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Been walking past this poster for a few weeks now, and finally it has some use! :)

Recently speaking to a friend on the question of finding the suitable 'suitor' she told me her mode of choosing someone. She's decided to ask some questions;* religion-related, lifestyle-related - types, reasonable. Except two of her question came down to answering 'what is your concept of God?' and 'How do you know Islam if the right religion?' Of course, she isn't looking for a full proof answer but rather how the person reasons themselves. And not that they are unreasonable questions to ask but I think mine (if a time should come) would be more general and may entail a are you salafi? -question when it came down to religion :) So, how would you feel answering such questions? Would you love the challenge? Think odd of her? Or simply like her a bit for asking it? And, what would your Questions be? *In the Asian/Muslim circle relationships are formed commonly through intermediaries who find you your suitor and through them you communicate and give your ...

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Delhi before the rebellion of 1857 . Printed (1860) click for a larger image source

Happy 2008! Hope all your new years was as good as mine, yup 11 glasses of water, Jools on telly and fireworks - can't beat it! It's hard to blog these days, blogging is something that can be only done in leisure it seems, although not in leisure now, but posts with not a great deal of input from me does not take much effort... The recent Bhutto fiasco brought about, what is typical of Southasia, and really most of the world, the emphasis on hereditary ties. It was truly comical to see Bilawal Zardari, Benazir Bhutto's only son, be announced the natural successor to his mother and to the Pakistan's People's Party (PPP). And naturally, his father was made the deputy leader, who will in the meantime run the party while his son finishes off his education. The greatest moment came when Bilawal gave his speech and in the heat of the moment roared (well, quoted), "democracy is the best revenge!". So naive and so paradoxical... Here is a post epitomising my sen...

First came across this phrase in a bollywood song from the film Bombay to Bangkok . The hilarity of bollywood is the songs that they come up with. So in a recent conversation about this to a friend I discovered that 'same same but different' is actually a common phrase used in places like Thailand and hence the adaptation into the song of the movie which is a cross cultural Indian-Thai production. Further research into the phrase led me to the Urban Dictionary which told me that the phrase is: Used a lot in Thailand, especially in attempts to sell something but can mean just about anything depending on what the user is trying to achieve. Q "Is this a real rolex?" A " Yes Sir, same same but different" and; Wiki told me that it is Tinglish (or Thainglish): The imperfect form of English produced by native Thai speakers due to language interference from the first language. Differences from native English include incorrect pronunciation , wrong wor...

If you like solving puzzles, you will enjoy this. Reminds me of the PS2 game, Practical Intelligence Quotient , of course PQ is much more aesthetically pleasing. Objective is to move the boxes to get to the exit. Visit link or play here: Am I blogging about games? :s