Thereek-e-Televiban: A Short History #19 Hi AkCheema, howz your daughter doing? Come now is this the way to treat old friends. 'bizarre collection of words' -- so you herald me as a modernist. That's what the Modern Movements promoted. (ask Nadeem, he knows all about them)

Thereek-e-Televiban: A Short History 'just another nadeem' haha i like that! I don't really know BJ well enough to comment about him.

Thereek-e-Televiban: A Short History Only Nadeem Farooq Paracha is a loser when it comes to poetry -- you and I agree, remember?

Poetic meaning is tough, but I can help you - I've done this for many years (not opted to leave 'the' battle of education and make a cheap name for myself by sacrificing myself as a writer.)

Journalists aren't writers. Everybody knows that.

Thereek-e-Televiban: A Short History poems once written belong to many languages. It was probably written for the grey pavement outside my window.

Time’s Man of the Year 2008 – Barack Hussein Obama Hi again, Gill Sahib, I thought these lines of my poem are relevant to the discussion of this article. The strange racial scenario in the American population statistics. The lines are:

"like american astronauts
descending into the studied indifferences
of climactic ruins."

These were composed specifically against the background of the Native Americans here and their relationship with the White Majority. I would like to see Obama's policy towards providing these people economic and social relief from the centuries of torture they have undergone.

The Algonquian people call the white race, "the big knife people" -- some very interesting 'facts' came up in the Ojibwe elicitation sessions, my first project here in Michigan as a "Linguist."

Thereek-e-Televiban: A Short History #11 from a latest poem of mine, for you bittersweet:

"drift, drift, snow-child
whoever you are,
we are not here for
pseudo-media articles
but for poetry, the two
forms of writing
cannot be compared.

Unless you can compare
a toothache with a college
drop-out.

Enslaved by anger
in the angst of man-made
mental diseases
they 'attempt' to write
about you, your society,
your woe, your life.

This is as comical
as pointless errors.
No one can write about
you,

social capability statistics
are not the work
of a historian. (!)

I hear Toynbee
wrote for thirteen years
his grand work (He was
a historian), and his
final assessment was:
"this world is in need
of a new religion."

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The entire work is here:
http://www.chowk.com/ilogs/70274/49029

Thereek-e-Televiban: A Short History http://www.chowk.com/ilogs/70271/49029 - you might like it.

Hi bittersweet, I'm not political, I believe in Art, poetry, literature, and want to make those aspects of life accessible again to people.
I hear the pain in what you are saying -- the cowards that left 'the' battle, isn't there a pink floyd line for this?

And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

Thereek-e-Televiban: A Short History #7 -- Fear always creates spectacles, bad coffee, and even worst, the 'lack of color.' This writer has no energy left, I mean Farooq Paracha, perhaps he feels old. He no longer writes on any of the 'fun' stuff -- like music, or lyrics. Now he's becoming jaded, repetitive and sort of senile. Kuch dum nahin raha ab nadeem bhai me. its sad because if you notice all his articles have started to look like each other. The same stale humor, the same references with slight modifications -- he's writing for money. Nobody writing for money, can survive as a 'writer'.

Time’s Man of the Year 2008 – Barack Hussein Obama #4 BJ, because you were missing me. Actually because I have a winter break, and it was already a tough semester all right, be 'nice' for a change.

Time’s Man of the Year 2008 – Barack Hussein Obama It was great to see the reaction here, right after the American election. I saw many people just randomly 'dancing'!
On the day of the election, we got free french-fries from Mcdonalds, (various discounts) everyone was in a good mood, and very obviously, 'participating.'
Even white American Professors said, "this means, if he can do it, anyone can! he was no one just four years ago, like you or I..."

As an International Student, I felt good, (still do) to be part of a state run by a black man, for in the past years I have seen countless incidents of racism. Its cruel.

Some people were quite angry, and 'hated' it, took it out on random people from different countries. Stunning, what a political move can do.
I myself couldn't care less about politics, but this time was fun, plus, I felt part of it...you know like the 'every vote counts.'

Nice Article, Mr. Mohammad!

Thereek-e-Televiban: A Short History PS: I hope you did not mind the 'stars' or got nervous about where they had appeared from. Not common at all. So you guys actually 'check' your comments? I was of the opinion this was 'our land' kind of free-roaming monologues, at best, soliloquies. Damn it! yahan bhee puhunch gayai tum log. Media! after all.

Thereek-e-Televiban: A Short History Wow Nadeem something sure got your energy spilling today. Your previous articles had been so consistently 'dry' --lol -- revolutions are non-existent, unless they are obviously full of judicial common sense. (which ofcourse Nadeem bhai has, and no one, no one else)
I liked this article because something's clearly got you going -- where to, I have no idea! 'rap-slang' i like that, 'hinglish' not so much, third one, kia tha? sorry i forgot and i can't flip the page easily this is too complicated.

All great actors are able to improvise many voices, I could do a very strict* and serious* critical* review* of your article* but that would be soooooo boring, besides its like work then, not fun*

So what seems* bizarre to nadeem bhai's delicate paraphernalia of a brain, just might be what they call 'complexity.' --without which, I never read anything. Not even if they pay me for it. Work on that, tum kaafi acha likh leitei ho.

The Fo Factor lol

The Fo Factor I couldn't agree with you more bittersweet, its a pathetic review, what has the world come to, when women are spoken of in this way:
"secrets..." of "eastern women" "processes of pregnancy"

YUCK!

The Fo Factor Dear God, are the comments in 4 and 5, attributing to my name-itself? No, sorry gentlemen, that is not allowed -- though regretfully I don't know why he adheres to proletarian excesses (such as the language this reviewer has made use of) some things are just not free, nor for open discussion, least of all in this manner.
Rahat has one of the most pure Urdu accents I have ever known, what an odyssey it is, to hear him speak -- though the rest of the Napa crew, and their aims...

fall short of all my expectations. So I half agree with the slaughter-house, but only half-way, gentlemen!

Though why he would translate this title to: "Jungle mei Mangal Bazaar" ---...its not an aesthetic feat, as far as I can tell. I wish he would tap into other issues.

MEIRAJ

The Fo Factor Oh Inam, always the bold issues being:
"bold issues, such as the process of pregnancy and baby transplantation"
what are we ever going to do with you?

Good for Rahat, he always wanted to do that play, though Mohsin? Ayman? are you serious?