Archive for May, 2007
Connecting
The Australian Association for Literary Translation had its second public lecture at Monash University’s Caulfield Campus yesterday. It’s just as well I checked the newsletter one last time before leaving or I would have ended up in Clayton which is a good deal farther away. I’m glad I got to the right place and in time […]
This made my day
Bless the Daily Puppy. I wandered over to their site again and prompty fell for this little one. Meet Zoey, the dachshund-chihuahua mix.
Comics
I love web comics. My latest discovery is 7 Shades of Black by James Treagus. It begins with Violet being so goth that Death turns up thinking she’s dead. Violet, naturaly, seems to develop an…erm…attachment to Death and proceeds to woo him. Oh and then there’s Poe, Violet’s cat, providing social commentary and a general […]
One down…
I handed in my final assignment for my research course yesterday. Yes, it’s silly to have to write a research proposal for a thesis that’s due in a few weeks, but that should actually make it easier to write. I took it as a good sign that I got it done without bursting into tears […]
A brief history of Pakistan’s leaders
In his May 20 column, Cowasjee lists all the leaders Pakistan has had. The list begins with Mohammad Ali Jinnah, naturally, but it’s frightening how quickly the downward spiral starts after Jinnah’s death. Cowasjee has comments and a few insights to offer, which is only natural given that he is of the generation that was […]
Denial
So what do you do when your country’s going down the tubes? You watch funny stuff on YouTube of course. Things like Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry looking disturbingly young as they parody that play about the Brownings. While you’re there, check out the clips from Fry and Laurie (that’s Hugh Laurie as in Dr […]
Karachi Blog
Metroblogging Karachi has this article by a journalist on duty in Karachi on May 12.
Update
Lawyers across the country are on strike.
Islamists are (rightly) accusing Musharraf of clinging to his uniform despite it being time to give it up, plus there’s the violation of the constitution thing. Although the poor constitution’s been contravened so many times already that its abuse is almost part of the ruler’s job description. Musharraf is […]What the fuck is going on?
40 people dead and 140 injured so far and I still don’t understand what’s happened. The Chief Justice of Pakistan was to address a lawyers’ convention in Karachi on Saturday, but the political party that runs the show there apparently didn’t approve of the welcome rally that groups interested in the ‘restoration’ of democracy were […]
Khalid Hasan on An Inquiry into the Culture of Power of the Subcontinent
Khalid Hasan reviews Ilhan’s book in the Friday Times. He doesn’t comment on it too much, choosing instead to quote from it, but his point about Pakistan’s departure from its original purpose or the point of its creation is well made.