Owais Mughal
This photo is from Lahore – taken on March 17, 2010. You can probably search and find this photo on the web but ‘baat to jab hai’ that you try to guess (or tell) what is this guy doing? If ‘what’ is very easy for you to guess then take the next shot on [...]
Owais Mughal
A friend of mine had once jokingly told me that
Poetry should be done in no other language than Urdu and news should be reported in no other language than English.
That comment was for lighter moments only but one can see such a stark contrast between Pakistan’s standard of Urdu and English press that at [...]
by Hasan Faridi
Is it just me? Or are a minority of band names outdated, cheesy or just boring? It is common sense, and an advantage, to make a meaningful band name that will standout from the crowd. It does stand out from the crowd… when it becomes a laughing matter as I tell my friend the name.
What about CALL the band? Shall I call the band? Entity Paradigm can be hard to pronounce, but it takes a young prodigy to understand it. Oh wait, I don’t understand it either… Just throw the ACID and let it take care of me.
But it gets even better. CALL released a single named “Pukaar”. Later, a band named Pukaar emerged. “Irtiqa” by Entity Paradigm also turned into a band. The band Andher released a single titled “Guna”, when later a band named Gunaah came into the scene. Pure coincidence?
Unfortunately, I assume many people do not realise before they name the group. Such as the new Pakistani band named XFactor that people in the West may mistake for the popular TV entertainment show, X Factor.
This is not a rant, and doesn’t involve music. This is merely to inform. Have a nice name, or it’s probably better to have no name.
What’s the worst band name you have come across in the Pakistani Music Industry?
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Today, March 16th, marks the death anniversary of former Pakistan Prime Minister Mohammad Khan Junejo who died on this date in 1993. It is not a date that is likely to be marked by much ceremony or rememberance.
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Owais Mughal
The photo to the right above is Charna Island off the Karachi coast
There was a time when most of my day was spent riding motorcycle on Karachi streets. I had literally driven more than 40000 km in the first year I bought my motorcycle. After I had travelled all the metalled city roads, my [...]
Owais Mughal
Photographer Shigri captured this face in Rawalpindi on March 12, 2010. I chose the photo for these pages because there is a lot of character and untold stories in it. Note the eyes, the cigarette and the rings in fingers among many details of the photo.
