Imagine my shock. A friend had forwarded me the link to a Bengali natok (or a short TV series) on Youtube that was being aired in Banglades...

You know your country's PROFESSIONAL cricket team is a bad one when their stated aim is to beat the United Arab Emirates team - a team...

Dr Yunus , winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, was in Toronto last week. I was one of the few of who were lucky enough to get a special...

I have decided that Friday is going to be Frivolous Friday. At least that will get me posting on some regular basis. So this post will conta...

What's the big deal with Sex and the City ? I mean, Brian Griffin ( Family Guy ) apparently summed it up best after watching it with som...

Dear C, By the time you read this, I will have been long gone. I am sorry for doing this, but you have left me no choice. I know it will com...

So you want to know some fact about Islam (for example is A equal to B ). You decide based on severity of the question and the urgency, that...

So I was at a friend's place, watching one of the IPL cricket matches on TV. It was Twenty20, so it was 3 hours long at most, and packed...

Overheard today on the bus: Dude 1: "Man! I had like over 10 Add-as-Friend requests! I went through them and now there's only 1 re...

According to the latest census , South Asians are now the top visible minority group in Canada, outnumbering those of Chinese descent. Canad...

Yesterday I had the good fortune of watching the movie Race. The movie updated me on how India is progressing in ways more than one. For exa...

Geert Wilders, the Dutch MP who has made an anti-Islam film, argues that he has the right, under Freedom of Speech, to say what he wants. An...

It's not often Bangladesh finds itself in the news here in Toronto. We are more often an interesting anecdote in a major article about I...

From the construction site that is Dubai: A newly-married couple came back from the brink after a folly on the part of the groom nearly rock...

The title of this post is of course, provocative. Halal comprises of a wide variety of food groups - some are good for you, some are bad for...

OK I am back after a break, and if anyone is reading this (yes, I mean the both of you!) - break is good! I have opinions, and I am not afr...

So I had decided to leave the blogosphere, only for Tarek Fatah (of all people) to bring me back! I was listening to John Moore of the CFRB ...

I saw the movie Taare Zameen Par yesterday. It was a choice of either that or Kite Runner . And frankly, I am glad I chose Taare Zameen Par...

I was watching Little Mosque on the Prairie. I admit - I had given up on the show in the first season - only to fall in love with it in its ...

Hi, I am a Muslim. And today, I would like to apologize for: [x] Killing a female relative for committing a sin [x] Punishing a rape victim ...