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The Movie ‘Chhaava’, Marathas, Mughals & Sub-Continent
After Ranjit Singh’s empire, I have always been fascinated by Maratha and Mysore. But making a movie like “Chaava” is an absolute disgrace to history as well as cinema. In 1526, Babar won the First Battle of Panipat against Ibrahim Lodhi and established the Mughal Empire in India: ending Delhi Sultanate’s rule. But was that…
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PMS & PAS
In private companies and multinationals, The higher you go in the hierarchy, the more you see people who know more. Experts. Doers. Even in negative sense, like those who deal in litigations, know how to drag a case for decades. These people rarely change their industry or field of expertise. So, they keep on growing…
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Walli – Chapter 11: The Inferno
Congratulations. We’ve made it this far into 2025. Through pain. Through misery. Being pathetic. Being miserable. Being the scum of the universe. With the same consistent tragedy since 2014. Yes, there was a breakthrough. In December 2015 that lasted till June 2016. But who shall answer and who should be punished for the sin committed…
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Walli – Prologue to Chapter 11
Do you wonder when you see a wrist with multiple, shiny, parallel, horizontal scars? Blade Marks or wrist cuts. Maybe you don’t. Why don’t they look unattractive? Behind every cut is a story. Obviously. Could be anything. Lost love. Breakup. Goodbye. Death. Depression. Something. Mostly, it’s love. Lost love. About the one you think is…
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Serpents
“If you have problems with this country, then leave this country.” “It’s easy to bark from outside. Come back and then talk about this country.” —– “He has brought his children to the country. See, he is raising the next generation to rule us.” “He hasn’t brought his children to the country because he knows…
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My Belief System
Nothing has changed. Maybe a little, but not really. I would insist on standing correctly. I still wake up as a believer. A man of faith. With the passing of the day, the belief system transforms – evolution or devolution. It adopts more of atheism. By the night, its agnosticism that wins. And then, it…
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Condemn but Understand too
A hungry man robs. You don’t like it, but you do understand it. A threatened person lies. You don’t like it, but you do understand it. A deprived woman steals food. You don’t like it, but you understand it. A poor child takes someone’s toy home. You don’t like it, but you do understand it.…
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Foreign-Funded
Aurat March is foreign-funded. Mahrang Baloch is foreign-funded. PTM is foreign-funded. BYC is foreign-funded. Liberals are foreign-funded. Ahmadis are foreign-funded. Dawn is foreign-funded. Edhi was foreign-funded. Asma Jahangir was foreign-funded. Sabeen was foreign-funded. Parween was foreign-funded. Herald was foreign-funded. Our pimping-wars were US-funded – from making Talibans to killing Talibans to reviving Talibans to apologizing…
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Balochistan Issue
Bear with me because it is going to be long one. But it is needed. “Walking with the Comrades” is a book by Arundhati Roy where she narrates her firsthand experience of forests of Central India. Among Maoists. Naxalites. Dr. Manmohan Singh famously said that Naxalites / Maoists are “single biggest internal security threat” to…
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دل کی بات ہے
دل کی بات ہے۔ دل چاہے تو حرام، حرام۔ دل مانے تو سب حلال۔ جان چھڑانی ہو تو استخارہ ورنہ ہر بات گوارا۔ ایک طرف جائز طلاق دوسری جانب ناجائز نباہ۔ اپنے لیے آزمائش دوسروں کے لیے مکافات۔ انجان کا اچانک چھونا اچھا لگے تو راحت نہ لگے تو حراسانی کی قباحت۔ پسندیدہ شخص کا…