the poster of a film called ‘Piyasa Badan’ which literally translates to ‘thirsty body’. However, it actually means longing for physical love (readers are welcome to contribute with more appropriate translations).The closer shot shows the hero http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/fVxH4YE22XE/cheesy-chutzpah.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)18<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9TQ4wdR8Q9_-cTCLj83bBRbjA5M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9TQ4wdR8Q9_-cTCLj83bBRbjA5M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9TQ4wdR8Q9_-cTCLj83bBRbjA5M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9TQ4wdR8Q9_-cTCLj83bBRbjA5M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=fVxH4YE22XE:S7c1dE9Tf5M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/fVxH4YE22XE" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/08/cheesy-chutzpah.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-4909783554790224362Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:02:00 +00002009-07-27T09:06:56.716+06:00- While CJ Chaudhry Iftikhar, Lord Nazir (the member of House of Lords who became famous for texting while driving and being jailed for it) and every PML-N politician is out to get our erstwhile President Mr. Pervez Musharraf, city district government in Karachi decided to go the other way and named a road in North Nazimabad Town after him. If the presence of the PSO logo is any indication, they http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/cfyC9tYEsw8/going-other-way.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)25<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cOJsiIX12T0-7G1BSX4wiVIb-JU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cOJsiIX12T0-7G1BSX4wiVIb-JU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cOJsiIX12T0-7G1BSX4wiVIb-JU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cOJsiIX12T0-7G1BSX4wiVIb-JU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=cfyC9tYEsw8:-CEXHpnEHXU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/cfyC9tYEsw8" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/07/going-other-way.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-6465345597873724423Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:19:00 +00002009-07-13T17:31:49.557+06:00Personal- Life, as I have known it all along, has ended for me last week. From the day I was born, my very first identity has been that of a daughter. Even before I acquired my name, the baby wrist tag that they put on soon after the birth said that I was my parent’s daughter. I am no longer a daughter. My father passed away last week after succumbing to cardiopulmonary arrest. I have already lost my http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/mXWFfzRYJE4/life-as-i-have-known-it-has-come-to-end.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)132<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x2u_eB2_vI64lYcJ-YWrkm3_kwc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x2u_eB2_vI64lYcJ-YWrkm3_kwc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x2u_eB2_vI64lYcJ-YWrkm3_kwc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x2u_eB2_vI64lYcJ-YWrkm3_kwc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=mXWFfzRYJE4:MFrFIBWCKMw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/mXWFfzRYJE4" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/07/life-as-i-have-known-it-has-come-to-end.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-2723440209857442969Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:29:00 +00002009-07-07T16:36:41.983+06:00Humourpublished work- Damn the Jews! They have beaten the more pious Muslims to it again. A new ‘kosher’ search engine called Koogle has been launched for orthodox Jews living in Israel, which will allow them to surf cyberspace without ever encountering unbecoming images or faith wavering text and keep the dangers of subversion and temptation at bay. Koogle will follow the religious standards set by the rabbis and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/6kcZ5B1qApo/three-cheers-for-halal-ness.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)29<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KdW8YqPhIfluK1lixVkdBSByQ9g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KdW8YqPhIfluK1lixVkdBSByQ9g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KdW8YqPhIfluK1lixVkdBSByQ9g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KdW8YqPhIfluK1lixVkdBSByQ9g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=6kcZ5B1qApo:aq9bJf3PvVM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/6kcZ5B1qApo" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/07/three-cheers-for-halal-ness.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-6656351700118237385Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:34:00 +00002009-07-01T16:10:32.978+06:00Personal- Last month, an American friend who has been living in Italy for quite some time packed her bags and moved to India to work as a human rights activist. In her former life, she was a dancer and performer and has taught dance not only in US, but also in Italy and South Korea. Then I read this book called Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez where a Midwestern hairdresser flies out to Kabul http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/sf49m27wY0s/samosa-stall-in-fiji.