http://jumabazaar.org the philosophical particle accelerator Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:45:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://jumabazaar.org/politics/2008/09/23/return-to-normal/ she's not quite the JB, but let's give cern some credit. http://jumabazaar.org/terror/2008/09/10/meet-alice/ 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, ... http://jumabazaar.org/pakistani-men-a-gift-to-the-women-of-this-world/2008/08/03/depressed-repressed-objectified-are-men-the-new-women/ with the temperatures and the humidity here at their worst, i've been spending what little free time i have mostly indoors and by myself. over the past week or so, this has led me to watch three vastly different, yet equally good, movies. first, batman: gotham knight — not really a ... http://jumabazaar.org/film/2008/07/15/hot-hot-hot/ http://jumabazaar.org/race/2008/07/15/well-i-never/ Witness the end of cricket as we know it. http://jumabazaar.org/culture/2008/06/12/this-modern-sport/ From the director of Match Point??? Seriously ???? People are stupid. Full Stop. http://jumabazaar.org/culture/2008/05/28/incontrivertible-proof-of-cultural-decline/ As the day of my departure for a dreaded family reunion/wedding approaches, I'm at a loss concerning what to give the couple as a gift. The groom is a first cousin of mine, but I haven't seen, or even spoken, to him for a few years. And I've never met ... http://jumabazaar.org/terror/2008/05/26/the-gift/ Have you guys heard of this animated documentary? It's about the Israeli director's memories of the 1982 war against Lebanon. I'll admit I heard about it because it premiered at Cannes, but it seems interesting nevertheless. Unfortunately, I don't know where, or how, to get my hands on it. Will ... http://jumabazaar.org/film/2008/05/26/waltz-with-bashir/ I just came across this article in the Financial Times, from April 2006, on Dennis Bergkamp. He was the definitive footballer for me, along with Jürgen Klinsmann, in terms of what I wanted to do on a football pitch — barring his moments of wild anger, of course. Although I ... http://jumabazaar.org/art/2008/05/26/the-non-flying-dutchman/ Darymple writes about the possibilies of Pakistan in the NY review of books: As you travel around Pakistan today you can see the effects of the boom everywhere: in vast new shopping malls and smart roadside filling stations, in the cranes of the building sites and the smokestacks of factories, in ... http://jumabazaar.org/pakistan/2008/05/23/hazrat-darymple-on-pakistan/ This article on cricinfo actually does a good job of summarising my discussion with Atomsmasher on the decline of traditional disciplines in the arts. The following paragraph is particularly insightful in drawing out the similarities between classical training in music and cricket. People frequently say of Indian playback singers that this ... http://jumabazaar.org/music/2008/05/18/playing-classical-cricket/ can you say "PWNED!"? http://jumabazaar.org/comedy/2008/05/17/appease/ From Economist.com What do you say? Are we on the road to dissertations written in txt msg speak? http://jumabazaar.org/tech/2008/05/17/from-literacy-to-digiracy/ More on Japan. This time in the form of a half-japanese, half-iranian (yes I said Iranian) baseball sensation, Yu Darvish. From Espn's feature of him, The full family name is Darvishsefad. Yu's grandfather was a travel agent in Iran who encouraged Yu's father to explore the world, partially by finishing his ... http://jumabazaar.org/race/2008/05/14/mixed-race-kids-have-all-the-fun/