I know there’s like 100s of classics from Atif Aslam.
But my favorite is Yeh Meri Kahani from Atif Aslam. There’s something about this song which takes you down the memory lane.
As Trump is forced to face reality by Iran - good time to revisit the opening scene of The Newsroom.
America simply isn’t the greatest country on the planet - any doubts to that have been laid to rest over the last two weeks.
Kids:
Wali Khan saw this day coming some 50 years ago.
Read up.
Pakistan had great leaders with prophetic foresight who were maligned, vilified and dubbed traitors.
History takes times to deliver its verdict.
Wali was right. Pindi Islamabad - wrong.
Bacha Khan understood something we still struggle with:
A people brutalized by violence don’t need more rage they need ethical courage. He didn’t reject Pashtunwali, he reimagined it.
P.S Painted this portrait a few months ago as tribute to greatest Pashtun.
#RememberingBachaKhan
In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), the director gave Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet completely different directions.
To Kate: “Go as big as you want, this is a comedy.”
To Jim: “This is drama, not comedy.”
Who decides things? Like when did humanity collectively decide to have eggs for breakfast? Is it because chicken would lay them at night and these'd be the first edible thing we saw?