On the hand humanitarian crisis caused by the displacements of hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis needs our attention,while our respectable ministers busy in their…….

What the National Enquirer is claiming. The political salt-n-pepper actor has apparently been wooing Fatima Bhutto, a 26-year-old poet and journalist. Let’s learn more about her.

“He’s still out there with his usual assortment of Hollywood eye-candy hanging from his arm,” a source told The Enquirer.

“But George insists those days could be coming to an end if Fatima wants to take their relationship to the next level and spend some serious time with him in the U.S.”

George and Fatima – who lives with her stepmother and half brother in a plush suburb of Karachi – met at an international conference last year.

Tricky long distance, Pakistan-to- US dating logistics aside, we think the two would make a nice couple. I mean, just look at her CV. She’s a far cry from Clooney’s last girlfriend, the be-breasted cocktail waitress and Fear Factor contestant, Sara Larson.

·         Bhutto has a BA in Middle Eastern studies from Barnard and a Masters in South Asian studies from University of London. So she’s educated.

·         She is a columnist for The News, Pakistan’s largest English-language newspaper. Plus she’s written a book of poetry, Whispers of the Desert (when she was 15), and a compilation of survivor stories called 8.50 a.m. 8 October 2005, about the disastrous earthquake that struck Kashmir on that date.

·         She took a vocal stand against her aunt Benazir’s reentry into Pakistan, calling it a “grand show” that resulted in the deaths of 139 people. So, you know, whether you agree with her or not, she is principled.

·         Her neighborhood in Karachi, and her house, is continually described as “plush.” So you know she’s not just looking for his moneys.

·         Most importantly, she is pretty.

Although I have always been a proud patriot, but the joy felt no bounds as we watched Americans write yet another chapter in the history books, smashing the color barriers for advancement in human dignity and the cause of freedom, equality and justice.

For those who still consider this country to be the cause of world’s problems rather than a beacon of hope for millions around the globe, I say please look again and clear your minds for the new dawn and the changed world.

This day was a somber reminder to all that these United States of America will continue lead the world in almost all fields of human endeavor one can think of: science, engineering, social reform, literature and yes, the wars against terror and attempts to enslave humanity in the name of religion, that will need to be fought by our brave military

Its 20 years since Iran’s religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini pronounced a death sentence on Salman Rushdie for ‘insulting’ Islam with his novel The Satanic Verses. The repercussions were profound – and are still being felt. I elaborate the course of the affair, from book-burnings and fire bombings to the dramatic impact it had on freedom of expression in a multicultural society

What writer said at the time

Harold Pinter playwright
“A very distinguished writer has used his imagination to write a book and has criticized the religion into which he was born and he has been sentenced to death as well as his publishers. It is an intolerable and barbaric state of affairs.”

John Berger author and critic
“I suspect that Salman Rushdie, if he is not caught in a chain of events of which he has completely lost control, might, by now, be ready to consider asking his world publishers to stop producing more or new editions of The Satanic Verses. Not because of the threat to his own life, but because of the threat to the lives of those who are innocent of either writing or reading the book.”

Germaine Greer writer and academic
“I refuse to sign petitions for that book of his, which was about his own troubles.”

Jimmy Carter US president, 1977-81
“Rushdie’s book is a direct insult to those millions of Moslems whose sacred beliefs have been violated … The death sentence proclaimed by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, however, was an abhorrent response. It is our duty to condemn the threat of murder but we should be sensitive to the concern and anger that prevails even among the more moderate Muslims.”

John Le Carre author
“Again and again, it has been within his Rushdie’s power to save the faces of his publishers and, with dignity, withdraw his book until a calmer time has come … It seems to me he has nothing more to prove except his own insensitivity. “

Roald Dahl author
“Rushdie knew exactly what he was doing and cannot plead otherwise. This kind of sensationalism does indeed get an indifferent book on to the top of the bestseller list – but to my mind it is a cheap way of doing it.

Sir Geoffrey Howe foreign secretary, 1983-89
The British government, the British people, does not have any affection for the book … It compares Britain with Hitler’s Germany. We do not like that any more than the people of the Muslim faith like the attacks on their faith contained in the book. So we are not sponsoring the book. What we are sponsoring is the right of people to speak freely, to publish freely.”

 

Courtesy : Syeda Sana Rizvi

 

I saw Revolutionary Road last night. For hour or so I was drown and out from conscience. Master piece from a group of talented film makers. Leonardo DiCaprio (nominated three times), Kate Winslet (nominated five times), Oscar-winner Kathy Bates and composer Thomas Newman (nominated eight times) have created one of best movie the year. The movie offers some possibility of hope for the rest of us. It lives and breathes. As do DiCaprio and Winslet, reunited more than a decade after Titanic.

DiCaprio who has never before played a husband and father, is well-cast as the 29-year-old Frank Wheeler, who wants to be more special than he is, but settles for less. 

We don’t work hard nor do we strive for knowledge or have courtesy and personalities which please others and we all love to have every material thing that we try to disown while talking about being a good Muslim… Hypocrites

To me success is to have a huge fan following – based on respect earned in due time by means of trustworthiness and good morals…

When I die I want millions to be sad and feel my absence.

And while I’m here at earth, I would like to stay satisfied by achieving my goals and ambitions… and move on to have other goals, other dreams and fulfill them and move on to the next… till I die!

Why Not!!!

Following are my year resolutions.

1. Spend more time for family and friends – My utmost priority will be to spend more and more time with my family and friends.
2. Become Fit – I will try main my so called smartness.
3. Getting better job - I am idealist sort of person and still want and ideal job for myself and I will continue this struggle.
4. Getting engaged – Engagement chance are on the peak, as my relatives are insisting for engagement lets see what happens.
5. Completion of Incomplete projects-
6. More Travel-I will discover some more cities in 2009.
7. Books – I will complete my incomplete novel and I will continue my writing in various plate forms.

How many times have you heard that we have learned the lessons of the Great Depression and won’t repeat the same mistakes?

At last today i have got a chance to see the most awaited movie of Aamir Khan.

 At its core, Ghajini is essentially a romance track culminating into a revenge drama. Only externally it is sewed up with the memory loss syndrome which could have been the highlight. And even the memory loss isn’t sensibly justified in the script.

The length could surely have been trimmed for the extra runtime doesn’t add to the conviction like in a Lagaan or a Jodhaa Akbar. A R Rahman’s music is melodious and songs are choreographed with typical style.

If you are expecting an intelligent psychological suspense thriller, watch Memento. If you are looking for an intense desi action masala watch Ghajini.