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Comment on In Defense of all Ants by Abdul Rehman

Abdul Rehman — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:10:53 +0000

Well… Faisal, could you read and re-read and re-read this entry and find something that is wrong?
And BTW people miss bug in TNS more than they miss someone on machis tv

Comment on In Defense of all Ants by themightybug

themightybug — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:33:54 +0000

many thanx. i love you too
ps. u cant bitchslap a bug. u can only squash him.

Comment on In Defense of all Ants by Faisal Shah

Faisal Shah — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:44:35 +0000

yo bug…buggy…buggy wuggy actually… wow… so here we find a dude/chick (watever) putting down shit as it is…LAAAAMER… come on …when was the last time u did something impressive or creative? ugh plz dont say SUNDAYTIMES…u shud be hung for that…khair, as far as mr.azmats vdo is concerned, its smarter than most of the crap we saw in 2008… i actually meant shit but crap makes sense on this blog… tussi great ho, i love it when people have the balls to say something, but hey grow them a bit bigger and use your own identity…thats when u might seem a bit more ….. ummmm…. i dunno the word …u add that urself, khair stop making fun of things u dont understand annnnnd whatelse…oooh yeah, now u gotta fan/freak on your case… looking forward to more bitchslapping… take care buggy wuggy

Comment on The Bug vs Urdu by themightybug

themightybug — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:19:58 +0000

Zak gee ! In punjabi, one can be more direct. Tuu and Tuun. That is perhaps why the best desi lyrics (Abrar) are found in Punjabi.

Pooriyaan IS valid in a Pakistani song; i never questioned that. Only it is a Punjabi word. My point was that Urdu has not evolved in a manner which is expressive or conducive to all modes and functions. I am all for mixing in words.

The piece was not about not having cross-regional words in pieces (damn i speak minglish most of the time, being the burger that i am), rather it was about how urdu is lacking in some aspects (try studying science in urdu). aap nai ainwain pakar kai regional brotherhook par lecture jharna shuro kar diya.

As re: the love bit, perhaps lack of honesty aint what it all about. perhaps it is cuz we are men

Comment on The Bug vs Urdu by themightybug

themightybug — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:14:16 +0000

Zana: Too defensive of Haroon/ Aaron (Aaron, is that you pretending to be a female?). The piece was not about him btw: Haroon for the record is a top guy (three languages, ‘mixed race’ and all) and i think he would be the first person to concede he is not comfortable in Urdu.

Comment on Yeh India Nahin Hai, Yeh hai Pakistan by themightybug

themightybug — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:43:31 +0000

many thanks zakbhai ! kya karain, i rock

Comment on Not everyone is dumb like Imran Khan by themightybug

themightybug — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:40:45 +0000

many thanx sir. yeah, an article on the new breed is overdue. been too otherwise distracted to write em up. plus i tend to wanna write only to bitch and i dont wanna bitch out new talent to ur list, might i add theboywithloudguitar, dye corduroy, omar wassisname (the rapper in Isl), umar ishmael in lahore, and many others.

Comment on Not everyone is dumb like Imran Khan by Omar

Omar — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:51:48 +0000

great article, i understand that it was published in 2003 but these points have been raised by several people. so i must add that to the musician’s credit you should be on the search for new music. for example, there’s a new band from lahore ‘orion’ that came out with it’s album ‘angel of dust’ last year. they had a song ‘colossus’ which was about musharraf. then there are politically oriented ska punk bands like ‘dead bhuttos’ and ‘noble drew’ who have a fair amount of substance to go with their music as well.
everyone writes about the music scene in pakistan but hardly anyone ever mentions bands and artists other than those who’ve been around for the last couple of decades. there’s more to music from pakistan than junoon, ep and noori.

Comment on The Bug vs Urdu by Zakintosh

Zakintosh — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:05:13 +0000

“there is something inherently awkward about the language Urdu and what one can do with it. ”

while it would be rude of me to suggest what you can do with it, i’d like to point out the paradoxical objection you have made here: “What can one say of the language that does not have any words for the place between the formal Aap and Tum and the rather rude Tu.” Can you give me the translations of Aap, Tüm, Tü (and the imaginary place between) in English, or French, or Arabic, or Hindi, or Punjabi?

And ‘pooriyan’ should be perfectly valid in a Pakistani song. In fact using words from our provincial and regional languages this way, inter-mixed with Urdu, should be encouraged, at least in the pop world. How long will we all continue to remain alien to our own cultures and subcultures?

As for “How in God’s name does [one] say ‘I love you’ in a direct manner over Valentine in Urdu? Main tum sai mohabbat karta hoon? Pyaar?” Why not????

“Dunno why, but it never feels right in Urdu.” … Is the awkwardness a result of trying to something ‘directly’ when you do not mean it honestly.

Comment on Yeh India Nahin Hai, Yeh hai Pakistan by Zakintosh

Zakintosh — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:48:34 +0000

hilarious and really enjoyable.