Pani Ka Bul Bula (Video)
‘Pani ka bul bula’ and ‘sub maya hai’ WhatsApp shared by DesPardes.com readers – in May and Sept. 2021 respectively.
Lights Off, Eyes Closed, and These Songs… (Video)
Curated from WhatsApp shares by DesPardes.com visitors
REKHA: Blast From the Past …and Fast Forward (Video)
Rekha at her best then and now…whether acting, lip syncing, singing, or rendering, she remains a cool role model in the subcontinent’s tinsel ecosystem: Curated from WhatsApp shares by DesPardes.com
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Friend, Friendship, Dost, Dosti (Video)
“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” — Oprah
A Conversation About Civilizational Collapse
Economist Umair Haque: This Is How Civilizations Collapse, And Why Ours Feels Like It’s Beginning To: I recently did an interview with veteran broadcaster Anthony Davis, formerly of the BBC.
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Human Ingenuity Would Ultimately Rise to the Challenge of Net-Zero Emission
Financed Emissions Threaten Climate Stability Poorer countries and those reliant on fossil fuels are most exposed to the shifts in a net-zero transition, although they have growth prospects as well;
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Individual Action Can’t Solve Social Problems
by Martin Butler in 3QuarksDaily: A UK politician recently suggested that people could combat the cost-of-living crisis by working more hours or getting a better job. This is one more
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Why Israel Is Afraid of Palestinian Funerals
Foreign Policy columnist Anchal Vohra delves into the motives behind the Israeli occupation forces assaulting the mourners and pallbearers who were commemorating martyred Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during her
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Google Rickshaw Wala
Conversation between Irshad Salim and Zafar Baloch on Pakistanis being generally smart, creative and solution-oriented –most belonging to the lower and middle-class (including professionals) and do well overseas. “Because of
THREE Videos on ‘Money’
Three (3) video clips related to ‘making money’ –from several shares by our readers on the WhatsApp: Curated by Irshad Salim, Karachi, May 31, 2022 –as part of Bering Strait
Overseas Pakistanis ‘Stranded Pakistanis’ (Video)
Some 10m Pakistanis are overseas -most of them for economic reasons -“for lack of opportunities in the country…and they are stranded Pakistanis,” says Irshad Salim of DesPardes.com in a conversation
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Saudi Stock Market Closes on Positive Note
WEEKENDING Friday May 27, 2022: Price Index increased by 102.38 points, Market Capitalization improved by SR 226 billion Ghiasuddin in Jeddah: There was mixed trend in Oil market. WTI price