Many years ago I started work in the publications department of an old-established City institution. I was a lowly editorial assistant, and I fetched coffee and accompanied photographers and did a lot of filing, in the basement of a beautiful building, but in an environment where I never saw natural light, and everything was either […]
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Midnight Coffee – A Poem of Sorts
like a cup of coffee your presence is enjoyed at any time of day. I enjoy you best at midnight when the world seems to grow silent on our side of the globe. The sensual taste of your skin, a belle cinnamon-toned color to you. I take in the aroma that follows in your footsteps, […]
Indian Supreme Court Stays Reservations, Killing Millions of Hopes
The Indian Supreme Court has put on hold reservations which were proposed in unison by the Indian parliament, thus challenging the writ of the government once again in the country. The Reservations were meant to provide 27 percent to students from socially and educationally backward classes in all centraly funded institutions in the country. However, […]
Anna Nicole, 24-Hour Cable, and the New Tabloid Journalism
When Anna Nicole Smith died, I remember thinking it was a tragedy. Although she had never found much success in her various film pursuits, she had been a perennial starlet of note on the Hollywood scene and, more importantly, was a young woman with her whole life in front of her, fallen before her time. […]
General Parvez Musharaf is more effective in his uniform
President General Parvez Musharaf without uniform will become an easy pray to the forces of extremism and ignorance currently struggling to gain power through bullet, ballot and Islam, in Pakistan. General Parvez Musharaf as chief of Pakistan armed forces and as President of Pakistan is an effective weapon against forces of extremism and ignorance, the […]
Removal of Chief Justice
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Iftikhar Chaudhary is removed from his office by president Parvez Musharaf, on charges of corruption, it was an unprecedented step taken by the president of Pakistan, opposition has criticized president for his action, few lawyers are also agitating, people of Pakistan are least concerned with this issue, even opposition parties […]