Here’s wishing a Happy Independence Day and Yaum-e-Azadi Mubarak to all Indians and Pakistanis around the world. And here’s hoping that, as two countries in their 60s, India and Pakistan can run their affairs with the wisdom and sagacity that should come with age.
We, who come from these great countries, are justly proud […]
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The price of gold has crossed $1,000 per ounce for the first time ever (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7294040.stm). If I was an economist, I would embark on a complex explanation of why this has happened that would include an arcane discussion of the economic slump and demand for stable investment. Being given, as I am, to more pedestrian […]
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Tags: aesthetics, Bangladesh, demand, Gold, India, jewellery, Pakistan, price, Sri Lanka
A few years ago, when I was a penniless student in “Merrie England”, I shared an overpriced London flat with a couple of chaps from Pakistan. One morning, I walked into the kitchen, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes, and found one of my Pakistani friends fixing his morning brew. “Chai peeyega?”, he asked. […]
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Tags: brew, chai, diversity, India, ingredients, Pakistan, recipe, Tea