Blogs from Bilal Tanweer
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PTA - a correction
One cannot help but appreciate the admirable step taken to standardise, disseminate and promote swear words.
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A short, myopic and utterly biased guide to bookstores in Lahore
If you’re interested in buying fiction in English head over to The Last Word, or Readings.
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Our boys of Aalu Anday
In the span of one and a half week, the Beghairat Brigade went from having fun to being dead serious.
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In praise of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2011
Although I am no fan of the politicised Nobel Prize, I am bloody pleased that Tomas Tranströmer was awarded this year.
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Dimple and Alexander
Mere brother ki dulhan's ultimate message seems to be: Just relax, okay? Nothing’s changed in Bollywood at all.
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The city of prose
We desperately need narratives of Karachi that do justice to its complex past.
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The amazing messages of Ali Azmat
When I first heard Ali Azmat has released a video called Bum Phatta, I laughed for about a week.
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Postcard from Dubai
One thing about Dubai is you’re always temporary there.It is a piece of earth not amenable to setting one’s roots.
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Poetry for monkeys
Humans often exhibit similar tendencies, especially when arguing against things they have no blasted clue about.
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Uninspired grandmas, dusty fairytales
We have our own people creating beautiful fairytales about which most people are unaware