Saki Nama

Author: Saki Nama

  • Not To Be.

    To be, or not to be.Not to be, so to be. That presence that you made, unmade you.The walk you walked, walked you out.The wait you kept was a waste.The words you bled were on a paper already worthless. But then, we learn and unlearn through mistakes,Through trash, dust, noise and sighs.Some tears.Some bliss. So…

  • If I Must

    If I must choose between Buzdar and Maryam… wait – It means I’m the Chief then. The chosen one. Above all the 240 million insects. To deliver the divine message to les misérables. Must be starving. I’ll choose Nando’s.

  • Slim Shady

    May I have your attention please?May I have your attention please? Those who brought Buzdar, brought Maryam.The hen that laid these two eggs is the same.Do we agree on that? Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?I repeat, will the real Slim Shady please stand up? One was an idiot and avoided the public…

  • A Democratic Footnote – Pakistan

    With all the disagreements and criticisms you have with AIML or Jinnah – some valid – there is one core aspect of history that we forget and miss out conveniently. Yes, I know about Lahore Resolution of 1940 and how it was ‘states’ and not ‘state’ and the word ‘Pakistan’ wasn’t even mentioned in the…

  • Conversation with Jinnah

    You: May your soul rest in peace, sir. Jinnah: It won’t. You: Sir? Jinnah: You people have failed the dream. You: Yes, we have. Jinnah: This country was not made to experiment with radicalism, be it religious or non-religious. It was not made to experiment with different forms of dictatorships and martial laws. I told…

  • Allama Bureaucrat Iqbal

    Now Sialkot would be known for two Muhammad Iqbals – one who saw a dream, and the other who lived it – at least for some time. One single ADC(R) of Sialkot – a bureaucrat – has done corruption worth millions of rupees. There were alleged foreign tours. Commercial and other properties. Land Cruiser. Rolex,…

  • Exhale!

    “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” Al-Pacino said that to Andy Garcia in The Godfather III (1990). Then the heart attack. Then that scene – ultimate acting – when his daughter gets shot. Her last word: “Dad?” Not a statement. A question mark. What if she hadn’t even said…

  • Lahore, Monsoon & Short Stories

    Every day has been a new short story in Lahore’s monsoon. July has been blessed and seduced to an extent that it has been wet for over two weeks now. It’s evening in noon. Again. Other times, it’s dark days and thundering nights. Last night’s drive in the rain was scary to hell, but it…

  • Deaths Without Notice

    Remember Bret Easton Ellis’s ‘America Psycho’? A novel written in 1991 and a movie made in 2002 with the same name starring Christian Bale. Patrick Bateman, the protagonist who was actually an antagonist, was into murders and executions – not mergers and acquisitions alone – and talked about killing a colleague but no one believed…

  • Time Travelling, Book of Walli, Marla & Love

    I am interested in time. Not because it is the most valuable gift you can offer to someone or anyone, but also because it is a mystery in itself. It passes through you and leaves the same instant. Leaving behind some scent, some touch, some memories, and nostalgia. Since Walli’s character in the book struggles…