Archive for the 'Pakistani men - a gift to the women of this world' 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.
Sunday, May 4th, 2008
“Without science, religion turns to radicalism, and without religion, science is blind and brings the world to danger.”
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
i’m a cereal killer.
» It makes me sad that the JB seems to be losing steam. [Also, that I can't get my paragraphs to separate, no matter how many <br> tags I stuff in.]
» What do you fellows make of things in Pakistan these days? I’ve been out of touch, but I’ve heard about the dilly-dallying over restoring the judiciary. Although, I don’t know if that would really matters. Scandalous, considering I was briefly involved with the Student Action Committee, for whom the judiciary is a major concern.
» The job search is — or should be — go. Any tips?
» Here are the Arsenal Ladies.
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
beating the system
sorry for not posting for a while. did you guys happen to come across this article last week?
This is how you come to the Eligible-Bachelor Paradox, which is no longer so paradoxical. The pool of appealing men shrinks as many are married off and taken out of the game, leaving a disproportionate number of men who are notably imperfect (perhaps they are short, socially awkward, underemployed). And at the same time, you get a pool of women weighted toward the attractive, desirable “strong bidders.”
his theory is that as women who have been dealt stronger hands are more likely to be choosy and wait for ‘mr right’ to come along. meanwhile less “desirable” women, sensing the weakness of their position, will snap up most eligible bachelors.
as a male, i’m going to take away two lessons from this.
1) don’t get suckered into marrying early
2) even if your dream girl seems out of your league right now, by the time they hit their mid 30’s you’ll seem like a superstar :p
Monday, April 7th, 2008
oh, khuda ke liye!
Apparently this is in chaste urdu, and apparently, its doing rather well too in India.
Though, obviously, it can’t touch this:
Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Pakistani men, a gift to women. It’s official now.
Carrying on from Boy’s post… this proves what we always knew was true.
If girls today swoon over the long locks of Dhoni or the swagger of Sreesanth, one almost feels sorry for them. Those of us who lost our adolescent hearts to Imran Khan in the eighties had it better.
Friday, April 4th, 2008
Inequality, Inequality, Inequality
Three excellent posts on income inequality by Kathy G, on her excellent new blog, The G Spot.
(Actually there are four posts, but the extra inequality wouldn’t have made for such a good title)
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I read ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ by Mohsin Hamid. Its actually very short and only took me a couple of days to finish. Its worth reading if only because the author comes from a very similar background to us and the story is largely auto-biographical.
My main reason for bringing this up though is that I think the author might be added to list of Pakistani men who think they are a gift to the women of this world. Having said that, maybe I’m being a bit unfair as the love story is a tragic one, especially if its true.
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I found a link for the John Lee Hooker and Friends gig! Seriously, why did no one introduce me to the blues before?? In a very short period of time its probably become my favourite genre of music.
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
To boy: The carrot cake missives
Ah, but the point is, it isnt foreign music, in a language you dont understand, isnt quite the same as a song which do understand, and you recognize that the lyrics are bad. I think it makes the whole experiance poorer.
Also, it seems our conversation was rather prescient: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7321147.stm
Al, for your benefit, amongst the innumerable avatars of inanity that graced our conversation earlier today, i can recall
1) a debate on whether musicans who write songs with bad/meanigless lyrics should be sold into slavery
2) a hybrid inductive/deductive hypothesis for the question that has long troubled us (used in its broadest sense) - “where do the pretty girls go in winter?”
3) what is the one pakistani song you hate to love.
Sunday, March 16th, 2008
crazy beat.
i remember seeing this video on television during a visit to pakistan, in 2005 i think. it came up during a late-night/early-morning IM session, and led to this performance by pappu saeen at shah jamal’s shrine in lahore.
besides the amazing dhol-playing , it reminds me of this article i read about, what the writer called, ‘all-male sonic gatherings’ in northern pakistan. i have to say it’s a part of pakistani culture that i’ve never experienced, and it seems pretty awesome to be a part of, although slightly scary to watch. almost as scary as this. fortunately, i don’t think shah jamal’s shrine won’t see that anytime soon.
while i’m on the subject of the dhol, do you know what dhamaal is all about?
Saturday, March 8th, 2008
think of the musicians!
in the course of my weekly [okay, daily] youtube browsing [okay, okay, hourly], i came across these three by-products of a decade of corruption, political violence, and general unruliness.