Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder
While a minority, born with a silver spoon living in their palatial havelis, luxurious farm houses and bungalows, can talk about the problems being faced by the country such as fake degrees, terrorism, the presidency and target killings on their dinner tables, with generators on standby and water tankers at their disposal, there are millions…
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Awam Mar Gae … Bhutto Aaj Bhe Zinda Hai
Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto’s birthday was celebrated with full zeal and zest throughout the country. Pakistan People’s Party arranged processions country wide. Government held mass gatherings and seminars to mark the birthday of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. Promises were made once again to empower the AWAM with roti, kapra and makaan. Oh yes! roti, kapra and makaan.…
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India preparing to win next football World Cup
Indians are wondering why their country has not been able to send a team to the World Cup tournament in South Africa. My sources in India tell me that India is making massive efforts to raise a world class football team for the next World Cup. India confidently expects to be the next World champions.…
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Guinness Record breaking attempt for the longest line of pizzas in Lahore
Lahore’s claim to fame isn’t its intricate Mughal architecture solely but its foodies and delicious food too. From phajjay kay paaey to Cholay Bhatoray, Dahi bhalay of Regal Chowk to Laddo pethian, Lahori food has no match. Western food is now also becoming popular day by day with a number of food chains opening in…
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Art of Flirting
In the era when music, dancing and painting are accepted as forms of art, I wonder whether flirting will be considered as an art too in the coming times. Although not an expert but still I believe that this art also requires lots of practice, experience, lessons learnt and to some extent guidance as well.…
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Unjust taxation
A Karachi businessman recently had a heart attack when he got a notice from the Income Tax department to pay a huge sum as income tax. It seems that his mobile phone bills alone had averaged more than fifty thousand rupees a month, even though his declared income had been only four hundred thousand rupees…
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India-Pakistan Friendship
It seems as though because of leaders of both sides, the common man in both countries has made it a habit to hate the other without reason. If government of a certain country is messed up, why should I hate the people living in that country. Or if certain people follow a different religion, why…
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Asia Cup Review: Preamble on Pakistan vs India on June 19
Despite of putting excellent demonstration of greatest matured knock ever by Shahid Khan Afridi, Pakistan struggled to find the victory which they are searching from last 7 months in ODI Matches. Now what next ? Here comes clash between two ruthless rivals. PAKISTAN vs INDIA. Again there will be high hopes in our nation of…
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God’s “allowance”
Recently I happened to visit the Islamabad Kachehree in F-8 where my father needed to get some “stamp†papers for validation of my brother’s Nikah. Exhausted from the day’s work, I trudged along at 5 in the evening as we passed by shabbily built quarters serving as different law companies’ offices. I was reminded of…
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FIFA World Cup 2010 – Jabulani ball controversy
From its beginning till now FIFA world cup 2010 has been in headlines whether it is the result of matches, kick off concert or controversies about vuvuzela and Jabulani. The new, supposedly improved World Cup game ball named ‘Jabulani’ means “rejoice†in Zulu, one of the native languages of South Africa. So far the ball…
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