Category: Irshad Salim

A Lion Called Sanam

Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter. –African Proverb…

Kabab

A WhatsApp Share: The Ottoman Empire’s soldiers were given meat loaves and spices by their…

Poetic Expression: Apples n Oranges

Majority left, West Pakistan Pakistan.Cabal saved, lands freed, businesses nationalizedPolitics monetized, economy amortized. Dreamers became…

‘Way’

Twelve (12) selected quotes that carry the word ‘way’ in them: —Curated by Irshad Salim

The Conference of the Birds (Simorghs)

The coinage of the word simorgh has an interesting and profound story based on the…

Of Politicians, Politicos as Newsreaders and Other Curiosities of Our Brave New Digital World

Back in the Summer of 2020, one of my random thoughts–shaken and stirred by the…

Tears, Cry, Don’t Cry –are Trumpets of Silence

Quotes on Tears, Crying We need never be ashamed of our tears. –Charles Dickens, Great…

Random Thoughts: About a Cool Check, POI, Etc.

Irshad Salim: 20+ years ago in the early 2000s, my neighbor Narku from Ghana who…

Black and White Photography Isn’t Old School For Same Old Stories

B&W photography goes back to the fundamentals of what photography has always been. Take color…

Irshad Salim: On Baldness

“A Bald Man With Glasses Knows What He’s Doing” Irshad Salim, Karachi: I was reading…

The New World (Dis)order

Irshad Salim, Karachi: Back in the summer of 2020, I drew an illustration on a…

Bad

WhatsApp shares on ‘bad’. Curated by Irshad Salim, Karachi: …and a good system will expose…