Lahore ‘Smog’
“Gaadi thok di, Tu jaanta hai mera Baap kaun hai?”. The other guy comes out of his Mercedes -slaps the first guy hard and… … Continue readingLahore ‘Smog’
The Week’s Best Cartoons, Chapter By Chapter
From The Week Newsletter: Selected editorial cartoons –this week by Joel Pett; Monte Wolverton; Bob Englehart; and David Horsey.
Memoir: A Boorha (Old Man) On the Mumbai Commuter Trains
Habib Khan, Quetta: I had planned and failed to visit India three times, but finally I succeeded in 2009 –to attend a EHS Conference in Goa while working for Merck.
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Sarcastic Quotes That Are the Perfect Mix of Witty and Clever
Chloe Nannenstad in Reader’s Digest: Love ’em or hate ’em, there’s a reason sarcasm quotes are all over the internet. Like funny sayings, sarcasm quotes play with the interpretation of words
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Cartoons: Weekending July 21, 2024
7 select cartoons of interest this week:
“Phuddu Khata”
Shared by Hasham Siddiqui, Pakistan: Only for those who are interested in history. The word “Phuddu Khata” has an interesting origin which goes back to the era of Nizam Usman
Phoon Phaan (Pomp & Grandeur)
Habib Khan, Quetta: I have been linked to Karachi for the last fifty years and have lived a significant part of those fifty years in the city or its suburbs.
‘Invasion of Monkeys This Morning’
Where is this?Banani DOHS, adjacent to Kurmitola golf course (Dhaka).Omg…Playing golf?Where is it? So many?See how discipline they are!Well, they live among the colonels and generals.😊All are very healthy. Must
Cartoons Today: June 12, 2024
Expectation vs reality; Rule of law; Glass half empty; Fauci; Gaza; Refresh, and More…
Looking Back on the Second Trump Administration
by Richard Farr at 3 Quarks Daily: Historians often ask what led to Trump’s landslide victory back in 2024. All those guilty verdicts in the “PornHush” trial certainly helped —
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Best Cartoons This Week -of May 27, 2024
Urine in the air; Fake News; Hey Google; Czar Trek; Biden’s Foreign Policy, and more:
Vichch Pulase (Which Place)
Habib Khan, Quetta: More than twenty years ago, I was returning from a short trip to Nairobi. I had to check out early in the morning, and my flight was