http://www.nairang.org Pakistan Zindabad! Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:11:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [Senator Gravel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Gravel), one of the Democratic presidential candidates, has been making some noise online recently. It's pretty funny -- I watched Robin Williams' Man of the Year two days ago, and then yesterday, the video below was featured on [Reddit](http://reddit.com). As you can see, Gravel does the closest impersonation of ... http://www.nairang.org/2007/04/29/senator-gravel-fairtax-and-taxation-in-pakistan/ I've just finished reading a very interesting book right now called 'The Tipping Point'. It's one of those paperbacks that management consultants take with them on flights, packed with anecdotes and research that not only backs up the book's thesis, but zigs and zags through other topics as well. The ... http://www.nairang.org/2006/12/23/the-tipping-point-of-corruption/ Atif Ali describes the fund-raising his organisation, CVBoosters, is doing on behalf of The Citizen's Foundation. This really is a great idea, since it's sustainable and rewarding for both volunteers and donors, which is certainly key to success!   They say that necessity is the mother of all invention; it’s strange just ... http://www.nairang.org/2006/12/11/social-work-spotlight-cvboosters/ Whew, it's been a while since I posted anything here. But fear not: I've got at least one interesting post lined up about a couple of enterprising young graduates who've found a great way to serve not only the community of Pakistani students at the LSE, but also contribute to ... http://www.nairang.org/2006/11/23/update/ The Daily Dawn, in its '50 Years Ago Today' feature, printed an obituary of Ghulam Bhik Nairang that mentions his prominence in Muslim political circles before partition, and his friendship with Allama Iqbal. For those with an interest, the excellent Jinnah of Pakistan website, an amazing compendium of information about the ... http://www.nairang.org/2006/10/05/ghulam-bhik-nairangs-obituary/ The Daily Dawn carried a piece by Syed Zafar Ali Shah a few years ago that spoke of G.B. Nairang's great friendship with Allama Iqbal and included a short biography. I am reproducing it below. Iqbal, Nairang & Nadir Kakorvi August 21, 2002 Sometimes a writer provides a vital clue to his ... http://www.nairang.org/2006/10/05/about-ghulam-bhik-nairang/ Here's to getting things rolling on this blog: If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied ... http://www.nairang.org/2006/09/29/if/ After many moons of inactivity and intermittent planning on what to do with the Nairang domain, I've decided the way to go right now is to set up a blog. This lets us (me and interested parties; contact me if you are one) thrash out what we want to do ... http://www.nairang.org/2006/09/25/hello-world/