Dr. Akif Khan

Tag: Art

  • The Blue Invasion (An AI-generated scifi story for kids)

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    Here is an AI-generated short sci-fi story for kids.   The Blue Invasion Three thousand years ago, in an era long forgotten by history, a silent invader slipped into Earth’s oceans. These alien life forms, called the Aquilorians, arrived from a distant water world, seeking refuge in Earth’s vast and welcoming seas. Their sleek, translucent bodies…

  • Lessons in Chemistry – TV Show Review

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    Review: Lessons in Chemistry (TV Show, Apple TV+, IMDB rating: 8.3/10, no spoilers) Dr. Akif Khan Lessons in Chemistry is not just a tv show and it is not just about chemistry at all. It is lessons in life, lessons in kindness, love, forgiveness, struggle, perseverance, resilience, commitment, determination, enthusiasm and passion. Do not fear…

  • The Psychology of Online Vocalization: Exploring Reasons and Patterns

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    By Dr. Akif Khan There are three types of people. One, who are vocal in real life (RL). Second ones who are vocal on both social media (SM) and RL. Third type is that is only vocal on SM.  There are multiple reasons behind it. Many people are not confident in writing stuff (posts, comments…

  • Javed sb, You Didn’t Have to Eat Your Heart Out Here

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    I used to be a fan of you, your rationality, your humanism, the way you thrashed unreasonable people such as Sadh Guru in debates, your bravery in the face of orthodoxy and all, despite your aloofness, which I think comes naturally with age and experiences of life. But there was no need to act dense…

  • لہندا کیا ہے؟ کیا ہندکو، سرائیکی اور پوٹھوہاری لہندا یا مغربی پنجابی زبانیں ہیں؟

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     لہندا، جسے لہندی بھی کہتے ہیں شمال مغربی آریائی زبانوں کے گروہ کا نام ہے جو کہ پاکستان اور بھارت میں بولی جاتی ہیں۔ لہندا کی جینیاتی گروپنگ متعین نہیں ہے۔ یعنی یہ ثابت نہیں ہے کہ یہ زبانوں کے کس خاندان سے تعلق رکھتی ہیں۔  لہندا یا مغربی پنجابی کی اصطلاحیں “ایگزونم” ہیں جو…

  • The Midnight Crisis – Excerpt 2

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    Chapter XVII Cowardice   I have a big hole in my heart. I can’t fill it with anything. I have tried. Trust me Valeria. I really did. You will always be a stupid Raphael. Always! I don’t know. But I missed you.   You didn’t miss me. You are just a creepy jealous asshole. I’m…

  • Why is Waar a Poor Propaganda Flick

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    Being a movie buff, I could not ignore the hype of a Pakistani movie rated 9/10 on imdb.com. So, I bought this DVD of Waar as soon as I saw the poster of its availability on a local shop. Cutting the chase, there was I watching it while a similar Islamabad fiasco of Imran Khan…

  • Pakistan: An interactive guide for Hollywood and Bollywood Movie Makers

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    IT is often very funny to see the international media, especially TV and Film Industry, portaying Pakistan as some country where women are covered in black overalls or shuttlecock burqas, people having beards and no moustaches with a checkered cloth over their shoulders, riding donkeys, wiping their behinds with stones, narrow streets, dusty roads, people…

  • In reply to the Ignorance of Mubashar Lucman

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    The following verses are from chapter 1, poem 10 from Saadi’s Gulistan (Bostan). They resemble a hadith. Somebody ask Mubashar Lucman to issue a fatwa on Saadi Shirazi.  بنى آدم اعضای یک پیکرندکه در آفرینش ز یک گوهرندچو عضوى به درد آورد روزگاردگر عضوها را نماند قرارتو کز محنت دیگران بی غمینشاید که نامت نهند…

  • Glimpses of Cities: Old Photos – Vintage Lahore

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    Courtesy: Farid Alvie Rudyard Kipling’s House in 1890s A Camel-drawn carriage outside the Government House of Lahore in 1900 Artists drawing on blackboard at Mayo School of Arts(now NCA) in early 1900s Sir Allama Iqbal reciting poem in 1912 The colors of childhood in 1912 Bhagat Singh(standing fourth from right) who was later sentenced to…