Author: Saki Nama
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Cover the Kids too… in Coffins
It’s time – “high” time – we make abaya compulsory for kids, young boys, young girls, dead ones, living ones, hens, cows and goat. Everything that breathes. Including meat. Remember Dhuan of Manto? A warm and fresh peice of meat can be a source of an erection too. It should be covered. Before and after…
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Ifs & Buts
It is easy to show concern when you are away from responsibilities. As soon as a fight ends, you always see people emerging from all sides. “Me hota to”, “Me ghar per nahi tha werna” happens. All those who were not present in the fight, emerge as loud mouths showing great concern and “if” scenarios.…
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Patriotism, Nationalism, Militarism & Kashmir
For a particular group of people and militarists, on both sides of the border, nothing could have been as beneficial as Kashmir. It is a cash-cow, giving budget, billions, lands, and above all unquestionable silence. Do they want it resolved? Obviously not. It will end a big chunk of budget. What will we do then?…
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Mohatta Palace, Karachi
Miss Fatima Jinnah lived her last years in Mohatta Palace. She died there. Or may be assassinated. No one knows. She was fine a day before as she attended a wedding ceremony. Her dead body was found the next day. Her body was taken by state machinery immediately. Her last rituals were done by the…
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Apna Time Ayega
A 15 year old boy – thief – was caught red-handed by a mob in Karachi. Tortured. Traumatized. Recorded. Beaten. Interviewed. Murdered. Your soul leaving your body, inch by inch. An inch each hit. Gradually. Bit by bit. What’s next to ecstasy? Pain. Death. Hell. Nothingness. A whole light year from pain to death. Inch…
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Talking Dead Bodies
A military plane is flying. Late at night. Carrying 2 lieutenant colonels with 3 juniors. It crashes. Over a populated city. Over homes. Killing 13. Injuring many. Turning homes into ashes. 5 martyred. 13 dead. 12 wounded. Media covers it. Everyone tells the names and ranks of the soldiers. No one mentions the names and…
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Top Gun: 1986 to 2019
I wasn’t even born when “Top Gun” was released in 1986. Tom Cruise became a global star and Air Force Planes became a sensation for both men and women. The inverted plane maneuver is still one hell of a scene to watch. It’s 2019. Trailer of “Top Gun: Maverick” has been released. Tom Cruise is…
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Random Numbness
Let’s see it this way. Why there is no justice in Pakistan? Or, why over 10 children are being sexually abused daily in Pakistan? Because everything revolves around sex and greed here. From top to bottom. From topless. To bottomless. A Judge recently got exposed after his video went viral. He was busy making money.…
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Nostalgic Descriptivism
“Denoting” is a philosophy by Bertrand Russell. Descriptivism. Let’s improvise: “Nostalgic Descriptivism”. Monsoon Rains. Dampness. The whisper of wet leaves. The grass adorned with tiny water droplets. Was it the monsoon or the dampness? Was it the person or the feeling? Was it the place or the weather? Was it specific? Or random? Random it…
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Romanticizing Duffers in Paris
The business is same. 7 million tourists per year. To visit the steel tower. Why? Because movies say so. Celebrities keep that tower in the background of their pictures. Instagram. Models love to pose in front of it. It sells. And with that, Paris too. And consumers, the tourists, keep on coming like herd of…