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The Greatest Sin Wah! Excellent writeup Faris. This is the kind of stuff that's far more powerful than trashy religio-political articles and those ensuing never ending discussions.

Don't stop writing!

Spit Syndrome Re: # 6 You say that it's in the book, so why can't you post it here? Hands too dirty to touch the holy book I suppose? Or maybe you're coming up with lame excuses and snippets from forwarded e-mails. That's what I would call pathetic. It's even more pathetic than all those ill things you mentioned down there.

Bring the ayat here on this page, and we can proceed with the conversation, in a more civilized manner.

Spit Syndrome Re: # 4 Please quote the ayat where this has been said.

Fatima Jinnah Park – Metaphor for Pakistan\'s Problems and their Solution Come on man, McDonalds is good food. You need to do some exercise too instead of just sitting on your couch gobbling down that heavy-duty McBurger. It's dangerous when you keep stuffing yourself with fat and don't do anything with it. Lazy people get heart disease, active people don't.

Have you seen how fukked up that park is? Hopefully McDonalds would make some imporovements in the land given to them and make it a place worth visiting. I went to the Fatima Jinnah Park when there was some Disney festival sort of thing some time ago and was thoroughly disappointed. I'm surprised why people even call it a park.

All My Love Ah, sweet lurvy lurvy luurrrve. It's very well written, but seems a little dry to me.

Cellular Cancer Ahh! So that explains a lot about the nasty headaches I've been having! My brain is probably riddled with cancerous tumors and about to explode. Just like that Tetsuo guy in the Akira movie who's organs enlarge, pop out of his body and blow up into nothingness.

All that because of a cellphone.

We are family This is good. It would have been better if you had given it a more desi feel. But I guess that's how you like it, and it's good. Keep writing.

News just in Trashy, as usual.

Rote Learning Vis-à-vis Physical Comprehension Rote learning is something which I feel is being passed on from generation to generation. During my four year 'ordeal' in an engineering university, I was constantly surrounded by people whose attitude towards serious study was rather retarded. They believed strongly in rote learning, in obtaining better marks so that they could get better job opportunities in places where employers are more interested in your detailed marks certificate, and not in what you have learned. A terrible outcome of this easygoing laidback sort of attitude which has been passed on from generation to generation of students is the reduced number of engineering graduates who really are engineers, and not just exam clearing experts.

I believe that this problem has to be corrected at the grassroots level. The way you manage an institution and create an environment of learning is very important for young impressionable minds. Without a properly managed system, idle teachers, century old books and notes, the students would feel unimportant, as if they are here to merely go through the course, clear the exams, and get a job. This results in change in attitude of the students, and they feel lost. The students too should root out the ills and the traditions that have plagued engineering institutions and should try to make themselves better.

Jinnah and the Islamic State – Setting the Record Straight Re: # 4 PBUH is for Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Use RA (Rehmatullah Alaih) for people like the Quaid, Iqbal, etc.

Images Brrrr! It sent the shivers down me weak little spiney! Nice, but not too 'welcoming' for male readers I suppose :P

The Quest Oh my God this is so touching. A girl meeting her real mother who had abandoned her as a baby and left her to die in a heap of trash... very interesting concept.

Keep writing nice thought provoking pieces like these.

Why Doxiadis Cries for Islamabad I hate Islamabad's planning. What's the point in putting all those trees and make it look like a forest? There should be more buildings, more cheap, reliable and clean transportation facilities, more shopping malls and recreation areas, and more places where people can relax and just have a good time. I have noticed that people in Islamabad are living in the past as compared to those living in Lahore or Karachi. This places really needs to move on from its silly concept of 'keep it clean and beautiful' and develop more infrastructure in a safe and clean way.

Letter to My Unborn Son Beautiful!

He and She Uh... ok. Very sweet, but you could have written a little more!