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Articles with tag: Career

Hitched Hikers Guide

Ibrahim M Khalil   May 18, 2008   interacts: 2

I never aspired for such superficial goals. Being mature beyond my age, I always dreamt of being a Groom (Dulha).

Home is where the heart is

Ibrahim M Khalil   May 6, 2007   interacts: 17

I remember an episode of Boston Legal where when Alan Shore is feeling schizophrenic, a psychiatrist asks him where does he live. He says in a hotel. I was mildy surprised.

Foreigner in My Land

M A Shah   Jul 17, 2006   interacts: 84

I have discovered life again and again by doing things people feared the most. I was told by a Pakistani consultant living a prosperous life in Saudi Arabia that Pakistan has nothing to offer. It is full of corruption and most of the youth don’t get

Gear-up for a Power Internship!

Henna Arshad   Jul 17, 2006   interacts: 1

So, it’s very important to get an insight of the profession you want to choose in the future. In this regard internships — a short attachment with a progressive organization — could be a viable solution.

Dev, Harry and I

Burpinder Singh   Sep 26, 2005   interacts: 40

It’s always a rather sensitive topic for guys my age. Carried away by misplaced patriotism and a rather low opinion of our own ability to deal with homesickness, we’d made our career choices and stayed back home, while flightloads of eager fri

As Good As A Mile

Sheela Jaywant   Nov 8, 2004   interacts: 2

He can’t understand why the relative wants to know something she wouldn’t understand even if he told her. Why can’t Indians just let people do their jobs. Always, why this, why that.

Need for Career Counselling

Ibrahim M Khalil   Jan 11, 2004   interacts: 6

Most local students are pushed into Engineering or Medicine by their parents/society without recognizing whether the kids have an aptitude for it

Engineering One’s Passion into Profession

Mian Atif   Aug 22, 2003   interacts: 20

I hope those of you who are struck in the career fields they love to loathe will find this article a good forum to indulge in a bashing spree of our society’s stereotypical attitudes

Of Early Marriages

Madiha Waris   Jun 27, 2003   interacts: 28

My just-turned-twenty friend tries to maintain a balance between the robust baby in her right arm, and her large, stuffed hold all in the other. She tells me he’s being naughty today; he isn’t this bad tempered usually.

For Better or Worse

Sheharyar Malhi   Jun 7, 2003   interacts: 78

Compromise is the key to a successful marriage but what happens when neither party is willing to do that?

How to kill your Wife (Unedited)

malik khar   May 26, 2003   interacts: 74

for killing women, a plethora of options are available

Look Ahead In Terror

Rehan Ansari   Dec 31, 2002   interacts: 56

In college I decided that that I would learn Pakistani history through Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poems.

Fair and Lovely

Bina Shah   Dec 24, 2002   interacts: 69

She's a little on the dark side

My Little Bit of Hindu

Ali A   Nov 27, 2002   interacts: 287

I made acquaintances with a consciously unknown, but subconsciously known part of myself, the little part of me that was Hindu, so to say.

Perfect Women. Imperfect Men

Nafees Ghaznavi   Oct 24, 2002   interacts: 68

women should also be able to fulfill their responsibilities towards their homes

The Ruined Breakfast

anNy    Apr 26, 2002   interacts: 285

The referendum is all over the place

My Last Chappu

Shankar    Aug 25, 2001   interacts: 213

it was a real beauty!

White Charade

Urstruly    Jun 22, 2001   interacts: 234

Based on true events, circa early ‘90s, Karachi, when The White Charade became a symbol of terror

Aap Amrika Main Hotay Hain?? (Do You Live In America)

Ali Hashmi   Oct 21, 2000   interacts: 219

This oddly discrepant way of looking at life and career appears to be quite the norm in Pakistan

Neither Heaven Nor the World Under My Feet

Onaissa Qais   Sep 4, 2000   interacts: 20

Before Rayan was born, my days were perfect

Yaksha-Prashna

SSS    Sep 3, 2000   interacts: 13

But I know Charlie Brown explains everything

Lahore Diaries V: Twilight in Lahore

Rehan Ansari   Mar 27, 2000   interacts: 28

What they have done is build the roads of Gulberg, the financial district and the center of shopping

I Cheat Therefore I Am

Suds Jiff   Sep 21, 1998   interacts: 25

Our most cherished phone calls home are from some stolen calling card

Junooni

Aliya Saeed   Jun 10, 1998   interacts: 7

from Wall Street to the streets of New York

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