AALU ANDAY

i discovered this video just now... and i m hooked. WOW ppl in pakistan are getting braver and political everyday. i just gave up the hope of ppl [read youth] becoming political any day soon, but now i was wrong. good job guys




and just today i filled a form in college about social media and political activities in Pakistan. no doubt that youth have become more politically aware and they speak out more often, all thanks to platforms like facebook, twitter, and blogger :), but it is a long way before ordinary ppl start participating in politics actively.

till then i'll keep my fingers crossed and hopes high.

wabasta reh shajar se, umeed-e-bahar rakh :)

Sugandh

Pakistani comics

i am a big comic fan. ever since i learnt how to read them [follow the conversation] i have never let go of the chance to read a comic, wherever it is published. initially my favorites were 'Archie comics' [they still hold a special place on my bookshelf]

and then there were comics like 'Marvin',

'blondie'

and 'family circus' 

and not to forget 'Garfield'

but all of these comics were foreign and whatever they depicted it was alien [although not very to me, but still] so when i discovered 'kachee goliyan' i was exhilarated. why???? our very own comic, showing the real face of our society and showing what is the thought process of our youth and how we are affected by foreign media and blah blah blah....

the success of 'kachee goliyan' also proves something to me, that i always was in doubt of, that Pakistanis are unable to embrace a new idea - but it proved to me that new ideas can flourish in Pakistan, if they are good they would be liked and appreciated.

'kachee goliyan' have also provided a venting medium to youth, in form of 'fan art' on their facebook page. it is not only artist who now owns the comic, it is everyone - like me- who now owns kachee goliyan and use the characters of 'JC and Sufi' to say whatever they feel like saying.

'kachee goliyan has done a lot and i hope that they continue to do more'

three cheers for KG....

Sugandh