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Muslim rule: The other side of the story
A forgotten fairytale must be told. It is a fairytale set amidst opulent palaces in which lived people from different lands and different beliefs. Palace courtyards echoed with strums of harps, lush...
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Bin the bags
“My mother-in-law still carries her old plastic ‘tokri’ to Bohri Bazaar when she goes to get groceries,” says Ambreen as she sits with her friends in a local coffee shop. “And I remember carrying our...
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Recipe: Honey BBQ wings
Deep fried or charcoal-broiled, chicken wings are always a crowd pleaser. They are easy to make and the lip-smacking sauce makes them even yummier. Make your next movie or game night a success by...
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Movie review: Flight - a safe landing
Flight is a moving voyage, and almost entirely turbulence free. This film stars one of Hollywood’s finest actors, Denzel Washington, who earned an Academy Award nomination for a beautifully nuanced...
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Zodiac: Reeling in the Pisces man
February 18 — March 19 In love with a Pisces? Ms. T has the inside on what makes this sign unique, how to make him yours and what not to do to drive him away. Inside the Piscean’s head Just as a fish...
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Drama mama: Love is all you need
Love is enough. Even on the days it feels like it isn’t. Love is all you need, I say to myself when I struggle to get out of bed at the crack of dawn to take Beta to the bathroom. Love is all you...
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Hottie of the week: Umair Jaswal
Status: Single Born: Islamabad, Pakistan Birthday: December 20, 1986 Who is he? We can’t resist a guy who can hold a tune and rock band Qayaas’ frontman Umair Jaswal can definitely hold more than a...
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Healthy living: To eat or not to eat?
When you get up in the morning with just enough time to go for a jog before going to work, there is hardly any time to grab a bite of breakfast. Besides, your aim is to lose some weight and make the...
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All the shor about Chor
Chances are you haven’t seen the new video called Chor of the Pakistani rock band co-Ven. Chances are that the channels you get on your local cable will not be showing, under any circumstances, any of...
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Travel: Small wonders of the Maasai Mara
“We are comfortable living like our ancestors; it is our pride and identity. I am a proud and independent Maasai and will never give in to slavery,” said Sumaria, son of the village chief in the...
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And miles to run…
When I set my mind to something, I do it. This is how it has always been. When I was nine years old, my family visited Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and I made sure I was in charge of the...
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An open letter to the preachy married friend all Pakistani singles have
Dear friend, Let me start by telling you I love you and I love our time together. All except your breathless speech about how to find a “good man”, “settle down”, “stop being an idealist”, and “stop...
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A glimpse of the magnificent Mughals
Entering the softly lit space with sitar harmonies delicately wafting through the air, one is apprehensive that the Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire exhibit may present a narrow, clichéd,...
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Lawn hater
Why lawn-snobs spend thousands on more or less similar prints every year is a complete mystery to some of us Start with a surplus of women on gigantic billboards, throw in a ballroom at a five-star...
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Divide and Rule!
‘Sasti’ lawn and ‘designer’ lawn — somewhere down the line, the phenomenon of branding lawn has exacerbated social divides With the coming of spring, the annual madness known as ‘lawn season’ returns...
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AIDS: They call him Patient Zero
Hailing from Lahore and working in the Gulf, this migrant worker was the first Pakistani to be reported HIV positive back in 1987. The same year, the first husband to wife to child transmission of...
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Do you wear conscientiousness on your sleeve?
Exploring the ethics of ethical fashion Take a woman of few means who lives in a village, give her the basic materials to create a design, pay her a nominal rate for her work, transport it to your...
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Zodiac: Reeling in the Pisces man
February 18 — March 19 In love with a Pisces? Ms. T has the inside on what makes this sign unique, how to make him yours and what not to do to drive him away. Inside the Piscean’s head Just as a fish...
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Healthy living: Hair rescue
Are you afraid that you are shedding hair even as you read this? Well, if it is beyond the 50-100 strands which is deemed the average hair fall on a daily basis, then you have something to worry...
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The new Nazis
In June last year, a Pakistani immigrant in Greece was beaten by members of the far-right party Golden Dawn, a party that has gained in strength and support thanks largely to the Greek economic...
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