Confessions of Webaholics

Has it been five hours since you’ve been watching movie clip after movie clip on You Tube? Or may be you were just randomly searching people’s profiles on Facebook.

The Ugly Face of Internet Plagiarism

It was a matter of principle, and I expected, that an ezine that was seemingly proud of its open-mindedness and liberality, would respect and abide by laws.

Unfaithfully Yours

Are we going to be ostriches or we are ready to face the reality, the truth of extra-marital affairs?

Violation of Personal Space

Email scans are not just conceivable but they are a sad truth which most of us are unable to come to terms with. Evidently, Big Brother has already sneaked his way into Pakistan and is here to stay, whether we like it or not.

My Nephew’s Martian Retreat

I won’t get married till there is a sustainable human colony on Mars. I want my future wife to give birth to the first child born outside Earth.

Spam, Popup Blockers and Britney Spears

That cheap website has enough money to advertise prominently on one of the geek-world’s major websites. And trust me, geek websites are expensive to advertise at, because geeks have major buying power (usually also in corporate capacities). Therefor

The Voice-over-IP dilemma

Can we do it? Should we do it? Will they let us do it?

Of Damn Pakis and Deregulation

Is the Pakistani public not yet mature and responsible enough to be introduced to a deregulated source of Information? If it is, then how can a censorship be justified? If it is not, what is the pride in bringing X-hundred cities online? Pornography on th

IT or a time to get LIT?

... “Suckers bring your money and projects to Pakistan, but we as a Government don’t have faith in home-grown talent so we’re going elsewhere.”

OPEN for Business

An introduction to OPEN, the Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs

TiECon 2001

Inside the recent TIE conference

Telecom Dreams Sold Dirt Cheap

If the Privatization Commission in Pakistan has a real asset then it is the telecommunications infrastructure of this country.

A critical look at Indian telecom policy in the ’90s

The government attitude to opening up wireless seems to stem from an antiquated image of the spy huddling over a wireless transmitter

Umair.com: An Interview

Chowk’s co-founder talks about entrepreneurship, parenting, and Chowk in ten years

IT Is Not A Magic Wand

Pakistan yearns for a magic lamp

Science Is A Dead End Career

The love affair between society and nerds, which peaked during the days of Einstein and Oppenheimer, is apparently over

Why Most DOT.COMS Will Fail

It’s the business model, stupid

Startup Genes I: A Tale of Three IPOs

Expensive furniture and expensive looking people

IT Pie in the Sky?

And the beauty is that it seems to be working. Word is out, learn computers, or perish

Information Revolution - Utopia or Bust?

Finding a middle path in this time of extremes is probably not easy

• Partition Stories
• Immigrant Stories
• Search for Identity
• Social Justice
• Tracing Roots
• Its a Connected World
• Student Life
• Childhood Memories
• Travel Stories
• Dealing with Loss (Death)

• Pakistan's Struggle for Democracy
• The Indian Story
• Indo-Pak Relations
• Personal Narratives
• Religion Today
• War on Terror
• Role of Media
• Call for Social Change
• Hold Them Accountable
• Environment and Us
• Way of Life

• Swat Calls For Civil Society to Act
• In Search of Political Will: Fight Against Militants in Swat
• In memory of the Swat valley
• The Nightmare Must End
• In Honor of the Heroes of Swat