The art of keeping up with yesterday's blogging
تمام قارئین کو عید الفطر مبارک ہو۔
It is election day. I am sitting on the floor with the computer in my lap and watching a borrowed TV. I have to continually switch internet connections between leeching off a neighborhood wireless connection and when that’s not available, a free 10 hours on Juno dialup. Let us start with a typical Pakistani election… Continue reading Biting My Fingernails
I was wondering about my name which by virtue of being in the Bible and the Quran has spread into many languages. So I tried to find the original Hebrew version. This is how it is written I think…
Hey, American Muslims, vote for a Syed. “New research by Burke’s Peerage reveals that Mr. Kerry is the only presidential candidate in U.S. history who has genealogical descent from Muslims, Jews and Christians.” Mr. Kerry is kinsman of the Shi’ite shahs of Persia (the most famous was Shah Abbas I, who reigned from 1587 to… Continue reading Vote for Syed Kerry
In my obviously biased opinion, Kerry did better than Bush. But I don’t think any one of them convinced many undecided voters…
آصف نے یہ بہت اچھا کام کیا ہے کہ اردو کے فونٹ اکٹھے کر دیئے ہیں۔ اب قارئین کو لمبی ہدایات نہیں دینی پڑیں گی کہ فونٹ کیسے انسٹال کرنا ہے۔
I like traveling quite a lot and hence am quite fond of blogs describing or photographing travel around the world. Amanda Butler of Crescat Sententia is blogging about her experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kazakhstan. Her descriptions make me want to plan my Central Asian trip soon. Brian Ulrich talks about the standard… Continue reading Travel Tales
بہت دنوں سے اردو میں کچھ نہیں لکھا کیونکہ کمپیوٹر پر اردو لکھنے کی مجھے بالکل عادت نہیں ہے۔ آصف، جلال، عمیر اور دانیال اس سلسلے میں بہت بہتر ہیں کہ اردو میں بلاگ کرتے ہیں۔ آج آپ کو فیض احمد فیض کی شاعری پر اکتفا کرنا پڑے گا۔ کسی اور دن میں خود سے کچھ لکھوں گا۔
I have read a number of books in the past month or so and owe you guys about five reviews. Hopefully, I’ll get to them in the next couple of weeks. Asad has informed me that he has created a phonetic Urdu keyboard layout for Unipad. He also pointed me to the Yahoo! mailing list… Continue reading Miscellaneous
One of the interesting pastimes during pregnancy is choosing a name for the baby. Since we can’t be sure about the gender of the baby, we have to consider both boy and girl names. The question then comes down to what sort of names to choose. Most people choose names either from their own culture… Continue reading What’s in a Name I