Posted in DAWN, The Review on May 15, 2008 | No Comments »
I love Karachi. I love the buzz of perpetual activity in the air, the freedom to live as you want as long as you’re not disrupting society. But sometimes, it can simply get too much. The activity, the buzz, the constant running around to get everything done on time, battling with perpetual traffic in the [...]
Posted in DAWN, The Review on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Charles Darwin, the author of The Origin of Species and the creator of the Theory of Evolution wrote about how humankind (and other animals) is perpetually engaged in a “competitive struggle for existence.” In his theory of natural selection, he is quoted as saying: “in the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the [...]
Posted in DAWN, The Review on January 18, 2007 | No Comments »
(part of the cover story ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’)
Like everyone my age then, I resented the control my parents exerted over my life during my early teens. No parties, no staying out late, no expensive cellphones (in fact no cellphone till I reach the legal age limit of 18), no flimsy outfits (no flimsy [...]
