Aalu Anday, a new, and now viral, pop song by Lahore-based musical group Beygairat Brigade is probably the only pop song that mentions Blackwater. Written in response to the death of Salman Taseer, the song (sung in Punjabi) challenges Pakistani politics and extremism, taking on notable politicians. It’s also unbelievably catchy: it’s been stuck in my head since yesterday.
Read stories on the group and the song at Dawn and the New York Times.
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A quiz once told me that the word "sanguine" describes me.
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We eat, excrete, sleep, and get up;
This is our world.
All we have to do after that-
Is to die.
-Ikkyū
