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Comment on Metaphor by U

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:10:39 +0000

coded as always

Comment on Reviewing… by U

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:04:44 +0000

“Some adolescents tried following me home and we ended up racing cars all the way to Cantt station.”

*aghast*

Comment on Moment of Truth by somethingtobe

somethingtobe — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:25:13 +0000

Comment on eh! by U

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:15:08 +0000

oops.. lol guess my injection takes more than a day to kick in (tolerance i have in surplus tho )
i thought you were calling frustration tolerance a precarious thing..which, you being you, is absolutely possible hehe

Comment on eh! by bloggila

bloggila — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:28:44 +0000

re-read the sentence, it implies a lack thereof.

Comment on eh! by U

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:29:43 +0000

lol frustration tolerance ain’t that bad

Comment on Another English language channel by U

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:11:45 +0000

i didn’t mean content as much as the people behind it. i could be wrong but home grown middle class seems non existent. of course, the major chunk is news and hence of general interest.

the shows..mostly current affairs. i used to watch one by the name “the alternative” or “the alternate angle” or something like that. and another show that started in its place (perhaps “in focus”). “30-30″ was another good one. but i dont think they are on air anymore. you can watch “News Eye”. the host has british accent but that is because she’s from the UK.

Comment on Another English language channel by bloggila

bloggila — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:52:59 +0000

I don’t think Dawn reporting can be compared to Geo reporting at all. Geo is sensationalist and that is part of its mission statement, so to speak. When Dawn however distances itself from the grime and muck that is true to its milieu, it is not in the name of objectivity but in wanting to take an outsider’s stance. One documentary that they did I think it was called, “Unsung heroes” on camera crew that was injured while recording perilous political moments was conceptually very strong. However Naveen, who to give the devil its due, speaks like a normal Pakistani, is in very close fitted jeans and sweater throughout the footage in their homes in Lyari and Malir and that makes me wonder as to why is there such a strong need to create a visible disparity between the two sections? Why isn’t sensitivity extended to people’s poverty and their cultural mores, when they are in fact part of the same geopolitical space? Name the shows you liked, I’ll check them out.

As for the newspaper, well Images is for the niche market and some part of the Sunday Magazine seems to go that route but the rest of the paper is very general access material.

Comment on Another English language channel by U

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:02:22 +0000

i do agree with u on over representation of a certain section.
you know, even with their newspaper i have noticed that the editors and regular contributors seem to belong to the same class and express the same kind of views.

Comment on Another English language channel by U

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:47:35 +0000

british accents work on me like flirting and yet i hate that they make every anchor speak that way. however, their reporting is way better than mostly vague and sexed up and sometimes opinionated ‘news’ of, for example, Geo TV. I have seen two or three shows on DAWN that have quality content and satisfy the analytical whore in me.