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)32<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/O_l6OIvl7y0Qz229wXTCRlAKtyc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/O_l6OIvl7y0Qz229wXTCRlAKtyc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/O_l6OIvl7y0Qz229wXTCRlAKtyc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/O_l6OIvl7y0Qz229wXTCRlAKtyc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=sf49m27wY0s:zhwyocb1rEY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/sf49m27wY0s" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/07/samosa-stall-in-fiji.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-5255386502557731576Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:39:00 +00002009-06-22T12:46:24.933+06:00cricketPakistan-Late last night, after watching an exhilarating T20 world cup final and a crazy facebook status update war, my friend Andrew in London - he is a Canadian by the way - started sending me live updates via text messages about how Pakistani fans have taken over St Johns Wood Road by the Lord’s, the amount of money Pakistani expatriates have with people draping hummers in Pakistani flags and white http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/wKwJEYZC2Vs/sunday-in-london-when-pakistanis-win.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)22<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/too4nTYRfZpFZFyUTyzNLRtCAag/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/too4nTYRfZpFZFyUTyzNLRtCAag/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/too4nTYRfZpFZFyUTyzNLRtCAag/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/too4nTYRfZpFZFyUTyzNLRtCAag/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=wKwJEYZC2Vs:3Mz-CqhqoHs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/wKwJEYZC2Vs" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/06/sunday-in-london-when-pakistanis-win.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-5200749811153438852Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:10:00 +00002009-06-20T21:29:40.503+06:00published workPersonal- Father’s day may be a creation of Hallmark cards to sell their merchandise in times of lull, but it is a beautiful reminder that we need to appreciate our fathers and tell them that we love them, something we often tend to forget. For a country that celebrates births, weddings and birthdays, we do not celebrate relations and our loved ones as much as we should.When we do acknowledge the people http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/boptHAOv11M/from-daddys-little-girl.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)38<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ySi4QVDa2EFOkeKyND24hFoEEa0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ySi4QVDa2EFOkeKyND24hFoEEa0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ySi4QVDa2EFOkeKyND24hFoEEa0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ySi4QVDa2EFOkeKyND24hFoEEa0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=boptHAOv11M:yeaDwLmGO-U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/boptHAOv11M" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/06/from-daddys-little-girl.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-4187598058425118254Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:31:00 +00002009-06-19T12:42:28.962+06:00cricketPakistan- It was not just Boom Boom Afridi, it was a BANG !!!For me, the moment of the match was when Afridi blew a kiss to Jacques Kallis after smashing his three consecutive deliveries to the boundary. When you are this confident, chances are, you are feeling good and you will do well and he did v. v. well. Looks like Boom Boom is not only capable of a bang, he can blow a kiss or two :), after all, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/PYM_O_y8X-8/not-just-boom-boom-afridi.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)18<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W8kEBwEKKa_AiV0gR_DnXtcMVL8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W8kEBwEKKa_AiV0gR_DnXtcMVL8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W8kEBwEKKa_AiV0gR_DnXtcMVL8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W8kEBwEKKa_AiV0gR_DnXtcMVL8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=PYM_O_y8X-8:clicKI72UXc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/PYM_O_y8X-8" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/06/not-just-boom-boom-afridi.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-4660425937521959718Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:18:00 +00002009-06-11T12:43:37.600+06:00Internationalquirkypolitics- Separately, Silvio Berlusconi and Colonel Muammar Gaddafi are about as coo coo crazy as it gets, but when you put them together, its gets beyond wacky and enters into realm of subliminally nutty. Colonel Muammer Gaddafi, who is responsible for keeping a company or two of jet black hair dyes in business, is now touring Italy, the land of Pizzas, Pasta and Silvio Berlusconi. Apart from being thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/15h47A3QAmg/gaddafi-on-mission-to-meet-700-italian.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)30<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L3Bh0zpHtl390nuHYfugjkqKkBA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L3Bh0zpHtl390nuHYfugjkqKkBA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L3Bh0zpHtl390nuHYfugjkqKkBA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L3Bh0zpHtl390nuHYfugjkqKkBA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=15h47A3QAmg:PWcvtkAIorw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/15h47A3QAmg" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/06/gaddafi-on-mission-to-meet-700-italian.