Entries from March 2009

March 31, 2009

Lose your weight, keep your head :)

Rambodoc  has thrown this 7 day challenge to all fat people (everybody who wants to shed weight according to him) and I have decided to take up the challenge. It is meant for people like me who need a stimulus to do anything worthwhile.
I desperately need to shed weight and started the 7 day challenge [...]

March 24, 2009

A Symbol Of Hope With No Hope Of Her Own

Mukhtaran Mai, the brave Pakistani woman who was gang raped in 2002 on the orders of a village council  became a symbol of hope for oppressed women in male dominated and regressive societies. She was raped on the order of the  village council as a punishment for the actions of  her younger brother who [...]

March 20, 2009

Let’s Call a Politician a Politician

The scenes of jubilation on the streets of Pakistan were a welcome respite from confrontational demonstrations that were being witnessed in the last few days. People all over the world heaved a sigh of relief  for their own selfish reasons as  instability in Pakistan is bad news for the war on terror (I can’t think [...]