Dictionaries and encyclopedia have explained Dowry beautifully and simplistically. To me it is a form of culturally sanctioned and socially acceptable violence not only against women but men too. Despite relatively uninformed and unprepared acceptance of globalization as a way of life, it appears rather strange that the institution of marriage is still intact in […]
Media reports from different parts of the country over the past few years suggest that the acid attack phenomenon is becoming increasingly […]
Some days ago, a man of 80 and a woman of 75 got married in Khanawal. I great both of them ‘A Happy Marriage’.
For the rest of their life they have decided to join each other under a marriage accord as husband and wife. If would be good for the both of them to lead […]
ABCD [American Born Confused Desi’s]; a common name given to the generation who were born and raised in the west but had a Desi (Pakistani, Indian or Bangladeshi) origin. But the generation that I belong to, face a very similar problem but for completely opposite reasons.
Say hello to the Desi Born Confused Americans (DBCA) and […]
I am an Indian Christian and I have no knowledge of Sharia or even my own religion. But i found this article interesting and i hope others from this country which produced the worlds first Islamic woman leader and eliminated her due to the fear of her popularity will also […]
There are enough problems in our society like poverty, unemployment, load-shedding of gas and electricity, food shortage, medicine shortage, law and order and political restiveness, that social problems like Sawara and Wani don’t get much of a spotlight and just act as an interesting topic for the drama serials or an excuse for the NGOs […]
As i was about to leave for a game of chess with a friend, i was stopped by the young lady who has recently moved into our block after marrying a Tamil iyengar boy of IIM(Bangalore). She is a CKP of Maharashtra and an IT professional and i know she is SAP professional from […]
The saga of Shoaib Malik’s marriage/no marriage continues. While watching Nadia Khan’s show this morning with colleagues (yes, we have a TV in our office), various facets of the saga came up. Although not all of us were convinced by Shoaib’s performance, everyone unanimously agreed that there is something fishy to it.
Just a few minutes […]
I WONDER why nobody ever tells us how many billions the ten richest men in Pakistan possess. You will read in newspapers a list of the ten richest men in America published regularly by Forbes Magazine and Fortune.
The latest was picked up from Fortune some days ago. Reports are also published about the most moneyed […]
Getting married in Pakistan isn’t that straight forward. There are many circuitous and oblique paths one has to traverse, before marriage. There are many different stages through which one has to go through before he/she could ultimately see the moon face of his/her spouse.
Let’s begin with where the boy’s mother asks around for a nice, […]
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