Archive for the 'Media' Category
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Depressed, repressed, objectified: are men the new women?
So – although women hold only 17 per cent of parliamentary positions across the globe, despite there being only 10 female CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and ignoring the fact that it is still illegal for a woman to drive a car in Saudi Arabia – it seems that, sometimes, it is harder to be a man.
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
well i never!
Saturday, May 17th, 2008
a.p.p.e.a.s.e.
can you say “PWNED!”?
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Tere ishq nachayya
I really liked Jawad’s vocal athletics on Meekal Hassan Band’s work; regrettably he no longer sings for them apparently, which is a shame - Jawad doesnt get half of the publicity he deserves i think.
Its also amusing to see the thinly disguised irriation both the singers seem to have for each other. Ironic, considering what they are singing..
Friday, March 21st, 2008
an iron fist in a velvet glove.
well, there are lots of questions and ideas to explore there. the one that jumped out at me from the post was the relationship between income levels and some sort of ‘cultural awareness’ [sorry to resort to such a such crude term; i think i need to read up on my cultural theory =/].
first off, i think there are elements of local and global cultures that would be above any income-cultural awareness equations, if any such equations exist of course. so, take, for example, cricket in pakistan. yes, there was a big increase in the numbers of basketball hoops at elite schools and massive bungalows in the 90s, and there are the exclusive golf courses too, but i’d say the passion for cricket works on a level above wealth.
we could say the same thing for many music icons like nusrat fateh ali khan, noor jehan, nazia & zoheb, vital signs, junoon, etc.
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
cowabunga, yaar!
i think if we do any more navel-gazing we’ll frighten off any readers we might have. anyways, someone to whom we should be very grateful has uploaded an episode of the mighty turtles dubbed in urdu (videos at the end of the post).
after i’d gotten over rediscovering what a terrible accent they gave michaelangelo, this got me thinking about shared cultural experiences in a country like pakistan.
one think which strikes me about western countries is that there are common cultural landmarks which are easily identified by people from all strata of society. my theory is that this makes it easier for people from even lower income families to reach their potential, especially in careers which require the ability to socialise successfully in order to be successful.