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-6306894871503751083Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:33:00 +00002009-06-09T10:49:58.393+06:00SocietyPakistanmedia.Aks at fiverupees recently wrote a post praising the efforts of Greenstar marketing for making a song and video about Touch Condoms. Personally, I was disappointed with the campaign. It was a great opportunity squandered. I was monitoring a project about awareness raising for sexual and reproductive health and as part of the project, the ad/song was shown to a group of people who have neither http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/MAOTxVd4yfc/failed-to-touch.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)38<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NrKcr30fO5w8jlqVU4Ka5hvcpSw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NrKcr30fO5w8jlqVU4Ka5hvcpSw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NrKcr30fO5w8jlqVU4Ka5hvcpSw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NrKcr30fO5w8jlqVU4Ka5hvcpSw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=MAOTxVd4yfc:9yRiu7tzWCk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/MAOTxVd4yfc" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/06/failed-to-touch.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-6294126817324849071Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:51:00 +00002009-06-07T17:05:43.600+06:00Personalmedia- Back in 2001 during my rookie reporting days, I wrote a piece on the renewed Intifada which was quite well received. One of the senior assistant editors who was at least 75 years old at that point in time (yes, it was the time when Dawn still had its geriatric brigade roaming the Islamabad corridor) called me and asked me why did I choose to write on intifada. Being the super naïve, extra http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/eKeKsvetJrY/ghetto-of-womens-writing.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)7<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IS6TCBxxICFMttAXfm1BVHAaA98/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IS6TCBxxICFMttAXfm1BVHAaA98/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IS6TCBxxICFMttAXfm1BVHAaA98/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IS6TCBxxICFMttAXfm1BVHAaA98/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=eKeKsvetJrY:DUr9MEzZQ54:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/eKeKsvetJrY" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/06/ghetto-of-womens-writing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-4916281960420238547Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:23:00 +00002009-06-06T00:16:41.298+06:00ScienceFilmiquirky- Gone are the days when parents used to tell their children, “Eat an apple a day, and keep the doctor away.” A new research, obviously carried out by a desi, says that you can ward off dementia and Alzheimer’s if you eat curry two or three times a week. How is that for a diet plan, eh? Professor Murali Doraiswamy, of Duke University in North Carolina, said there was evidence that people who eat http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/YAxe_gjLmN4/while-space-travels-makes-you-bald.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)13<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/okD5hVPFGWpGuvUcAmPkSDRHz9A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/okD5hVPFGWpGuvUcAmPkSDRHz9A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/okD5hVPFGWpGuvUcAmPkSDRHz9A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/okD5hVPFGWpGuvUcAmPkSDRHz9A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=YAxe_gjLmN4:onrngWjyd_Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/YAxe_gjLmN4" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/06/while-space-travels-makes-you-bald.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433437779159645342.post-415203537801165651Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:51:00 +00002009-06-02T17:09:09.515+06:00USA-A few days back, I was watching TV where residents of a low income locality in Lahore were protesting against high electricity bills and were ripping them off in protest. Most people protested against paying for a utility (electricity) which is not available to them half the time, but there is one old lady who refuse to pay the bills because she has too many children. Her exact words were, “I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~3/iHikVOdE8FE/baby-daddy-of-mostest.htmltazeen@alumni.manchester.ac.uk (Tazeen)31<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lCIJ_VDlbAoD7JuNc0cxIjEq__w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lCIJ_VDlbAoD7JuNc0cxIjEq__w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lCIJ_VDlbAoD7JuNc0cxIjEq__w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lCIJ_VDlbAoD7JuNc0cxIjEq__w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?a=iHikVOdE8FE:dOxb3uRQGeg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AReluctantMind?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AReluctantMind/~4/iHikVOdE8FE" height="1" width="1"/>http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com/2009/06/baby-daddy-of-mostest.html