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Shabnam in town: 'Revival of cinema requires govt help' - The Express Tribune

Tue, 08 May 2012 21:38:32 GMT

Shabnam in town: 'Revival of cinema requires govt help'
The Express Tribune
It was a struggle at first. “When I first came here [to West Pakistan from then East Pakistan] I did not know how to speak Urdu,” she said. She learnt the language, but mastering the accent was another challenge. “I won't take names but there were a ...

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Brighter horizons - The Express Tribune

Sun, 20 May 2012 08:32:19 GMT

The Express Tribune

Brighter horizons
The Express Tribune
Saima Mohsin has gone from fronting the flagship show on Pakistan's first English-language news channel to munching stir-fried locusts in the Netherlands. In normal circumstances, this would be a gross image of catastrophic career decline.

A Tasty Taboo in India - Wall Street Journal

Thu, 03 May 2012 19:49:43 GMT

A Tasty Taboo in India
Wall Street Journal
The increasingly omnivorous dining scene has made Mr. Mehrotra, the head chef at Indian Accent in New Delhi, confident enough to include plenty of meaty dishes in his menu, including his mango-glazed ribs. Tucked in The Manor, a boutique hotel in ...

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A Tasty Taboo - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Wed, 02 May 2012 23:02:00 GMT

A Tasty Taboo
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The increasingly omnivorous dining scene has made Mr. Mehrotra, the head chef at Indian Accent in New Delhi, confident enough to include plenty of meaty dishes in his menu, including his mango-glazed ribs. Tucked in the Manor, a boutique hotel in ...

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Has Imran Khan's Political Tsunami Hit Pakistani Shores? - CounterPunch

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:24:17 GMT

Has Imran Khan's Political Tsunami Hit Pakistani Shores?
CounterPunch
by M. SHAHID ALAM I have never had the patience for long-winded novels, and much less for memoirs, but I am glad I persuaded myself to read Imran Khan's Pakistan: A Personal History. Now that Tehreek-e-Insaaf , the political party founded and led by ...

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The City: Los Angeles - Newsweek

Mon, 14 May 2012 02:03:36 GMT

Newsweek

The City: Los Angeles
Newsweek
Spanish and English blended together all day long—you could hear English spoken with a Pakistani or an Iranian accent, and you could hear Spanish with a Guatemalan or a Salvadoran flavor. I knew the city had begun to claim me as one of its own when, ...

Full interview with Baroness Warsi: Father asked me 'why be a leader if you ... - Evening Standard

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:21:57 GMT

Full interview with Baroness Warsi: Father asked me 'why be a leader if you ...
Evening Standard
The guilty men were Muslims of mainly Pakistani origin, some regarded as pillars of their community. Shortly after nine men were convicted, Lady Warsi sat down to dinner at her parents' house and her father asked what the Government was going to do ...

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Comic humanity - The Hindu

Sat, 05 May 2012 14:02:48 GMT

The Hindu

Comic humanity
The Hindu
He is the “Flying Man” or as author Roopa Farooki describes him: “An Anywhere man with his Everywhere accent, freed from family, from nationality, from religion, from every tiresome box or cage that these might imply.” The story is about a Pakistani ...

Reviving the Ummah: Preface - GrandeStrategy

Tue, 15 May 2012 13:28:05 GMT

Reviving the Ummah: Preface
GrandeStrategy
The backdrop is the winter of 2001, when the United States and its lackeys attacked Afghanistan and the Pakistani government keeled over and joined “the Allies”. I was a young man and had made my first decisive move towards religion.

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63 Minutes With Gilbert & George - New York Magazine

Mon, 07 May 2012 01:31:19 GMT

New York Magazine

63 Minutes With Gilbert & George
New York Magazine
Gilbert, 69, shorter, with the Italian accent and glasses only for reading, wears a cap and suit the color of split-pea soup. “Rusty and moldy,” George calls their looks, and possibly the men wearing them. They have the same hair, which is to say white ...

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