Jai Ho!

Clifton Beach in Karachi

An unfortunate turn of events no doubt , when PPP and MQM members got into a dispute of words in the provincial assembly in Sindh. This was inevitable I think because for a couple of days things were such in Karachi that 37 lost their lives leaving families behind who died a death of a different kind...because whatever you say Hamdards of MQM and Jialaas of PPP are after all human beings like us. But there have got to be big reasons for submitting to their political leaders with such loyalty.

But what happened in the assembly is a wake up call in a way that a time does come when you just cannot hide things and you have to come out from behind the cover of rhetoric that spokesperson designates have mastered themselves at. But there are times when the spokespersons falter too...remember when recently even the Prime Minister asked the journalists to not fret over much of what Fauzia Wahaab has to say about PPP affairs and similarly Shazia Mari has now been given the portfolio of Tourism instead of Information Minister Sindh. She herself was found correcting a TV anchor on that yesterday!!

That is why when politicains spoke their minds today in the provincial assembly we heard such comments : We donot need MQM in the coalition in Sindh and that some MQM members need to see a psychiatric!! MQM termed some PPP members hawks and stuff.

When I say nothing remains hidden......it holds true for talent too....look at AR Rehman. He surely has gone places...and with Beyonce winning the Grammy's...it holds true that you need to be good at many other things ....not just what you are supposed to do. Think Multitasking!!

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

But listen to the soundtrack of Dead Man Walking particularly the scene in which Sean Penn is being taken for execution........you would realise just why Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan made his mark in the international music scene.