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University: A haven for fashion, marriage, and entertainment
They were right when they said that university can teach one some of best lessons in life. In this place called a ‘university’, I have met people that I didn’t even think could possibly exist!...
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Christmas dessert: Red velvet cake is served!
It’s the season to be jolly! What’s better than a beautiful, moist red velvet cake? It fits perfectly with the theme of Christmas and it’s sure to be a hit no matter when you serve it. This cake goes...
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The good the bad and the ugly of Pakistani dramas
What makes a drama last a lifetime in our memories? Is it stories that reflect our own lives or the ones which allow us to step into a whole new world through a looking glass? The very best ones make...
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10 things to do before the year ends
The curtains to the year 2012 are slowly drawing upon us. Another year will be soon stored as a box of dusty memories in the shelves of our hearts. Before the arrival of the New Year, dissolve any...
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How Bollywood entertained us in 2012…outside the cinema!
What would Bollywood be without drama? And I don’t mean just the films. The lives of former stars, current stars and even potential stars are scrutinised to death, sometimes over the most trivial of...
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A winter treat: Scrumptious Szechuan hot and sour soup
I love soup at any time of the year, but in winter, it's a wonderful treat on chilly days. Nothing is more satisfying than a hearty bowl of soup when you need to be warm and nourished. But the question...
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Dabangg 2: Crass, idiotic and senseless
Reading that Dabangg 2 had made close to Rs150 crore in less than 14 days perked up my interest. After all, I wondered, what would it take for a film to become one of the highest grossing Bollywood...
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, an absolute pleasure!
When Gandalf first appears at Bilbo Baggin’s front door, at least half a dozen screams erupt in the packed cinema hall. These screams continue to be heard (followed by equally loud ‘shhh-es’)...
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Fatburger gets a big fat ‘yes’ from me!
Fatburger recently started advertising on billboards all across Karachi. The billboards, featuring a mouthwatering Triple Fatburger are pretty hard to miss, and being the burger junkie that I am, I...
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Lincoln: Steven Spielberg’s new oscar-contending masterpiece
To get right to the point Lincoln was a great movie. What made it so? Well therein lays the romp. Time and Memorial writers have vainly tried to measure the chalice of greatness from comparisons to...
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The bond condename theory
Since the first James Bond film, Dr No., there have been 23 official films and for 50 years, Bond has foiled terror plots, crashed cars, seduced women and defeated the process of aging; but then there...
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Zindagi Gulzar hai: Liberating women in different ways
“Zindagi Gulzar Hai” is a series far better than any I have seen in a long time. The drama is based on Umera Ahmed’s novel “Zindagi Gulzar Hai?” - a story about the daily diaries of two polar...
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Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola: I’m not impressed
Just when I was convinced that there is nothing that the supremely talented Vishal Bhardwaj can’t do well, he co-writes Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="450"...
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Pizza Pakistania: A green and white authentic Italian delight!
Pizza is Italian and everyone knows it. However, as remarked by a cousin from Italy, what Pizza Hut and other pizza places make are delicious food - not pizzas. A typical Italian pizza has an extremely...
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Les Miserables in all its glory!
Revolution, songs, drama, compassion, mercy, crowds, human misery, dashed dreams, A-class actors. Dear readers, I am describing not another dharna or jalsa in Pakistan, but a movie that has so far...
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A ‘movie moment’ in college
Spider-man crashes into glass-walled buildings and comes out the other side, bruise-free. Batman drives into buildings, breaking the main entrance and leaving from the other end again, free of...
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Race 2: Not as good as Race, but still enjoyable!
With Race being a mammoth success, Race 2 brought on all sorts of expectations and hype with it. However, did the film live up to all of this? In contrast to Race - which was based on a conflict...
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Halal nail polish! Say what?
Cosmetic company Inglot claims it’s manufactured the world’s first ‘wudu-friendly’ nail polish. Being a relatively modern creation, nail polish remains obviously unaddressed by early Islamic sources....
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From Vital Signs to ‘Vital Saaen’ (Done MK)
The journey from the golden age to the recent dark ages has been very short for the Pakistan music industry. So it doesn't come as a surprise when a song like Taroo Maroo becomes an instant hit in the...
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Zero dark thirty: Entertainment, not a documentary
If ever there was an appropriate name for a film, Zero Dark Thirty is it. The title here, which is military speak for the ‘middle of the night’, not only stands for the pitch black hour at which Osama...
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