G reat works of art usually produce a common consequence - they tend to tug at your emotions or make you think differently about preconceive...

F eeling stressed out with Christmas shopping? Tired of cancelled flights and rearranged schedules? Fear not, the Canadian elections and our...

E ating at a Chinese restaurant can be a unique experience. I don't mean the proper, fancy, Chinese restaurants that you would take your...

I try to keep things light in this blog. There's enough gloom and depression around the world if you look for it, and I consider myself...

S o I had one of those ‘movie dreams’. I call them that because that’s what they are essentially. It’s a dream that’s also like a movie. Som...

Green Bin I cannot imagine what drives some people. Someone stole our Green Bin! It was garbage day this morning, and I kept ours out last ...

C anada's Government Falls. Well, that's a marginally better title than what BBC had - Canada's Government Thrown Out . For my A...

W e bloggers usually tend to write about events and issues that bother us, after all blogging is a type of activism. However it also pays to...

T he fact that my sister's birthday is so close to Christmas has never failed to vex me. Add that to the fact that I tend to leave gift ...

E ven though I do not see what is there to see in Sania Mirza, I fully support her right to play tennis wearing short mini skirts. She is fr...

I s it just me or is there a bhaiyya (Big Brother) in every Bong clique? There is one in ours, and I have noted his characteristics here. L...

A pparently the 'Indian' girls in the new Harry Potter movie are not Indian at all, they are Bangladeshi. Just like most of the ...

W hile it is true that we who live abroad may at times arrive in Bangladesh with an attitude, turn up our noses at the crowds and dirtiness,...

L abour MP Ann Cryer has called for British Pakistanis to stop marrying their first cousins after a study suggested that they were more like...

I was listening to the news on the drive to work, and the news reader announced, "Potterheads all over the country are gearing up with...

I am normally a friendly person. If someone talks to me I respond. There are two places though, that I wish I could be left alone. One is t...

I have blogged about the byelection in our riding here and here . There was an all-candidate debate today at the Islamic Foundation, attend...

T here are religious nutcases and then there are cricket nutcases. Sometimes they can be found at one spot. England's cricket team is on...

"S o, you didn't tell me you were gay?" I looked at Ivan* in surprise. I was at the gym, on my way to my locker, having just e...

It took a bit longer with PhotoShop that I thought it would, but here it is. The Usual Suspects The catalyst for the picture was Spring Roll...