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At the age of four I wrote my first full opera. At five I started my first revolution in a small village in Argentina. At 8 I went back in time to assasinate JFK, after which I went back to the eighties and shot JR from the grassy knoll. At 20 I rigged the US national elections in Florida thinking it would be a good joke... it wasn’t. I am Morpheus and I’m here to show you the door. So take the purple pill and wave your heartburn goodbye.
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Nothing Queer About It
Zarrar Said Dec 3, 2008 interacts: 105 Views: 6022Homosexuality is demonstrated in all species from fruit flies to donkeys. Humans are no exception to this rule and the fact is that sexual orientation is an inborn combination.
Capitalism Comes a Cropper!
Zarrar Said Oct 20, 2008 interacts: 15 Views: 2614The shock wave in global finance that began a year ago seems to have finally caught up with the KSE casino. The 100-Index fell from its mid-May peak of 15,600 to 9,144.
The Importance of Natural Selection
Zarrar Said Apr 6, 2008 interacts: 607 Views: 27895Throughout time we have asked ourselves whether we are fallen angels or risen apes. The answer lies in a simple yet tabooed subject.
A Political Manifesto for Sale! - Part I
Zarrar Said Sep 10, 2007 interacts: 9 Views: 3120In the current feverish run-up to elections, have you wondered why our political parties have still not published any meaningful manifestos?
Pakistan Shinning III - Population and Literacy
Zarrar Said Apr 3, 2007 interacts: 17 Views: 6875There is no precedent in history of any nation demonstrating double-digit (or even high single digit) GDP growth while spending next to nothing on its human capital.
The Day We Killed Bob Woolmer
Zarrar Said Mar 19, 2007 interacts: 194 Views: 21810Bob Woolmer’s demise has to be Pakistan’s largest blemish in cricket. I want to tell the tale straight from the heart of his biggest fan.
Pakistan Shinning II - Propoganda or Reality
Zarrar Said Mar 12, 2007 interacts: 97 Views: 10119There is no precedent of any nation having developed economically without consistently saving and reinvesting a substantial portion of its annual GDP.
Pakistan Shinning I - Propoganda or Reality
Zarrar Said Mar 8, 2007 interacts: 104 Views: 12467The Musharraf Government is frantically beating the drums of its fictional economic miracle of the past half a dozen years. This is painfully reminiscent of similar media projection attempted by the erstwhile BJP Government with its 'India Shining' propag
Save our Children from Mental Abuse
Zarrar Said Dec 26, 2006 interacts: 8 Views: 3577It is disturbing enough that both English and Urdu versions of Yahya’s creationism documentaries -- that conceal, deny and confuse with theories not testable with science -- are being shown almost daily. That they’re passed off as science is e
Don’t Cry for me Rawalpindi
Zarrar Said Oct 4, 2006 interacts: 14 Views: 4252They each carry a sports bag and wore crisp new white shirts with the letters “Under 19” engraved on the left side.
God’s Last Class
Zarrar Said Apr 20, 2006 interacts: 2 Views: 3432God steps into the classroom for the last class of the semester and walks quietly to the blackboard. The TA, Gabe, hands him a piece of chalk and God begins to scrawl in really bad handwriting
The Wedding Gathering
Zarrar Said Feb 10, 2006 interacts: 5 Views: 3156The alpha-males gather around the females and show their support. They are ready for the catch. The bait is set and the females fall for it. The soldier male approaches the empress. She is reluctant to show her emotional side
Kashmir United -- A Peek into a Luton Ghetto
Zarrar Said Dec 6, 2005 interacts: 115 Views: 18962I felt like a Black man in an all-White bar... I reverted to the 'Paki table' and joined in on conversations about trying to get good weed and how some friends they knew were in jail
Zarrar Said
- Articles on Chowk: 13
- First article: Dec 6, 2005
- Latest article: Dec 3, 2008
- Times read on Chowk: 124301
