PM's Weekend in London: WHY?

Posted by anas on Jul 28, 2008 in Pakistan | 3 comments The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, had planned beforehand for a stopover in London enroute to Washington. Rumors were rife about his expected meeting with the PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif. A famous TV channel also confirmed that the PM will address the Pakistani community in London. Neither happened. Nor did any British official (of any lowest level) receive the PM at the...
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Homo Nerdus

Posted by anas on Jul 28, 2008 in Geek Speak | 5 comments “Nerds are the ones who don’t go to the party so they can stay home and do homework; geeks bring their homework to the party.” —David Anderegg, Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them (2007) Is the word nerd an insult or ...
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Offering Condolences

Posted by anas on Jul 27, 2008 in Personal Rants | 3 comments The problem for me is that I don’t know how to offer condolences. With a huge social circle of my family we’re supposed to visit everyone’s place where death strikes (even their relatives!). But having no affinity at all with the deceased, and feeling no regret (really!) how can I put on that veneer of sadness on my face and say something which is almost futile. I have to say...
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What Kinda Nerd Are You??

Posted by anas on Jul 26, 2008 in Geek Speak | 3 comments Put on Abba Gold, get out the pistachio nuts and crack open the ginger beer – it’s time to celebrate! Nerds are back in fashion! Goodbye George Michael, goodbye P. Diddy, goodbye Liam Gallagher …. Hello Graham Norton, hello David Walliams, hello Bill Gates and hello Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber! Geek is the new sleek. Nerd is the new world. Songs from the musicals, ballroom dancing and weird...
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The Cutest Kid

Posted by anas on Jul 24, 2008 in Life | 3 comments This lil baby in our family deserves to be seen. He is, undoubtedly, the cutest kid in the family after me. More than once have people walking around in the malls of Dubai sought the permission of his parents to snap his pics! Well, this didn’t happen with me, probably because of the lack of cheap digital cams and cellphone cams back in 1986. This budding star in out family is my maternal...
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