democracy ?

its been a week since president mushi has stepped down. and the internet as well as news channels are full with articles and reviews. some calling him a hero other a dictator and the more moderate comments are that he was a man with a mix legacy. When mushi took over the affairs of the country, he was welcomed as a hero. some politicians called it a disaster, a zia regime back in affairs. but mushi proved to be different then his previous counterpart. rather then being a mullah he tried to propagate the more modern side of Pakistan. he tried to show the world that we are no different. we are same as you all, we enjoy movies , we enjoy music and we do have pet dogs. but i guess a lot of people did not like this concept and eventually after nearly a decade long rule his tenure did came to an end. so my question is , do we really want democracy in pak?. i was watching our pm making a speech in the national assembly saying that a weak democracy is better then dictatorship. i disagree with this statement, what if democracy jus does not work? will we still stick with it? what if turning the table i.e. a single rule makes things work?

A case of exploding mangoes ..

Hanif's books, a case of exploding mangoes is certainly a master piece. One of the best novels i have read from a pakistani author. The way he captures the last days of Zia and defines the scene around it is amazing. The best part is a two pager on the point when Sigri is being taken by the ISI cheif and the author explains the scene around him. He exactly captures the way Pakitan is , they way the people of Pakistan are. The ironic part is I have been reading the book during turmoil in Pakistan, with impeachment of president musharaf and the indepednece being celebreated today. Not much has changes since the time of zia, other then new channels and some fancy stuff..

Coming back to the author, hats of Hanif. I will be one eager reader waiting for your next master piece..

audios,

My new blog spacee...

m kind of tired from using spaces.live, so decided to jump of to a better blogging portal. So I started searching using google obiously and came across blogger.com or blogspot, which again is run my Google. the over all feel kind of look interesting and fun..anyways. u guyz can catch all my new stuff here..if any one is intrested in reading some old blogs, feel free to go to

http://atifmali.spaces.live.com/