Three prisoners commit suicide at Guantanamo Bay and the reaction of US officials is absolutely shameful, calling the suicides “asymmetric warfare,” “good PR move,” and “a tactic to further the jihadi cause.”
Year: 2006
The 40-Year Old Virgin
The 40-Year Old Virgin is good as it makes you laugh. A lot. Steve Carell gives a good performance. I rate it 8/10.
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda
A very good read, this book is well written and researched. It horrifies the reader since it deals with the Rwandan genocide of 1994. One is further distressed at the lack of action by the rest of the world. I recommend this book highly.
Firefly and Serenity
While Firefly is a sci-fi Western, Serenity is somewhat different. Overall, I think watching Firefly helped a lot in building the characters and the curiousity for Serenity. So I would recommend watching both. I would rate both 8/10.
Joël
For Mother’s Day, I decided to take Amber out for a few hours. We wandered around, watched a movie and had dinner at Joël restaurant, which features French cuisine “with Asian and Mediterranean influences.”
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange was a weird movie according to Amber. But I liked it. I rate it 8/10.
Blast from the Past
On our recent trip to Pakistan, we wanted to document, photographically, all the places with which we had some association in our past. We didn’t succeed completely. But here are some photographs.
Islamic Traditionalism
There was a great discussion about Islam and Traditionalism spanning several blogs. Please do follow the links and read it in full. There might be a quiz later. When I am less busy, I’ll pick up some of the threads here.
Lord of War
I was sympathetic to the viewpoint of the movie against arms dealing. However, Lord of War became too full of clichés even for me. Thus, I rate it 5/10.
خدا کا دیس نکالا
پاکستان میں عام طور سے اللہ کے لئے خدا کا لفظ استعمال ہوتا تھا۔ مگر کچھ سالوں سے ایک مہم چلی ہوئی ہے کہ خدا کو اردو زبان سے نکال دیا جائے۔ کچھ مسلمان چاہتے ہیں کہ ہم اللہ کا لفظ استعمال کریں اور انگریزی میں گاڈ اور اردو میں خدا کہنا چھوڑ دیں۔