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Sabeen Mahmud – Social Entrepreneur and director of the Karachi based Coffee House T2F gunned down

Sabeen Mahmud was the woman behind Pakistan’s first Hackathon. She has also founded a Tech Company and a coffeeshop The second Floor (T2F). T2F as people call it is a bookstore + Coffee shop that takes its style from the old coffeeshop culture in lahore and karachi. On T2F website it says “A community space for open dialogue, T2F provides citizens with a platform for … Continue reading Sabeen Mahmud – Social Entrepreneur and director of the Karachi based Coffee House T2F gunned down

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Crossing Chasms – Prashant Bhushan’s Open Letter to Arvind Kejriwal

Prashant Bhushan’s open letter is out and on the news. You can read it from various sources. While I have my opinions about how that chasm between activism and politics can be crossed, I also understand not everyone has the same view opinion as mine… there is a tug of war that happens within a person once they are in that Chasm.. It is a very … Continue reading Crossing Chasms – Prashant Bhushan’s Open Letter to Arvind Kejriwal

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Religious Freedom or Freedom from Religion

Any Bill that can potentially place LGBT people, people of color, religious minorities, women and many more people at risk of discrimination is inherently uncivilized and wrong. Yes I am talking about the protests against the  Bills in Indiana and Arizona If you are one of those people who think that discrimination if it happens in the name of religious freedom is OK, then you have … Continue reading Religious Freedom or Freedom from Religion

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Vogue’s ‘My Choice’ was good marketing but a poor choice

For me this is not “The Deepika Padukone Vogue Video; Were the rest of the women shown in the video invisible to people? The video just talks about choices… Are choices bad? No… My problem is they spoke about “sex before marriage” and “sex outside marriage” but missed out “sex inside the marriage”…. 😦 Why? Do they think sex inside marriage is less important..? or is it … Continue reading Vogue’s ‘My Choice’ was good marketing but a poor choice

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How Fair is the Food we Eat? – Food Chains that have shackles on one end

I have not always bothered from where I buy food. I have not always thought where the food I buy comes from. That question has occurred, but not often enough that I felt pressured to act on it.  I have made choices between organic or not, freshness, prize, healthy reasons etc…. but where does it come from? not really. What is the story on the other end of the food chain … Continue reading How Fair is the Food we Eat? – Food Chains that have shackles on one end

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Atheism and Morality

Hope some of you would have read about the recent anti-atheist speech made by the Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson. His graphic parable is so stupid, demented, derailed and grotesque that I do not wish to restate it here. But you can read it or listen to it online if you really wish Anyway what this Phil guy comes up with is that atheists cannot … Continue reading Atheism and Morality

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AAP’s aim is not to become another BJP or Congress – So Chill

A lot has been in news on AAP recently with difference of opinions between leaders, removal requests and voluntary exits. News headlines like “Twin Blows” “No honeymoon for AAP” Founders Leave AAP” etc… Everyone knew that the ride would not be easy. The win was just the start to a long journey. Anyway the BJP folks are finally feeling like they can breathe after their … Continue reading AAP’s aim is not to become another BJP or Congress – So Chill

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I am an Indian Male and I won’t generalize

As an Indian Male I want to share my thought on the following news German Professor denies internship to Indian male citing rape problem  as I saw some people share this and say this is an effect of the Documentary India’s Daughter. That in my opinion is not fully true.  The “India’s daughter” documentary does not generalize all Indian males to be rapists, but people with prior prejudice … Continue reading I am an Indian Male and I won’t generalize

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An Open Letter to Indian MP Meenakshi Lekhi

Wow Ms Lekhi, your statement on the director/producer of the documentary ‘India’s Daughter’ Leslee Udwin “Couldn’t she find a rapist in London that she had to travel all way to India?” is indeed something out of the world. Never knew there was an Indian Rapist and a British Rapist. Do you think even the Rape Victims should be classified with a nationality? Or is your problem … Continue reading An Open Letter to Indian MP Meenakshi Lekhi

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By Banning ‘India’s Daughter’ the Govt has just made it a must watch for every Indian

Everyone has a right to not watch the documentary for whatever reason it is. Just watched the documentary and if it is the statement of convict that people say objectionable, they should be more concerned about the statements the Lawyers make The documentary does go up close on the convicts and also on their family but in no way does it take the crime lightly. … Continue reading By Banning ‘India’s Daughter’ the Govt has just made it a must watch for every Indian

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