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Didn’t you know everyone hated you?
While social networking sites may have made their founders billionaires, they have created trouble for many of their users. Or I should say many users have created trouble for themselves and others...
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Social media is lying to you about Burma’s Muslim ‘cleansing’
Social networking sites are abuzz with news about Muslims being killed in Burma.You can see the sporadic posting of pictures by different people with captions like 'Muslims killing in Burma', 'Muslims...
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Is Rumi’s Islam different from Pakistan’s Islam?
While stranded in a traffic jam under the hot, blazing sun of May, I looked at a traffic warden from my car window. His sun-bleached uniform was drenched with sweat and he was gesticulating like an...
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So, which tablet should you buy?
Back in April, 2010 when Apple launched the iPad, no one had a clue what to do with it! Today more than 140 million people around the world are using these tablets for a number of things. The tablet...
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Hacking is painfully easy: Anybody can be you!
Having taken the day off, I was at home sound asleep. The phone rang around 10am. I did not bother to pick it up. It stopped ringing and I became half aware that it was received by our maid. What...
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Online job hunting: The key to using LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a social networking site designed specifically for those in the corporate world. The goal of the site is to allow registered members to establish and document networks of people they know...
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Into Facebook, and cyber oblivion
While sitting on the breakfast table with her family, Warda constantly kept updating her Facebook news feed on her cell phone. With each bite, she scrolled down the screen. She cherished this little...
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10 ridiculous reasons for which I was ‘un-friended’ and blocked on Facebook
I am probably one of the very first people after Mark Zuckerberg to have joined this most readily available medium of connecting with old friends, existing colleagues and future soul mates; yes, I am...
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The Bucket Challenge is definitely NOT on my bucket list
The first video I saw of the ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ was of Anne Hathaway and her contribution to this social media craze. Since I had no idea what it was about, I saw a few other videos of celebrities...
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I see Gullus everywhere…
“There is no hypocrisy in Pakistan; we just have completely different standards for men and women.” The comment above summarises the general feedback I received on a meme I created, which went viral on...
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