Going to the movies? Well, good luck!
I recently went to watch the movie The Hunger Games at a cinema located in Saddar. To say that I had wanted to watch this movie for a long time (since it is based on a novel that I had read and really enjoyed) is an understatement. I was truly looking forward to the experience of watching the characters come alive on screen and discover how closely the scenes matched the ones I had imagined while reading the novel. So, in short, I was really excited for what should have been an amazing experience. But amazing it was not, and ...
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Noisy revolutionaries: The worst kind of pollution
I have just finished reading an Environmental Protection Agency report on pollution. It talks of the many ways our environment gets degraded. Besides other kinds of pollution it talks of noise, pointing out that when we make a noise we cause a degradation of our environment. Slogan chanting, it would appear then, is a major cause of environmental pollution in our times. Irrespective of whether we shout to welcome a revolution or to decry American imperialism, the noise causes pollution and affects our health. Let me clarify here, however, that it is just me, myself, risking my neck here by making the ...
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Definitions of Vuvuzela: The farangi dictionary!
vu·vu·zela –noun 1. An object whose potential noise experience at the FIFA World Cup 2010 will always be missed by David Beckham, Ronaldinho, Michael Ballack, Rio Ferdinand and Michael Essien. 2. A stadium horn devised to produce ultrasonic waves as well as shock waves which shall now be the national election symbol of all African politicians. 3. A gift which every European is destined to present to his African friend, on the next Thanksgiving Day! 4. The cure for healing hearing disorders and choked ears, produced as a result of an extensive African teen-age medical research! *Not to forget the complaints from Europe and others During ...
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