WhatsApp Share: A Video From Gaza
Irshad Salim from Karachi: Back in December, a poetic expression of emotive thoughts on Israel’s Gaza invasion enabled me to curate this clip (below) –selecting what’s available on the Internet
Dinner For Two With Hina’s Baigan Masala (Eggplant Masala) Pakistani Style
Irshad Salim from Karachi: Yesterday evening I successfully tried with this awesome recipe. I added sliced potatoes to Hina’s recipe though. I also added zeera (cumin seeds) while sauteing chopped
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Bubbles | بلبلے
Scientists say that when a thin sphere of liquid encloses air or another gas, it is called a ‘bubble’. Blowing bubbles has been and is a favorite pastime of many
Convenience Store سہولت اسٹور
آج میں اپنی ضرورت کی چیزیں لینے ایک دکان پر گیا۔ گاہکوں کی خدمت کی جا رہی تھی حالانکہ وہ میرے بعد آئے تھے۔ کیا چاہیے سر؟حکم کریں۔ حکم نہیں
Poems: Cloud in the Wind. Freedom Fret. Weed Instead of Tree. Dubai Chalo
Four poems from ‘Sometime Somewhere’ -published by ‘Budding Talents’ organization, Karachi, in 1977:
FOUR Poems By Irshad Salim From ‘Sometime Somewhere’ (Video)
Published in 1977 Sometime Somewhere included 34 poems by Irshad Salim which he had penned in Karachi during his student days 1972 thru 1977. They are post-Dhaka debacle back in
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Dr. Mubashir Hasan On Kashmir, Bhutto, Etc. (Video)
From DesPardes archive: Kashmir, Bhutto, “If I’m assassinated”, Benazir, PPP: Dr. Mubashir Hasan shared his views with Irshad Salim. Mr. Mubashir Hasan was in Washington/Virginia then -he had telephonic talk
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Pakistan: Growing Weed Instead of Tree
IRSHAD SALIM: A note from my diary Jhatke Pe Jhatka (Shock & Awe): A free and fair elections was held in 1971. It was free for sure, observers say. However,
TWO Videos on Palestine, Ukraine
IRSHAD SALIM: TWO years ago (in Feb2022) I commented on the Ukraine issue –using a Russian-French commercial video advertisement of a car. It may not have relevance with the situation.
Dhaka Debacle: ‘War is Too Serious a Business to Be Left to the Generals’
IRSHAD SALIM: A clear and imminent military defeat was inevitable and unavoidable; any military mind knew it then, and would know this now –looking at things on hindsight: Still, the
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May 9, 2018 جھٹکے پہ جھٹکا
ارشاد سلیم، کراچی کئی مرتبہ اسرار کرنے کے بعد میں نے فیصلہ کیا کہ میں 9 مئی 2018 کو فیریئر حال میں ہونے والے مشاورتی کانفرنس میں شرکت کروں گا
Disinfo | ڈس انفو
ارشاد سلیم، کراچی جامعہ این ای ڈی کراچی کا ماحول آج اتنا سوگوار تھا کہ جیسے کوئی عظیم سانحہ رونما ہوا ہو ۔ ناصرف لڑکے بلکہ لڑکیاں بھی پارٹی نمبر